Dag Nybo Blogs 2-3 Times Weekly on Topics Your Business Can Benefit From

Overcoming Setbacks and Getting Back on Track Professionally

May 11, 2012

When things become difficult or we experience a setback in our businesses, the easiest thing to do is to pull back and retreat. Allowing ourselves to recover is important. Remember to keep any sense of over-reaction to a minimum. Four things you can do when overcoming a setback Determine What Really Happened Sometimes it’s easy [...]

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Entrepreneurs Don’t Need To Lease A Space Immediately

March 11, 2012

(reprint of Dag Nybo’s column for the Austin Business Journal) A trend among businesses, especially new startups, is the need for flexibility, low risk and low overhead. One of the key considerations when we open or expand a business is whether we actually need space or just need an address or phone number. Leasing office [...]

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4 Ways For Business Owners To Become Sales People

February 12, 2012

We business owners (and entrepreneurs) avoid the sales and selling parts of our businesses more than other functions. We would rather market, create product, work on our websites and particularly stay in the office. This is because we feel safer in most every other area than a sales and selling environment. When we sell, we [...]

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Benefits of A Business Coach

January 29, 2012

Are you an entrepreneur or executive who’s working hard to be a success, yet you haven’t quite found the right formula? Are you puzzled by where you’re faltering in your career, because you can’t put your finger on the problem? If you’ve been frustrated in your professional performance, perhaps you need to make a change. [...]

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4 Steps to RAMP Your Business

January 22, 2012

Business development and growth are not as hard as they sound. We can start growing today, regardless of where we are. If we are losing money, making money but feeling stagnant or growing but overworked, it may be time to re-evaluate. No sense letting ourselves or our business live in the proverbial fishbowl… that’s frustrating. [...]

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Managing Your Employees – 3 Strategies for Success

January 19, 2012

Most of my clients struggle with some aspect of managing their employees . Two common complaints are, “Most of my employees under-perform” and “I’ve tried every communication strategy in the book, but none of them work.” We don’t have to employ the Steve Jobs People Management Strategy to succeed. In most cases, we don’t want [...]

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3 Ways to Make Every Year The Best Yet

January 1, 2012

2011 is past us and I am still waiting to find someone with anything positive to say about the last 12 months. For me, it wasn’t the best year, but it also wasn’t the worst. My business grew, I worked many hours (as is expected as a small business owner) and I had many wonderful [...]

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The Downside of Passion

December 28, 2011

The word “passion” is overused in business and entrepreneurship. Those of us who own micro and small businesses throw it into any and every discussion that involves life, work and career. Has it gone too far and have we gotten lazy? Check out Jonathan Field’s blog Has Passion Jumped The Shark . In Three Words [...]

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Knowing Our Personal Demons Can Help Us Professionally

December 18, 2011

Have I gone nuts? How can a personal demon help us in our business? Well it can’t directly, but understanding how our personal demons sabotage us can help us both personally and professionally. “Imagine how successful a company could be if every salesperson, every manager, every executive would drill down and confront the internal demons [...]