by David Lively | About Retail, Blog
Turning around a struggling business in these difficult economic times isn’t easy, but it’s possible. Wayne Rivers, the co-founder of the Family Business Institute, has some advice on how to make your business more lucrative than ever before. (MSNBC) Look...
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by David Lively | About Retail, Blog, Communication, Family Business
“She’s out there and she’s looking for you. This is not the time to play hide and seek.” So says Ray Allegrezza, Editor-In-Chief of FurnitureToday, in a recent editorial. “It’s always a good thing to be connected to your customers —...
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by David Lively | About Retail, Blog, Communication, Family Business
“Can’t act. Slightly bald. Can dance only a little.” Good thing Fred Astaire paid no attention to MGM’s review of his screen test. Beethoven’s violin teacher declared him hopeless as a composer, while Einstein’s teacher wrote that...
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by David Lively | About Retail, Blog, Communication, Generations, Products
Hugh MacLeod said, “The old ways are dead. And you need people around you who concur. That means hanging out more with the creative people, the freaks, the real visionaries, than you’re already doing. Thinking more about what their needs are, and...
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by David Lively | About Retail, Blog, Family Business
Do you remember the scene in “The Wizard of Oz” where the Wizard tells the Scarecrow, “My boy, back where I come from, men teach at great universities with no more brains than you have. But they have one thing you haven’t got – a...
