Social Media + the Power of Staying on Message

August 7th, 2010
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How do we bring home the bacon to our family week in and week out? We do so by sharing enough value with the world, that the world says keep going. We creat a 7 day cycle with time off,…


Thoughts on this year’s smAlbany Small Business Event

July 29th, 2010
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I wanted to thank all of those who helped to make this year’s smAlbany small business day such a great event!

I have to start off by thanking our sponsors, without whom we would not have been able to stage…


The Essence of “smAlbany”

June 28th, 2010
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I was running errands last weekend wearing my Liberteks.com crew shirt. It’s a handsome shirt – white with a royal blue stitched Liberteks logo.

As I made my way around from this store to that, I had the good…


How smAlbany can earn your business $10,000

June 14th, 2010
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smAlbany pledges to create an annual local event that will showcase local small business effort and will generate $10,000 in business value for each attendee.

That’s right. We estimate that the smAlbany 2010 will produce in excess of $10,000 for…


Why Simplification First Feels Bad

May 24th, 2010
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When we simplify the systems of our lives, we transfer the way we felt about our previous systems in the hopes of the benefits of a new simpler choice. Often this simpler choice provides the potential of a method that…


smAlbany Small Business Day & Job Fair July 27

May 13th, 2010
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It’s with great pride that I’m announcing the 5th Annual smAlbany Small Business Day to be held on Tuesday, July 27 at the College of Nano Science and Engineering at the State University of Albany. I would encourage…


A Visit to Federal Bankruptcy Court

April 29th, 2010
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Today I spent an interesting day in federal bankruptcy court. I got to watch how easy it is to file a Chapter 7 no asset liquidation in the US. Rather than the system looking to process the claimants assets, it is…


How to “blow up” your small business Part I

April 22nd, 2010
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At the risk of using a non-politically correct word such as “blow up” in the concept all small businesses desiring to find a business niche and “blow it up”; here “blow it up” refers to the non-controversial concept of exponential…


How to blow up your small business Part II

April 22nd, 2010
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In our first blog post we touched on the controversial in the smallest way. In this entry we go local — touring an optimal route through smAlbany — it’s sights, it’s sounds, it’s people.

Today I had dinner at Blue…


Quality vs. Performance, What does it mean?

April 19th, 2010
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You can’t fake quality. Over time it always comes full circle. There are no short cuts; just ask Toyota. On the other hand a great performance always has in it some level of fakery. In fact it is the essence of…