Costly mistakes small businesses make — three real operational lessons
Costly mistakes small businesses make — three real operational lessons When the delivery van missed a noon shop opening twice in one week, the...
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Small Business Leadership in the Trenches: Four Tactical Lessons from a Crisis Week
Small Business Leadership in the Trenches: Four Tactical Lessons from a Crisis Week Three years into running a small manufacturing shop outside Roanoke, I...
Small Business Leadership That Keeps Shops Open: Lessons from One Winter Week
Small business leadership that keeps shops open: lessons from one winter week I learned the hard way what small business leadership looks like during...
Small Business Leadership: Three Operational Lessons I Learned During a Supply Disruption
Small Business Leadership: Three Operational Lessons I Learned During a Supply Disruption I learned one of the harshest lessons about small business leadership the...
Small Business Leadership: Lessons from a Winter That Nearly Closed Our Doors
Small Business Leadership: Lessons from a Winter That Nearly Closed Our Doors I learned the limits of small business leadership the hard way one...
Three Winter Decisions That Define Small Business Leadership
Three Winter Decisions That Define Small Business Leadership It was January and the shop's back door froze shut the morning a major delivery arrived....
Small Business Leadership: Avoiding the Five Costly Mistakes That Sink Growth
Small Business Leadership: Avoiding the Five Costly Mistakes That Sink Growth Two winters ago I stood in a cold storage room while my operations...
Small Business Leadership in Practice: Four Costly Mistakes Owners Make and How to Fix Them
Small Business Leadership in Practice: Four Costly Mistakes Owners Make and How to Fix Them I watched a cafe owner in Roanoke close its...
Small Business Leadership: Three Tough Lessons I Learned Running a Local Shop
Small Business Leadership: Three Tough Lessons I Learned Running a Local Shop I remember the January I had to tell three people their hours...
Spring Starts Earlier Than You Think in Roanoke, VA
Every year in Roanoke, it happens quietly. February shows up cold and gray. Mill Mountain disappears into the clouds. The Blue Ridge Parkway feels...