How (not) to Expand a Small Business

There is no one right way to start a business,
But there are definitely some wrong ways.

Take, for example, two successful fish mongers
And what happens when they decide to expand their small business. . .

Towed in a Hole

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Business should embrace 'boomerang employees'

Source: themajors.net What should you do when an employee leaves. . . and later asks to return? It may be an emotional instinct to react by rejecting their request to return. But why? If you take it as a personal rejection when an employee leaves, you may be cutting off your own nose to spite your own face. As these studies from the University of Illinois point out employees leaving then asking to return may just be offering you a big compliment to the way you do things. Perhaps they thought they'd be better off elsewhere only to find they were well off where they started. Not a bad message for other employees to hear if nothing else. Boomerang Employees Organizations of all types are beginning to recognize and embrace the value of recruiting and welcoming back former or boomerang employees. From infantry soldiers to chief executives, accountants and professional basketball players, many organizations proactively recruit and rehire former ...

Seizing Opportunity: Gerber Legendary Blades

A set of Gerber-12 steak knives circa 1950. Source: houseinprogress Y ou might think this is the story of a struggling knife maker making it big through sheer dint of effort. The story of Gerber Legendary Blades is one of serendipity and the Christmas of 1939. The name Gerber in hometown Portland, Oregon, is often associated with the regional advertising agency started by Joseph Gerber in 1910. The agency dealt in advertising, which in those days required the agency have their own printing presses in addition to the standard staff of writers, artists and account managers. By 1939, Gerber Advertising was one of three large agencies in Portland, with a staff of around thirty employees. As a present to the agency's clients, Joseph Gerber, commissioned a knife maker to create 25 sets of steak knives which were delivered at Christmas that year. The knives were such a hit that catalog retailer Abercrombie & Fitch made a big o...

More Attractive Real Estate Agents Mean Higher Prices and Profits

" attractiveness is not the 'be all, end all' -- it just helps to tip the scales when competitors are otherwise equally talented or skilled ." At least for real estate agents, it turns out that beauty is indeed more than skin deep. A recent study of physical attractiveness and how it impacts real estate brokers' pay and productivity shows that the more attractive the real estate agent, the higher the listing price of the home for sale. Those higher listings lead to higher sales prices, meaning that beauty enhances an agent's wage, said the report by Frank Mixon, professor of economics at Columbus State University's Turner College of Business. He collaborated on the article, "Broker beauty and boon: a study of physical attractiveness and its effect on real estate brokers' income and productivity." with Sean P. Salter, from the Jennings A. Jones College of Business at Middle Tennessee State University and Ernest W. King from...

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