Archive: December, 2008

Take Care of Yourself First

Posted on 12/30/08 by David Gass 3 Comments

For the first few years of operating my business my philosophy was to take care of my employees first, no matter what. I can tell you now – that’s not the way I think anymore. In October of 2003 I received a phone call from a local casino asking if I had given permission for [...]

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The Best Tool ever for Business Planning

Posted on 12/22/08 by David Gass 5 Comments

If you are like me, you have spent numerous hours sitting in your office, on your laptop or even at a whiteboard, trying to figure out the best way to START planning next year’s goals and objectives.Until I discovered the one tool that would help me save thousands of hours over the years, I would [...]

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4 Ways to Protect Yourself When Starting a Business

Posted on 12/02/08 by David Gass 2 Comments

When you start a business there is always a chance that the venture won’t work out the way you want. In fact more than 80% of the time businesses fail in the first five years. I’m sure you’ve heard that statistic before. In my opinion I believe the number is even higher because of the [...]

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