by - March 19, 2023 9:09 am
When you see how the media portray entrepreneurship, you would likely think that entrepreneurship is all about idea generation, startups, and the almost-instant raising of equity capital while the founders…
by - February 5, 2023 10:29 am
I spent my 43-year professional career working in or for architecture and engineering (AE) firms. I have been an owner in four of them, a board member in several more,…
by - December 25, 2022 8:51 am
I went by my friend Burt Hanna’s new candle factory in Fayetteville the other day. Since he was kind enough to read a draft copy of my new book, “Confessions…
by - November 15, 2022 10:40 am
Will we have a recession? Are we already in a recession? I don’t know. I’m not an economist. Even if we have a recession — far from a certainty —…
by - September 28, 2022 10:50 am
With the current issue of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal focused on accounting and finance — two subjects near and dear to my heart as someone who teaches in a…
by - August 16, 2022 8:20 am
Let’s face it. If you can be successful in your field before turning 40, you have a lot of runway left to become even more successful later in life. It’s…
by - July 12, 2022 1:20 pm
Marketing and promotion are not two strengths that most small businesses can claim. My experience is that most small business owners think most marketing and promotion dollars are dollars wasted,…
by - May 31, 2022 8:30 am
I was taking my morning shower the other day. After the shocking realization that my body looks like I swallowed a Thanksgiving Turkey (in its entirety) wore off, I started…
by - April 20, 2022 10:37 am
I have had several businesses and worked with many banks over the years. I always tried to see my banker as a business partner. We had the same interests. The…
by - March 2, 2022 9:01 am
Across America, but particularly in Northwest Arkansas, we are in an unprecedented boom period of growth and expansion. Everything looks good. The Northwest Arkansas metro unemployment rate is only 1.5%….
by - January 20, 2022 8:36 am
One of the significant aspects of entrepreneurship is that it’s an option for virtually anyone who wants to do it. Every type of person — every age, sex, size, race,…
by - December 26, 2021 2:41 pm
It’s hard to believe 2021 is almost over. With as long as 2020 was, this year just flew by. There is so much happening here in Northwest Arkansas that it…
by - November 11, 2021 9:02 am
Entrepreneurship is about value creation, and growth equates to value. Most everyone who owns a business will tell you they want their business to grow. Unfortunately, for many, it’s just…
by - September 16, 2021 10:28 am
Let’s face it. Despite a wide range of efforts, COVID-19 and all of its current and future variants aren’t going to go away for a long, long time, if ever….
by - July 29, 2021 8:24 am
It gets tiresome hearing small-business owners complain about how difficult it is to get good employees, incredibly tiresome hearing them talk about how bad their current employees are. They need…
by - May 27, 2021 2:25 pm
It’s easy for an older guy like me — 63 now — to complain about not being able to keep up with technology. Younger people expect us old folks to…
by - March 30, 2021 8:47 am
After you read the headline and my name, you may be thinking, “What does he know about the restaurant business?” That is a reasonable question in light of my more…
by - February 6, 2021 9:33 am
We have many entrepreneurs in Northwest Arkansas. Of course, the best-known entrepreneurs from our recent past are Sam Walton, Don Tyson and J.B. Hunt. Others are lesser-known, but entrepreneurs nevertheless….
by - January 11, 2021 11:52 am
If you are in business and want to do well, it sure helps if people like you. You are much more likely to be successful if you are likable. It…
by - December 16, 2020 11:48 am
At 62, I have been at it a long time. It feels like just yesterday I was 12 years old and selling bicycles I had fixed up on my mom…
