Rob Severson
SOME REASONS BUSINESSES AND INDIVIDUALS GO BROKE!
I have worked with 100′s of small businesses and have seen a few things that cause financial problems for them. I think they are very similar to individuals who have problems. First, some businesses take much more personal compensation than the business can support. Sometime they do this to avoid corporate income taxes but do [...]
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Are you interested in writing and publishing? You are invited to join me, Felice Gerwitz, author of “Information in a Nutshell: Writing and Publishing,” along with my guests as we explore the exciting world of becoming a published author. This broadcast airs every Monday afternoon at 3:30 ET. I will challenge you with information and [...]
And churches wonder why their member giving is low
I recently wrote on social injustice reflecting on what some churches promote. I believe their intentions are good, but question the result. I also received some comments that these churches think the government has to do the entitlement stuff because the people in their churches do not give enough money to do it. If I were [...]
DO OUR SPENDING DECISIONS MATCH OUR GOALS?
Except for the really rich, we all need to watch our spending. Money management is a very simple concept; spend less than we earn! Easy to say, but difficult to do especially at various stages of our lives. When we are young we are like a growing business, we need to invest in homes, our [...]
IS SOCIAL JUSTICE A COPOUT?
Social injustice I heard this term a lot in the 60′s when I was in college but didn’t think about it too much as I was doing other things than protesting stuff. As it keeps coming up I looked it up on Wikepedia to learn more about it. There is a lot on there, but [...]
DOING THINGS THAT MATTER
Do some things that really matter I can’t sing, I can’t dance, but I can make a fool our of myself with the best of them so I did this weekend. I have watched the dad’s dance at my granddaughters’ dance recital at O”Shaughnessy for the last four years, and laughed at the guys so [...]
Are we ready to go?
I lost an old friend today Just heard that an old high school friend of mine passed away last night. I am sure this happens to us all when it does it always puts many things into perspective. My friend had struggled with alcohol and other things for many years. He was at Mankato State [...]
One way to protect your future.. start building a consulting business early!
Do you want to be a consultant? I am a consultant/coach but I never planned to be one. I just fell in to it when my job changed at Norwest (now Wells Fargo) and I didn’t want to find another position there. So, I took my severance and hung up my shingle! My goal was [...]
DO YOU KNOW YOUR MARKET?
In the venture capital business one of the most important factors in an investment decision is the size of the market for the product being introduced. Another important side to this is access to the market. In addition to management skills these are critical when looking for investors. Individuals have the same challenge. We need [...]
LOOKING FOR SUMMER JOBS?
The unemployment thing is a real problem for many. On the other side, I still hear from business owners that it is hard to get good “help”! How can this be in this market? I spoke at a high school a few weeks ago and one of the interests was summer jobs. The students had [...]
