staying alive for small biz 101: a gorilla in your future?

This, from an article forwarded by a colleague. The short of it: don’t wait til the month before you consider buying a “going out of business” banner for your front window!  For businesses,  their owners, their employees, and for all the families touched by this climate – the best thing we can do is try [...]

microlending for small businesses?

Micro-lending is something we’ve all heard about in stories about developing countries. The concept is a good one: you loan 50 or 75 dollars to a woman with a sewing machine in Quito, a similar amount to a farmer in the hills overlooking Karachi, or a leather worker in a Lagos slum — and the [...]

panic versus urgency

My own sense of complacency was shattered into a VERY big number of little pieces with a particular bit of news over the course of the last few days. 
I panic -d. Simple as that.  SO, I started sending panic-y emails to my closest friends, my confidants.
One old friend reminded my of an important distinction, the [...]