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Many great ideas simply shrivel on the vine. Building a strategy to support your great idea is the key to bettering your odds for success.

Many great ideas simply shrivel on the vine. Building a strategy to support your great idea is the key to bettering your odds for success.

Guesswork and worry are huge energy drains. Imagine what removing those drains through planning would do for your life, your business, and your career.

After a long year, you’ve earned a holiday respite from the daily grind. But you must also maintain momentum toward the goals you set at the start of the year. Master the art of pacing yourself to ensure there’s something left in the tank come December.

What are you doing to cope with the daily distractions and diversions of December holidays? Try out my “Ten Keys to Staying Focused When Times Are Busy.”

Successful innovators not only consider the practical applications of their ideas—will this product solve a problem or fill a need—the entrepreneur in them also weighs whether the idea will be sellable. In other words, will anyone want or buy the resulting product or service?

Ten years ago this week, I was blogging about “innovation.” I wrote, “what we need to encourage is innovation and commercial viability.” Ten years on, it’s still sage advice. Here’s that blog again. Enjoy!

When Barrel O’Monkeyz is working on a project, we don’t like surprises, nor do our clients, so we “get it in writing.” That way, we can all be on the same page about what the work will entail, how long it will take, who’s doing what, how much will it cost, and more.

As you go out into the world to represent your brand, who can you rely on to hold down the fort at home? Who’s your pinch-hitter? This is an important topic for leaders who attend or participate in tradeshows like the PPAI Expo premium show in Las Vegas or the SAAC Expo in San Diego—events that take them out of…

There are certain rites of spring’s transition to summer: Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, and high school and college graduations come to mind. While each brings its own unique traditions, gift-giving is a common thread. Mother’s Day may have passed, but Father’s Day and graduation celebrations are still to come. This year, give your dad or…

It’s hard to read the news these days and NOT hear about how artificial intelligence (AI) is impacting our lives. From images and content your read online, to law enforcement and health care, chances are AI has impacted your life already and you don’t even know it. Where is this all going? To find out,…

Now that businesses are reopening and the economy is seeing a bit of a bounce back, it’s time to revisit those crucial elements of your business growth strategy. Needless to say, how you utilize social media should be chief among your marketing tactics when it comes to engaging customers and reaching out to potential new ones. In…