Life, Leadership, and Money Matters
About Matthew Gavin Frank Matthew Gavin Frank is the author of the nonfiction books, Flight of the Diamond Smugglers, The Mad Feast: An Ecstatic Tour Through America’s Food, Preparing the Ghost: An Essay Concerning the Giant Squid and Its First Photographer, Pot Farm, and Barolo; the poetry books, The Morrow…

There are many reasons why a small business might struggle to achieve all the things its owners want it to. Standing out and getting an edge is one of the toughest things to get right. And if you’re not doing things differently and you’re not finding a way to make…
People are always talking about how important product packaging is and all of the different things that it tells customers about your brand. But even though the design is important, you need to remember that packaging is, first and foremost, a functional item. A lot of businesses spend so much…
We judge others by the way they make their money. How did they make their money? It’s a fair question to ask. Money I don’t respect I once interviewed a woman millionaire, she became a millionaire from stock options in Microsoft. She worked in human resources, she didn’t have a…
About Chad Foster Chad Foster is a motivational keynote speaker, sales/finance leader, and inspirational change agent who works at Red Hat/IBM. Chad Foster was the first blind executive to graduate from Harvard Business School’s Program for Leadership Development. Despite going blind while attending college in his early twenties, Chad started…
When you run a small business, closing sales is one of the most important things you can do. No matter how much time and effort – not to mention money – you put into your marketing or your website or even your products and services, if you’re unable to close…