Details In Business Blog

Elizabeth Cusulas
Details In Retail
I just read a great blog post by Robert I. Sutton on the downside of what he refers to as “Big, Hairy Goals.”  It’s an interesting discussion of how a narrow focus on huge “distant horizon” goals can interfere with recognizing – and celebrating – daily accomplishments.   
This got me thinking about how small business owners [...]

“An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises.” ~ Mae West
Coverups, scams, cons - the world is full of intentional lies and liars.  Always has been – always will be. 
But lately I’ve noticed a massive upswing in a more subtle form of lying – people who just don’t live up to their promises; the ones [...]

Elizabeth Cusulas
Details In Retail
As a small business owner, you’re intimately connected with the daily survival of your business.  You make the decisions, you write the checks, your focus is the driving force behind your success. It can be wonderful having your life so tightly interwoven with your business.  But what if some important life event took [...]

Elizabeth Cusulas
Details In Retail, Inc.
There’s a business killer that we all battle every day – every small business owner, every budding entrepreneur, every freelancer.  It’s more destructive than a down economy, lack of funding, bad unhappy clients and bad marketing combined.
Procrastination kills from within.  It will suck the life out of your company. It will break [...]

Paul Bensman
President and Founder
Details In Retail
As we start a new year and a new decade, we all must look forward and make changes in our lives. These changes will effect our personal lives, our families, and our nation. On a recent business trip to China, I was truly amazed by what that country has accomplished. [...]

Sure, economic times are tough here in Michigan, but astute entrepreneurs are realizing that NOW could be the best time to start a business.

Mark Cory
FranNet
 
“If you don’t run your own life, somebody else will.”  John Atkinson
Are you tired of someone else running your life? Learn how to take control by attending one or more of our November events. At FranNet,  we’ve designed educational seminars and a personalized consulting service to help people like you determine if franchising is [...]

Here’s why even the smallest business needs and organizational chart.

Mark Cory
FranNet
 
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Ronald Freeman
National Insurance Advisors Agency
Should I Wait for Goverment Healthcare or Purchase My Own?
Some Americans are risking going without health insurance in anticipation of a Government Healthcare Plan, although forgetting that one feature seems to have escaped notice.  How long it will take for us to actually have our “government-option health insurance” once the bill [...]