Business Mentors

As the voice for our nation’s entrepreneurs, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) celebrates all small businesses on a daily basis. When our small businesses do well, our communities do, too. Therefore, as part of our annual tradition, I encourage you to join millions of Americans and “shop small” on Small Business Saturday, Nov. 25, […]

It’s all about using your head There are plenty of people in the workforce that do “something,” but not so many who do what needs to be done. And this is both a problem and an opportunity. Success depends on being among the few people that others count on to get the job done right —

In 2011, I had the privilege of being asked by Governor Andrew Cuomo to co-chair the Central New York Regional Economic Development Council (CNYREDC) when the councils were first created to provide strategic direction to our region’s economic-development efforts.  I am extremely honored to have been given the opportunity to serve in this capacity, and

Here are some recent tweets that came across the @cnybj Twitter feed, offering various business, career, personal, and digital/social-media tips. NFIB‏ @NFIB Does your #smallbiz give “free” samples? Here’s how to ensure they’re numbers-driven—and targeted—for maximum #ROI: http://bit.ly/2zhClou Mitch Mitchell‏ @Mitch_M Developing A Business Development Plan http://pcaofcny.com/marketing/developing-a-business-development-plan … Kelsey Mahoney‏ @kmahoneyADP Your #SmallBiz is really

They can help fuel your volunteer and fundraising efforts Government-reform initiatives, particularly in Medicaid, Medicare, and other federal and state grants, have been placing increasing pressure on the fiscal viability and stability of many tax-exempt health and human-service providers. The message from government has been clear for many years. That is, the continued existence of

“When we avoid difficult conversations, we trade short-term discomfort for long-term dysfunction.”  — Peter Bromberg, organizational development consultant Dysfunction in the executive suite can doom an organization. Many senior leaders, fearful of conflict among those closest to them, strive for artificial harmony — inadvertently squelching debate on issues critical to the company’s strategic growth and

Behind their assertions of self-confidence and annoying arrogance is an undeniable fact: It takes guts to get the endless unknowns and oddities of customers. But that’s what salespeople do. At the end of the day, it isn’t how many calls you make, appointments you go on, or proposals you prepare. It’s how much revenue you

In today’s business world, the days of being set in your ways — as an employee and a manager — are long over. Change is a near-constant.  Takeovers, downsizing, and reorganizing can turn a company upside-down overnight, and those who remain have to embrace change in order to survive. More than ever, managers have to

Here are some recent tweets that came across the @cnybj Twitter feed, offering various business, career, personal, and digital/social-media tips. NFIB‏ @NFIB Being careless with your #smallbiz #branding strategy can cost your business and investors. Avoid these mistakes: http://bit.ly/2iMRZl2 Vanessa Dunford @vaniccilondon http://ow.ly/co7h30gdjDZ 5 tips on how to get back up when life knocks you

Well, it’s that time of year again. Time to figure out new ways to grow in the next year. Time to do more with less. Time to make some time to figure out how to make more time.  The trouble is, try as we might, we can’t make time. The number 8,760 might ring a