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By / business smarts, personal development / Jun 2,2016

The Best Time to Start a New Business

by Ken Matesz

“Do you know what happens when you give a procrastinator a good idea?

Nothing!”                                                                                     Donald Gardner

Are you one of the many who is tired of working for others?

Are you tired of the 9 to 5 grind?

Tired of just having 3 weeks vacation and having to jockey with other employees to get the weeks you want?

Tired of working 40 hours per week and feeling like you earn peanuts?

Maybe you just relish the thought of being your own boss?

Wouldn’t it be cool to be able to say, “I’m the boss!”?

Wouldn’t it be cool to just walk into work one day and say to your current boss, “I quit!”?

If this sounds like you, then maybe you really should start your own business.

Before you do, though, you should realize that there is an optimum time to do this. There is a best time for starting a business if you really want it to be successful. If you don’t start your business at the right time, it will probably never succeed!

That’s how critical it is to start your own business at the right time!

And I will tell you exactly when you should do it if you want to succeed.

The best time to start a new business, if you really want it to take off, is. . .

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By / business smarts / May 12,2016

Niche Markets: Working Smarter, Not Harder

by Ken Matesz

“If you want to be rich, think big . . . think differently.”            Robert Kiyosoki

Last week I went car shopping.

Down one long stretch of a busy road I saw all the typical car brands:  Honda, Subaru, Mazda, GMC, Ford, Chrysler, Chevrolet.

What car brands didn’t I see?

Lamborghini

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Porsche

Ferrari

Jaguar

Maserati

Aston Martin

Bugatti

Not only were none of these eight brands represented along that mile-long stretch of car dealers, I don’t even think most of these brands have any showrooms within fifty miles of where I live.  Yet I can name off the top of my head three different Chevrolet dealers in my area.

Why is that?

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By / business smarts / Dec 2,2014

Business Is About Profit

By Ken Matesz

“In the state of nature, profit is the measure of right.”               Thomas Hobbes

The only reason to run a business is to make a profit. Period.

If you don’t like that statement or disagree with it, you don’t belong in business and your business venture will probably fail unless it is subsidized by some industry or an outside agency or person. It also might survive a while being subsidized by debt.

When I first went into business about 25 years ago, I did not understand this important fact. I thought I was going into business to help the world.

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By / personal development / Nov 7,2014

Who is a craftsman?

By Ken Matesz

“Without craftsmanship, inspiration is a mere weed shaken in the wind.”    Johannes Brahms

There is much more to craftsmanship than just the skill with which one performs his craft.  Any profession demands the whole package of craftsmanship.

I will never forget when I attended a masonry heater workshop organized by a veteran, highly experienced mason.  About eight of us converged on a little house in Kentucky to construct a small, custom, one-of-a-kind masonry heater for an older woman.  Eight men cutting bricks, mixing mud, setting bricks, screwing holes, talking, laughing, making jokes, asking questions,and generally making a mess of this woman’s house is already quite enough violation of this woman’s tiny abode.  Though it was all for her benefit, it is nevertheless us strange men who were tracking dirt into her house for about a week.

People need to show great respect when intruding on and dirtying another person’s home.  

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By / business smarts / Nov 7,2014

Do More Than Your Customer Expects

by Ken Matesz

“Your customer doesn’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.”    Damon Richards

There is nothing better than a happy client.

Happy clients are the hallmark of good business.  A happy client will come back to you when he needs more of your expertise.  A happy client will refer others to you; he brings you more business.  He always speaks well of you and your products. A happy client thinks he got a bargain on his deal with you.  A happy client pays you promptly.

When you are building anything for others, you want happy clients.  

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