Todd “The Tool Man” Traylor just lost his local TV show’s biggest sponsor: Hammertime Tools. This big-name tool brand is pivoting their business to focus on manufacturing heavy machinery, so they no longer need to advertise to the DIY and local handyman market. This move may be a good one for Hammertime Tools, but it’s…
Have you ever seen a brilliant domino masterpiece that seems to defy the basic laws of physics? This amazing triple spiral will blow your mind. Or at least provide you with an entertaining 2-minute work break while also helping you to grasp the cause and effect relationship of tariffs on the economy… Whether you are…
The Marketing MacGuffins have been a fully remote business since the pandemic. They intended to go back to the office once things got back to “normal,” but the appeal of a country-wide candidate pool won over the leadership team when staff turnover spiked a year later. This turned out to be a great move to…
“When I was a kid, a dozen eggs was only 90 cents! Have you looked at the price of eggs lately? $4.39 for a dozen! What is the world coming to?” We’ve all heard people complain about how much better “the good ol’ days” were. Our retrospective rose colored glasses see things as better…and cheaper…than…
Elsa was sitting on a beach chair with her toes buried in Hawaii’s black sand when her phone rang. It was Anna, the manager of her snowplow business, Ice Busters: “Elsa, we’ve run into a problem. We just had a heavy snowstorm and two of our snowplows just went down. It looks like there is…
“Celebrate endings—for they precede new beginnings.” —Jonathan Huie Running a business can be like running a marathon. It takes hard work, preparation, and endurance. As we close out 2024, it’s the perfect time to reflect on what you’ve learned and how it can drive you forward towards better performance in 2025. What financial insights have…
Did you ever cheat on an exam in school? You know… using the old side-eye while keeping your head down to read what Frank put down for question 3. Have you ever stolen something? Perhaps something was hiding under your child’s diaper bag in the grocery cart and you didn’t realize it until you got…
Ever since I was a kid, I asked a lot of questions. I was the girl with braces, a backpack full of books, and a never-ending arsenal of questions that made even the most patient of adults have to take a deep breath before they answered yet another inquiry from my curious mind. This trend…