When we think of disaster recovery for business, images of earthquakes, fires, and floods come to mind. Thoughts about losses of expensive equipment, inability to access important data, and getting people to work and product out the door become overwhelming. We take comfort in the fact that we have property and casualty insurance and start... View Article
Dennis Hebert of CFO Selections shares insights on the finance side of your manufacturing relationship. ——————————— Congratulations! You have found a company that will manufacture your product. The company will produce your product at the quality level you want, and at a price that gives you great margins. You’re ready to sign the formal manufacturing... View Article
Our guest blog post comes from Bob Nitschke, Managing Partner of Arago Partners in Seattle, WA. Bob provides some of the key questions we’ll address in tomorrow’s seminar on “Maximizing Your Manufactuing Relationship.” If you have these questions, join us tomorrow for education and discussion. ——————————- Are you a first-timer? Don’t be offended by the... View Article
Part 2 of our “Beginning a Manufacturing Relationship” blog post by Erin Wilson, President and Chief Mama at Lots to Say Baby, a manufacturer and designer of funny pacifiers. Bringing your idea to reality – Part II Finding a Manufacturer Our last post talked about ways to research the manufacturing process. Once you are armed with... View Article
Our guest blog post this week comes from Erin Wilson, President and Chief Mama of Lots To Say Baby, a manufacturer and designer of funny pacifiers. She can be reached at erin@lots2saybaby.com. This is part 1 of a 2 part post… ————————————— You have the idea of the century; a product that just needs to be out... View Article
Over the past 18 months, many great ideas and inventions have come to the surface. Maybe creativity and innovation is correlated with high levels of unemployment… I haven’t looked into this but it makes sense. Whatever the reason, we’ve seen more new products and concepts coming to market and our patent lawyer colleagues had a... View Article
We wrap up our month of “Ready, Set, Grow!” with a post from Tim Fletcher, President of Envirovogue, a company that manufactures eco-friendly bags and gives back to the community with every sale. Envirovogue is poised and ready for growth this year; and in this post, Tim shares why now’s the time. ———————————————— 2010 promises to be... View Article
Today’s guest blog post comes from Dennis Purvine of CFO Selections, a company offering interim CFO services to businesses. ————————————— Unless you have been hiding under a rock, you know our economy is still struggling. As a result, many businesses are strapped for cash. This is particularly true for small businesses, which haven’t had government... View Article
Guest contributor Elizabeth Bowman, founder of Innovatively Organized shares tips for how organizing your business helps you to grow. —————————————————- Cultivate your Organizing Skills and Grow your Business How much time do you spend searching for the sticky note with an important phone number or digging through stacks of paper to find the document you... View Article