“In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower Based on the news headlines, entrepreneurs are battling for survival every day. Economists and business leaders agree that we are in the midst of the most challenging business climate in 25 years. How do we [...]

“Find a job you love and you’ll never work a day in your life.” – Confucius We all want to have that type of job, the job that we love. After all, the average person in the U.S. today will spend over 45 years, or almost 94,000 hours, working at his or her job. This [...]

In Kentuckiana, there are about 30,000 small businesses, and all but about 500 are classified as small businesses. Studies have shown that only about 18% of small business owners have a written business plan, but for those entrepreneurs who have invested the time to write a business plan, virtually all consider that a key to [...]

Most Americans want to own a business. Surveys have consistently indicated that next to owning a home, small business ownership is at the top of the list of great American dreams. Entrepreneurship has been a part of the fabric of this country since colonial times. In fact, this aspiration must be universal, being that most [...]