Meet my buddy Mike Zumchak. He teaches Easy Excel Classes and he’s a genius at it. Business is booming, but it didn’t start out that way. Why? In the middle of a recession, most people are learning new skills to make them more valuable in the marketplace. When I first met Mike four years ago, [...]
Unless you’ve been living on Saturn, you’ve probably heard that Instagram received a whopping price of $1 BILLION from Facebook recently. It begs the question, how did this yearling upstart with thirteen people command such a crazy price tag? Let’s understand how an online asset like a website actually builds value other business owners want [...]
The title of this post is actually a famous quote attributed to the great ice hockey star, Wayne Gretzky. But the truth is, it was advice given to him by Wayne’s father Walter. It’s great advice for hockey players and small business owners. We can’t change the past, we can only look forward. Here’s how to… [...]
Did you know that April is financial literacy month? What is financial literacy? It’s the ability to interpret numbers and is the best defense against losing money. Reuters put together a little five question quiz to see if you know more than a high school senior about financial literacy. Go ahead. Test your knowledge. It’s [...]
The volume continues to rise on the rhetoric: “Tax the rich!” If the scene feels familiar, it may be because it recalls another, this time from Beauty and the Beast. Remember the scene? Gaston whips the townspeople into a frenzy, convincing them that the beast is a threat, and out come the torches. And you’ve [...]
Two weeks ago, my computer crashed while I was in the hinterlands. I needed a really great tech person on the hop. Mike McNemar was just what the doctor ordered. He calls himself the “SI Computer Guy”. He’s Microsoft Certified, has worked for some big names in technology and decided he and his wife wanted [...]
