Entrepreneurship & Small Business

It's Monday morning and you have just finished your first cup of coffee, kissed your spouse goodbye and drove to your office. You are the first one to arrive and turn on the lights. As you finish your second cup of coffee, your employees begin to arrive as they have done for the last 30 years.

The fallout from Hurricane Sandy will be with us for years, and it will extend far beyond the devastation in New York City, New Jersey and other parts of the East Coast.

Many people suffer from triskaidekaphobia, the fear of the number 13. Instead of fearing it, embrace it and use it to your advantage in your social media marketing for 2013!

Social media marketing is undoubtedly powerful today. But may Facebook and Twitter be hurting the success and diminishing the role of a business?

Wisconsin businesses reported better trends in 2012, with more than 50 percent of businesses reporting increased sales, according to The First Business Economic Survey for Dane County, Milwaukee and Waukesha Counties and the northeast region of Wisconsin.

Social business agency 7Summits, based in Milwaukee, has named R.J. Reimers president.

Brighter12, a Milwaukee-based start-up company, has launched its website www.brighter12.com to assist 12-step program participants in recovering from their addictions through interactive online tools.

The phrase “There is no 'I' in teamwork,” reminds me of how many people I have coached over the years who had a hard time with wanting to be the one in control and recognized for results.

Last year my husband and I enrolled in a philosophy course at St. Petersburg College. Though there was quite an age gap between our classmates and us. It was a captivating and most enjoyable experience.

The sheriff rode into town the other day to speak to a combined meeting of my three TEC groups.