All You Have Is Your Reputation

How to build it. Protect it. And test if it’s really what you think. A good relationship. Or is it? When we started Mavidea, we understood that good relationships are important.  But we lacked the tools to help us truly build the long-term relationships we wanted. At the time, we thought the process of keeping…

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Competition

  “Competition is the keen cutting edge of business, always shaving away at costs.” –  Henry Ford In our last Town Hall, Erik mentioned that we are likely to feel more competitive pressure over the years to come. Over the last couple of weeks I have been playing basketball on Wednesday nights.  Last night, I…

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What’s Your Destination?

How to make the goals you set for the short-term count for the long term. At this time of year, many people are in the process of goal setting. And though we need to focus on short-term goals, it’s more important to plan for the long term. It’s what Stephen Covey called “starting with the…

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When the Unexpected Strikes

How clarity keeps your business on course.  Sharing the focus keeps your business on track. Even when what you never thought would happen…happens. Sometimes, even when you do all the right things, something happens. That’s the time when your future can depend on how quickly you can turn your team toward a new, urgent goal….

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Do I Even Really Need a Server?

So we have discussed a bit about the challenges facing small businesses with the coming end of server 2003 and Exchange 2003.  No more all in one work horses like Small Business Server anymore, larger hardware needs to run and maintain multiple servers, and more complex and expensive licensing requirements.  It seems at first take…

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