“By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.” – Benjamin Franklin
Entrepreneurs
How Your Business Can Learn From Greece’s Mistakes
“In Greece wise men speak and fools decide.” – George Santayana
When You Need That Bigger Boat: Finding Key Employees
“The employer generally gets the employees he deserves.” J. Paul Getty.
The watershed moment in any business is when you as an entrepreneur, turn to your partner and say, “We need to hire someone.”
Hiring is one of the toughest skills to obtain. I use a very technical, specific method to hire law clerks. Everyone — from the receptionist through the senior staff — weighs in and we see if they will be able to join the culture and then we test their technical skills and their writing. I use a completely different, softer approach to find a lateral hire; its more about the interpersonal skills.
Small Business Options for Debt Financing
“Because that’s where the money is.” – Willie Sutton, on explaining why he robbed banks
A Piece of the Action
“Now, you cooperate wid us and, uh, maybe we’ll cut choo in for a piece o’ dee action.” – Star Trek, A Piece of the Action (1968)
S-Corp vs. An LLC: A Final Observation About Making Your Choice
“We all make choices, but in the end our choices make us.” ― Ken Levine