Category Archives: Making money
If your consultant is saying this, please fire them
Overheard on Twitter: “I wouldn’t worry too much about it. Business is feast or famine.” Ah yes, the old ‘feast or famine’ cliche. Time has certainly given that one the ring of truth, hasn’t it? But is it actually true? I mean, if you run a business, where does your love of old cliches cross [...]
How to network without feeling like a dirty scumbag
Networking makes a lot of people feel dirty and arrogant. That’s because most people network like they are dirty and arrogant. Which isn’t to say you actually are dirty and arrogant, but rather that your technique could use some polishing. Or maybe you really are dirty and arrogant. In which case using great marketing techniques [...]
Industriousness, fat cash and you. Oh, and not being an idiot if you work in payroll.
Welcome to part one of Ignite Living’s “Why You Owe it to Yourself to be an Entrepreneur” series. In this series we’re going to explore…guess what? That’s right. Why you owe it to yourself to be an entrepreneur. We’re gonna start this series off with a subject that’s very close to our hearts, stomachs and [...]
Your money, voodoo and the leprechauns
We’ve just ushered in 2009. We’ve got electric cars, skyscrapers and the ability to urinate while floating around in outer space. I mean…we’re like crazy techno freaks now. So it struck me as sort of odd the other day when someone said to me, straight to my face, while looking in my eyes, “Money hates [...]
Consulting Case Study: How $19,000 becomes invisible
Question: If you were about to flush $19,000 down the drain, would you know it? The question up there is a serious one. If there were a division of your company that brought in roughly $19,000 a month, would you keep it going? Shut it down? Would you even know it was pulling in that [...]
