For a business owner, having a great product or service is essential. However, many businesses are not successful, because they fail to ask the question “who has the money”. While
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Recently, I was asked what will the economic outlook be in 2020 and 2021. My response was “who really knows!”. But the real question is they were asking was, when
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This video, which I helped produce showcases the energy of the attendees, sponsors, and participants.
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Looking for access to the podcasts ? Here are the audio podcasts of the panels and the keynote address from Susan Solovic. The SCORE Business Forum sponsored by the Chicago
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Ever get one of those emails “we have visited your website and find it lacking. Let us help your grow your business on line!”? If you respond you will likely
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About a year ago, I read a piece that noted that a top priority for Chief Marketing Officers was “improving the customer journey”. I had not given this much more
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Intuition, Tinkering, Hacking and Problem Solving I was with my web resource who is also involved in the Makerspace movement. I was asking him about 3D printing and the whole
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5 Signs That You Are Being Too Smart Being recognized as smart is a good thing, right? Maybe not! While you may think that you’re impressing people, what you could
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Looking to develop content for a new website? Trying to determine if this customer prospect is a good fit for your business? Looking to recruit that next superstar employee? Trying