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Fox TV Interview on WalMart at Northcross in Austin

February 3, 2010

It’s been a long fight as Fox 7 Reporter Rudy Koski pointed out in this interview with me and people who were pro or anti a big supercenter in the center of Austin at Northcross Mall. Are people tired of it? Some are. Almost five years is a long time to keep volunteers working together [...]

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Selective Marketing

January 29, 2010

Below is a presentation I gave at a local Austin meetup. It deals with how to use sales and marketing strategies and processes to save money and increase sales. Selective Marketing View more presentations from Business Success Center.

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7 Small Business Recommendations to the President & Congress

January 29, 2010

Mr. President, as a small business owner for over 25 years it was very encouraging to hear you acknowledge some of our contributions to the economy. According to the Small Business Administration (SBA) Office of Advocacy, small businesses have been responsible for all the net new jobs since the 1970’s. We are the ones that [...]

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Podcast: State of Texas Business Today

January 26, 2010

How are we doing? Since there is no legislature in session, the Governor will not give a state of the state address this January. So Ben Philpott of KUT radio (90.5FM) asked some of us who are living through it to give our perceptions. The interview, entitled “Their State of the State”, is worth a [...]

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Think Before You Buy

January 21, 2010

A message to my neighbors in Central Austin and to any community that has had to live with the fallout from having a big box store push its way in. The first spade of dirt has been turned. The bulldozers are busy. The piles of broken asphalt and dry earth are mounting up. When I [...]

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3 Older Business Books That Inspire

January 8, 2010

Periodically, it’s good to go through your business library and freecycle what no longer inspires you. Passing them along to others means I don’t have to feel badly about getting rid of books. Instead I think of them as getting a new home. Here are three that I would not part with no matter what [...]

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15 Reasons to Change the Date of Thanksgiving

December 29, 2009

I love Thanksgiving but it’s got to go. Let’s do something about it now while there is a full year to get organized. Here’s why: there’s just not enough time between it and Christmas. If you don’t celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah or other religious holidays in December, there’s not enough time between it and the end [...]

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Making Decisions in Tough Times

October 30, 2009

Everyone is struggling in this recession. I’ve given this presentation a couple of times now and received really good feedback. I help you figure out not only how you make decisions but also how your partner, boss, or customer makes decisions. My premise is that if you know the motivations behind decision-making, you can achieve [...]

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Small Business IS an Economic Stimulus

September 18, 2009

The most current LMCI numbers from Texas Workforce Commission for small business ownership in the Austin – Round Rock Metropolitan Statistical Area or MSA (which actually goes from Georgetown to San Marcos) are encouraging. As of the latest data (March 2009), these micro businesses, businesses under 20 employees, represent 86% or more than 29,500 firms [...]

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