by Jim Schleckser | Dec 12, 2019 | Business
Just being 10%-15% better or cheaper is not going to cut it. Again: make them an offer they can’t refuse to grow your business. I’m sure you can recall the famous line uttered in the classic movie, The Godfather, where Don Vito Corleone played by Marlon...
by Jim Schleckser | Dec 11, 2019 | Business
Right now, they are not good enough and are too expensive. A lot of us operate in relatively stable and existing markets where we sell a product or service that our customers are happy with–which allows us to make money every day of the week. We also know who...
by Jim Schleckser | Nov 26, 2019 | Business
They are valuable if they are used properly Most of us who run companies aren’t lawyers, perhaps, fortunately. At the same time, we are dependent on the skills, education, and background of professional attorneys to advise us. The challenge is that we have to...
by Jim Schleckser | Oct 29, 2019 | Business
The most disruptive innovation comes from elsewhere Whenever I speak about innovation, one of the companies I point to is Apple. Of course, some would argue that Apple is less than innovative these days. But just about anyone would acknowledge that Apple has produced...
by Jim Schleckser | Oct 22, 2019 | Business
If you want to be a clear communicator, you have to forget college writing When we’re growing up in the educational system, we’re taught to write in a way that builds complex thoughts and sentences. Big vocabulary words are prized. The more syllables the...
by Jim Schleckser | Jul 9, 2019 | Board of Directors, Business, Culture
I have written before about advisory boards and the steps you can take toward evolving that board into a more formal, fiduciary board for your business. But there are also steps you can take in the near-term to leverage your board in a different way to help grow your...
