Archive for January 10th, 2009
Ignorant and Inexperienced: Good!
photo credit: debaird™ The founder of Crate and Barrel said that it was ignorance and inexperience that got his first store started. “We didn’t know anything about retail,” Segal recalled. “I had grown up in the restaurant business, so I knew about service but not about retail. We didn’t know a market from a markdown. [...]
Even Business Owner’s Need A Toolkit Once In A While
When something is broken and it needs fixed, what do you do? You have 2 choices, call someone in to fix it or do the work on your own. Ironically, it’s not that much different in business. You could either call someone in to help answer your questions and do the work, or learn the [...]
