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Your Small Business Needs More than Futuristic Tattoos In Order to Take on a Life of its Own
Remember the old movie, The Illustrated Man with Rod Steiger? The book was based on Ray Bradbury stories. In the movie, the main character Carl was covered in tattoos from head to toe (not so unusual today). People who looked … Continue reading
Dislodging Nipples in a New Market
During my teenage years, I worked for my step-father’s plumbing company. Of course there were times that I would get the disgusting jobs like going to the deepest part of a sewage spill to place a sub-pump. But at times, I would … Continue reading
The Strategy of Ordering the Larger Pie
Today, I had breakfast with my friend, Narciso. Narciso’s company deals in commodities. Now, I can’t really tell you much about what he deals in because I don’t want to compromise his strategy or position in his industry. However, his … Continue reading
Never a Better Time to Be Strategic, Even if You are Not a Strategist
Is this the dawning of the age of the strategist? Maybe we have a new song, here. Where is the 5th Dimension when you need them? Actually, it is according to an article in the McKinsey Quarterly by Birshan and … Continue reading
Cyclical Fashions and the Strategy of Business: Don’t Keep Playing the Same Old Tune
My piano tuner told me he has a leads on two great pianos for sale. One was a Yamaha S series, the other a Steinway O Series. He has tuned them both for years, so he knows of their condition. … Continue reading
A Strategy to Measuring Your Strategy
About eight years ago I road in the Wildflower 50 bicycle rally outside Atascadero, California. Now, at the time my wife entered us in the “race” of 50 miles, I had not ridden on a bicycle for years. In fact, … Continue reading
The ASP-LA Strategy Session #3:The Invisible Box
It wasn’t until we were swimming in our strategy session’s second hour that the picture materialized in my mind. Professor Daniel Degravel, our French strategist from Cal State Northridge had become the Marcel Marseu of Strategic Planning. Yes, in our first strategy … Continue reading
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Just Like Poor Singing, Failed Strategy May Be in the Execution
My family have enjoyed making music for a few generations: My dad (Bobby Norris) sang under the Capitol Records label in the 1950s, I’ve been playing and writing music a little most of my life (not professionally, though I’ve written and … Continue reading
CPA Advice on How to Grow a Business of Any Kind
I grew up in a family of entrepreneurs. Most of my uncles were some form of contractor: General, electrical, and plumbing. Prior to becoming a CPA, I learned a little about these trades from them which helped me when I … Continue reading