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  • What Does Branding Mean for Small and Micro-Enterprises

    What Does Branding Mean for Small and Micro-Enterprises

    50% of the American Economy May Be Unattached to This Marketing Concept There are as many different definitions of a brand as grains of sand on the beach. However, one of the best definitions is that a brand is “a name, term, symbol, or design (or combination of these) used by a firm to identify…

  • Using Your Small Business to Assist Your Community in a Substantial Way

    Using Your Small Business to Assist Your Community in a Substantial Way

    A Culture of Honoring Your Community Counter to how many businesses practice, the small business literature assumes that smaller firms do not have the capitalization or other resources necessary to contribute to non-profit organizations (NPOs), non-governmental organizations (NGOs), or governmental agencies. Much of my research is on determining if the evidence contradicts this blind assumption.…

  • What’s My Faith Got to Do With It?

    What’s My Faith Got to Do With It?

    We have been asked more times than I can remember why we have made some counter-business-culture choices. That’s when we honor God with words after we honor him with actions. We get to tell them about Jesus’s love for helping the poor, the weak, the jailed, the hated, and the lost. We honor God even…

  • Partnering Your Small Business with Your Community in a Substantial Way

    We, small and micro-enterprises, are over 50% of the US economy. Let us help each other in the greater community sense. Let us be known as different from the big ones, with offshore offices.

  • Gratitude is Your Super Power

    So, where is the blessing in this trauma? The first blessing is that I found I could teach others merely by giving of myself to them. I had nothing to gain or lose. It was never a transaction. It was, and is, empowered by my overwhelming gratitude for my family, creating an environment for me…

  • 100% The Same: Organizational Culture in Martial Arts Businesses and Other Microbusiness

    Recently I sat in on a Facebook live consulting group making their case for better business administration techniques in the martial arts industry. Since I’m in the martial arts industry, have an MBA, and my Ph.D. domain is micro business culture and leadership, I was interested in knowing if the newer people in the business…

  • 100% Devoid of Hierarchical Leadership Structures – Effective Collaboration

    Rather than ‘if it’s going to be, it’s up to me,’ this frame insists that collaborative partners need to feel and be in the same boat, fighting the same storm, with the same risk, goal, and reward.

  • Is 65 Years Old Too Old to Ph.D.?

    In a word, No. I will be 66 the month I finish the coursework portion of a Ph.D. in organizational leadership.

  • Micro Businesses Mission Statements Is Yours 100% on Brand?

    Micro-business owners are entrepreneurs with a passion for their products and services but frequently face external financial oppression due to their size. The lack of capital sources and income fluctuation can cause internal doubts, fears, and assaults on their energy level and spirit.

  • The Power Of Organizational Purpose

    “There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it.” – Napoleon Hill Everyone in organizational leadership, management, and behavior circles has been talking about the importance of purpose in the success and growth of a business,…

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