Last week we posted several quotes by Warren Buffett on running a business and finding success. Like just about everyone else, we’re impressed by Mr. Buffett’s ability to start several businesses, then grow one of them—Berkshire Hathaway into an amazingly…
Like so many of the other entrepreneurs we’ve profiled over the past year or so, Michael Dell saw a problem and thought, “there’s got to be a better way to do that.” As a college freshman, he started a small…
Over the past few years, we’ve seen dozens of articles on the web about why you must hire a professional logo designer and spend as much as $5,000 to create a new logo unique to your business. One writer even…
Dadec Inc is a property preservation company that services bank owned properties by repairing, cleaning, and performing routine maintenance in order to bring the properties up to marketable condition and improve overall value, maximizing returns for the seller. They specialize…
We were saddened last week to learn of the death of author Stephen R. Covey. He was famous as a professor of business, a speaker and consultant whose writing on organizational and personal behavior impacted millions of people. But Dr.…
No doubt you’ve heard of Mark Cuban, one of the most successful entrepreneurs to emerge from the tech boom of the 1990s. Love him or hate him, it’s hard not to admire his business success. Mr. Cuban started his first…
Lisa sold motorcycle helmets and accessories for her family-owned powersports business. In 2011, she decided to branch out and open her own store, called Xtreme Helmets. Xtreme Helmets specializes in providing quality and affordable motorcycle helmets and accessories. They boast…
A big part of what makes a great entrepreneur is vision—being able to see what others can’t, especially when it comes to your product or service. Vision was the difference between the McDonald brothers and Ray Kroc. By 1954, Richard…
Every day we meet customers who use the Logomaker tool to create outstanding logos to help them market their businesses. Here’s a customer we met just this week. In 1995, Brian bought into a franchise selling onsite furniture repair and…
We ran across a short article a week or so ago called “7 Signs You’re Not Entrepreneur Material.” If you’re thinking of starting a business, stop what you’re doing and read it. A lot of people have a glamorous idea…