E-M8 Entrepreneurial Management for Eternal Mission

Money shortage is on of the key reasons businesses fail. Yet, the question is, is it a cause or a symptom? Obviously, it is a symptom of the failure of the plan, or may be even failure to plan. Yet, is it ever a cause of not having a plan?  I would argue that lack of money [...]

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The small business owner has little to offer. They have no money. They have even less time. They are stuck running a treadmill that is worse than most day jobs. Yet, small businesses are the most important part of our economy, since they generate most of our economic growth. It seems that anywhere you turn there [...]

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In Lean methodology, inventory is a way of hiding a problem. Just like a river, when the water level is high enough, nobody notices the rocks on the bottom. Yet, when there is little water each rock on the bottom of the river affects the water movement. So, to be able to see the process, [...]

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I am all in favor of support for big three US Automotives, to help them design more efficient cars. Except, the big three are Honda, Nissan and Toyota. And they already make efficient cars. They manufacture more cars in US and use more American made parts than GM, Chrysler and Ford, who have been offshoring [...]

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On Wednesday I was at a Entrepreneur’s meeting. What I saw was lots of people looking for money. What I did not see, was any banks or micro-credit organizations. I have been doing some micro-credit research and am coming to understand why micro-credit is not common. The procedures for getting micro-credit loan and the standards [...]

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