Last time the frog broke news on the new “post to your place page” feature in the Google LBC. It was nice to have it picked up by Blumenthal and read his enlightening thoughts on understanding “post to your place page” feature’s importance. Today I noticed another new feature, “Service Areas” (something every small service [...]
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Monday Morning Motivationals – A test run
Today I am posting a test run of what will hopefully become a series here on Tenacious Frog… M3 (Monday Morning Motivationals)TM Monday Morning Motivationals will be short podcasts or videos to inspire you as you go about your business week. Today’s Motivational is a quick commentary on a section of The Sticking Point, a [...]
WoW, I’ve read all of these…. – Amazon’s Small Business & entrpreneur books
Getting Things Done Seven Habits of Highly Effective People The Five Dysfunctions of a Team (I haven’t read this one) Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap… and Others Don’t The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don’t Work and What [...]
Strategic Planning – A consulting gem
Jaxworks.com, a brilliant small business website I found circa 2004, has an excellent Strategic Planning worksheet. I had a printout of it in my binder since November 2004 and gave it another look. Wow! I will certainly be using this in my consulting work.
Bootstrapping like Subway
A quick rant about Subway, bootstrapping and small business. I had the following article in one of my binders: Stake Your Claim It is all about bootstrapping your small business. Starting on a shoestring budget and building incrementally to success. The article is based on the ideas of Subway’s Fred DeLuca who wrote the book [...]
Lucky? Smart? A bit of the two
In one of my binders I had the following article about the founder of Tripod and his business startup adventure: Luck or Smart? My personal opinion (for what its worth) is that entrepreneurs are prepared. That is that they are prepared for the opportunities that are out there. They are prepared to take advantage of [...]
Apple’s Garage
This old article on Apple Computer’s original garage office has hung in my garage for a long time inspiring me. Apple is a rather inspiring company. Steve Jobs in particular has always stayed focused on a strong vision for the company. (sidenote: I like Apple the company and believe their products are much better than [...]
Rich Dad Poor Dad – BI triangle
Robert Kiyosaki’s BI triangle I had written a decent sized post about this but there was an error upon submission. (perhaps a reason NOT to use TDO mini forms…)
BI triangle and Rich Dad
Robert Kiyosaki’s
Yaro Starak’s business timeline
It’s no secret I am a Yaro Starak fan. He was one of the first online business bloggers I ever read. And is still at the top of my list of all time favourite bloggers in general. I have read a ton of his materials. One of the best series is Yaro’s Business Timeline. I [...]