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Consultants How to Choose, Use, and not Abuse them. (These comments on consultants and other professional service providers were originally posted at LearningEntrepreneurship.com  and later included among the Random Ramblings of Uncle Ralph  in Part V of Don’t Do It the Hard Way ). In a recent meeting with an old consulting associate who has also written books of advice for entrepreneurs, we were reminiscing and exchanging some of the old clichés and bad jokes about consultan

And more free books, including mine!        As you may know, I’m also the author of the Dale Hunter Thriller novels and I'm currently trying to focus on finishing the first draft of Dale Hunter novel #7, RIVER OF REVENGE.  As of today, I’ve completed a very rough outline and the draft manuscript is up to 20,500 words, about a third of a full novel. This week I’m working in isolation at a quiet spot in the Poconos of Pennsylvania called Lake Harmony. Sounds like a good place t

Hire it yourself   “We’re all going to be replaced by robots and AI!” There are lots of forecasts of doom and gloom for us all with the looming robot uprising taking revenge on humanity for all our deficiencies. Maybe the consequences of the new artificial intelligence era are exaggerated, maybe they’re under-estimated, but AI is already affecting us all. Many prognosticators predict the end of work as we know it. Traditional jobs from entry level office work and administrati

It’s a Three-Part Process The Three Parts: Marketing, Sales, and Customer Service   (These comments on Marketing, Sales, and Customer Service were originally posted at LearningEntrepreneurship.com  and later included in Don’t Do It the Hard Way ). The building of a sustainable business around a marketable product or service requires loyal, long-term profitable customer relationships that can only be achieved with a consistently effective team effort supporting a three-part pr

Have you put the stamp of personality on your business? Is it good for business? Or do you or the business need a personality transplant? Sometimes the corporate personality is not aligned with the personality of the owner or CEO. They may remain hidden in the background providing leadership and strategic direction to the frontline teams. Sometimes the CEO or primary shareholder dominates the corporate image and branding so that their personality and their actions continually

Old entrepreneurs and advisors like me occasionally wonder if we’ve become obsolete. Do we still have good advice to share? My conclusion is obvious from the constant writing, posting, and publishing of my words of wisdom and advice based on the lessons learned from my decades of experience in entrepreneurship, management and leadership. Some of my knowledge and skill sets are definitely obsolete, of course. I did my MBA at McGill more than fifty years ago when personal compu