Category Archives: SMB

Timing vs. Demand

IT Business, SMB
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One of the more neverending debates I have with my entrepreneurial friends is over development of new business lines. Regardless of how big or small you are, venturing outside of your comfort zone tends to require new skill, new connections … Continue reading

Ironman: The Business Design Challenge

Boss, Friends, IT Business, SMB
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At a recent conference I was asked if I’d consider doing the ironman push again. For those of you that aren’t devoted Vladville followers, I worked 90 days straight from January 1st – March 31st. No breaks, no vacations, no … Continue reading

Best Buy dislikes their product, hires lawyers that don’t know trademark law

IT Business, Legal, SMB
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Have you ever been to a Best Buy and just left the place floored at how knowledgeable or expert the staff there is? If you have, someone must be reading this post to you because there is NO way you … Continue reading

Service Nemesis

IT Business, SMB
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Every business needs a nemesis. For example, do you know how much harder you need to work to make something mediocre look good? Now imagine taking something that’s good to great. Now imagine yourself as a perfectionist, where you are … Continue reading

Staffing, Foxconn & Henry Ford

IT Business, SMB, Work Ethic
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(this is not a motivational post that will be featured at monster / careerbuilder) We’re at the start of the biggest hiring spree we’ve ever had. OWN is launching upgrades to all the existing product lines next quarter and introducing … Continue reading

Hot Plate Blade

SMB
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I’m on my way to Dallas for the HTG Summit. Got a ton of shirts and associated swag, stop by, say hi, bitch about my products and I’ll fix em. The usual. OWN had the pleasure of resurrecting the hot … Continue reading

Small business owner or entrepreneur?

SMB
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These days I am having some tough conversations with a lot of small business owners who are struggling. Yet, at the same time, my company is growing explosively and launching new products on the back of the OWN partner base. … Continue reading

Bits and Bytes

SMB
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I’ve finally almost caught up with my email. That seems to be the perpetual state of my existence lately, I guess I’m famous. But almost, yes, almost got all my mail and issues all taken care of. Training up the … Continue reading

Mission Asscomplished

SMB
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What a lovely profane, filthy road it has been writing this blog for the past year. I would like to thank my friends Chris and Susanne, for helping with the notion that no matter how something sounded there was always … Continue reading

So this is something big…

SMB
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Royal Oak, MI, October 3, 2008:  Amy Babinchak and Eriq Neale, MS MVP’s, Authors and Speakers,  have teamed up in a new business venture to provide remote support services to IT professionals. By formalizing and centralizing the remote support services … Continue reading