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

Would a little PR benefit your business?

December 11, 2011

This is a guest blog post from David Manzer, founder of PROverCoffee and MyLocalReporter. Most business owners don’t have a PR (Public Relations) strategy of any kind, but instead focus on marketing only. The lost opportunity is great. Learning to pitch a story to the media is a critical business skill that few of us [...]

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Partnerships in Business Are Like Marriages

December 3, 2011

(reprint of Dag Nybo’s column for the Austin Business Journal) Most adults have heard at least one horror story about a failed business partnership. In these stories, there are few winners, including the partner who makes off with the larger share of the company’s assets. Recovery is long and painful as each partner overcomes debt, [...]

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Should Top Performers Try To Improve?

November 27, 2011

Human nature drives us to improve, but many of us ignore this after we’ve reached a certain level of accomplishment. What we forget is that when we improve ourselves, we feel engaged, energized and satisfied. It does take work and effort, but it’s worth it. Kicking it up a notch can be as simple as [...]

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Are The Best Entrepreneurs Young?

November 20, 2011

I found a sea of articles/blogs about young and old taking on the entrepreneurial challenge. This piece by Marty Zwilling debunks age as a factor, another points out 5 entrepreneurs who made in big after age 90 and lastly I found a practicing MD who thrives on entrepreneurship . Regardless, there is a pervasive belief [...]

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4 Ways to Avoid Scheduling like a Physician

November 12, 2011

Quick apology to all my physician friends for the title of this blog, but my point is valid. Physician practices normally fill all available appointment slots and as such, patients wait 30 minutes or more after they arrive. If the patient is 30 minutes late, they lose the appointment and have to reschedule. Check out [...]

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3 Ways to Take a Professional Break

November 6, 2011

I sometimes make the mistake of pushing on the coaching accelerator much harder than I need to. In particular, I get lost in the daily grind and start believing that being overly-active and intensely busy is critical to my professional success. If we need a drastic one minute reset, why not watch Gene, Gene the [...]

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3 Ways to Stay In Sync With Your Business

October 31, 2011

It’s more important to be In Sync than Busy. This applies to our business and professional life. It also applies to our personal life. Getting up in the morning, knowing we have a lot to do, pounding down a few cups of coffee and racing out the door is not being in sync. Call it [...]

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Three Parts of the Energetic Entrepreneur

October 23, 2011

Guest Blog Post by Gudjon Bergmann Stress Management Expert and Entrepreneur and Author of “The Life Balance & Stress Management Program” I have been an entrepreneur in one form or another since I was in my early twenties. Having been through ups and downs in my career I think that my most precious resource is [...]

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Writing A Book Doesn’t Make An Entrepreneur

October 17, 2011

(reprint of Dag Nybo’s column for the Austin Business Journal) Many entrepreneurs are familiar with the notion of writing a book as a business card. Others of us want to share our subject matter expertise with clients and the business community. But writing a book does not guarantee personal and professional credibility. Read the entire [...]

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5 Ways Not To Give Back The Sale

September 24, 2011

Although there are many valid reasons for not making a sale, many business owners Give Back Sales that they have already made . Sometimes with good intention, always resulting in lower income. If you are a business owner, you are a sales person.. and this isn’t a bad thing. If we have gotten a prospect [...]