by Sue | Feb 4, 2024 | Cost Reduction, General, Productivity, Strategy
Americans are famous for having something called “the pioneering spirit”. We take a great deal of pleasure in inventing things. And that’s a good thing, even though most of us are not Eli Whitney … or Thomas Edison. Still, a lot of us seem to get a great deal of...
by Sue | Jan 23, 2024 | Cost Reduction, General, Productivity, Strategy
I’ve recently been asked to help two clients with their project management software. One client is a land developer, and the other runs a manufacturing shop. These two applications are completely different in their information delivery requirements to management. To...
by Guest | Aug 14, 2023 | Cash Flow, General, Productivity, Strategy
In spite of soaring bankruptcies, the power to avoid them is readily available “Bankruptcy filings spiked this year, and most small businesses aren’t doing well.” Sue Canyon points to a grim reality but insists, “It doesn’t have to be this way.” Canyon’s experience,...
by Sue | May 19, 2023 | General, Productivity, Strategy, Training
I am so disappointed in the “training” that I find offered to small business owners all over the country. This training is hard for me to watch because it is so poor that most of it literally makes me ill. Much of the “training” that I have seen offers touchy-feely...
by Sue | Aug 7, 2021 | General, Productivity, Strategy
There’s been a lot of talk lately about leverage. Most business owners think of leverage as borrowed money. But the new definition is closer to leveraging time … your time. Leverage, as it relates to time rather than money, is not a new concept. Back in...
