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Top 3 business growth roadblocks
Washington Business Journal by Ingar Grev, May 3, 2011
Well, after blogging about business news
items for years, it’s great to finally blog on an article where I was one of the featured “experts” ( I use that term loosely, of
course!). The writer, Anne Field, called me a few weeks ago to ask me about common roadblocks that prevent businesses from taking
their businesses to the next level.
Washington Business Journal by Ingar Grev, May 19, 2011
Over the past few weeks, I was a judge for a couple of business plan competitions. One was the Business Professionals of America’s National Leadership Conference and the other was the Community Business Partnership’s 2011 Business Plan competition. I saw many great business ideas…
Yes, I bought Lady Gaga’s 'Born This Way'
Washington Business Journal by Ingar Grev, June 6, 2011
Last week there was a little brouhaha over at Amazon.com related to their promotion of Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way” album. On May 23, Amazon offered a digital copy of the album for 99 cents (it wholesales for about $9 – Amazon might have paid $7), which led to a massive crush of customers at the Internet retailer’s website.
How do you keep a client like UnderArmour?
Washington Business Journal by Ingar Grev, April 11, 2011
I’ve written before that your first priority in marketing is to hold on to your existing customers. Small businesses often satisfy this requirement through exceptional customer service, but many larger companies do it by sorting their customers into tiers (e.g. Tier 1, Tier 2, Tier 3, etc.).
Entrepreneurship in the core curriculum?
Washington Business Journal by Ingar Grev, April 20, 2011
If you’re an entrepreneur,
you’ll enjoy this article by Dilbert cartoon creator Scott Adams: “How to Get a Real Education.” His idea about educating “B” students
in entrepreneurship was interesting to me, because I have long felt that we should be teaching our young people much more about the
bedrock of the American economic system: free enterprise.
Running a business isn’t rocket science
Washington Business Journal by Ingar Grev, April 26, 2011
Running a business isn’t rocket science. Trust me; I did rocket science for 10 years, and this ain’t it. I say this often when I speak to groups of business leaders, leveraging my 10 years of working in the missile defense industry to make a point.
