Comments on: Small Business Predictions for ‘09

By: Joe Manna

Joe Manna — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:14:07 +0000

Thanks for the comments Ricardo, Kevin and J. Crawford!

It’s nice to see that I’m not the only sane person who believes small business will grow in ‘09.

I hate to say it, but the fact remains that if large company maintain their methods of their wasteful spending and inhibiting innovation , more employees will be out on their own forcing themselves into entrepreneurship. I’m with you Kevin that small business owners need to pour their soul into their business. Mr. Crawford, you make a good point, “Challenge expenses, turn them into revenue.” It’s important for every entrepreneur out there to say ‘no’ to the naysayers and to go out and innovate, make change for others and in turn success will follow them.

Thanks for the comments. I appreciate it. If you haven’t done so already, go ahead and subscribe to the feed along the upper right side.

Thanks,
Joe

By: J.Crawford

J.Crawford — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:50:09 +0000

I’m on board with business models and changing them. Challenge expenses, turn them into revenue. Drop old structure and create new rules. Insurance is a huge cost, one of the drivers of innovation and out sourcing. Insurance companies (in my experience) are rule maker and not movers. Today there are no “have too’s” Paying certain insurances can be eliminated,reduced, or outsourced. The bottom line in business I think and the thing not being clearly addressed is the fact that the number of quality people to execute well is decreasing?

This is the economic wild card that people just aren’t addressing, why?

Technology elimanates the need for people in some areas and create the need in others.

Is the need being eliminated bigger than the one created?

Great post.

By: Kevin Barrett

Kevin Barrett — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 20:40:00 +0000

Great Article Joe, and to everyone else that contributed, thank you.

If you don’t mind I will put a link to an article that I have written. Actually it is an excerpt from one of the Chapters in a Book that I am in the process of finishing, which is currently being called “Developing Creative Business SOULutions”. I am not sure about the final title yet. The article is called “The Creation Society – What is it? And How to become a Creatreprenuer”… I think it is well in line with what Infusionsoft is doing.

http://www.kjbarrettcrm.com/Articles/Creation_Society_Article.pdf

I would really enjoy having your input on this…..

Thanks again, and Keep On Doing what you are doing…. Probably, it is more accurate to say…. Keep “Being who you ARE”

Kevin Barrett
http://www.kjbarrettcrm.com

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By: Ricardo Weatherly

Ricardo Weatherly — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 22:33:00 +0000

Hello Guys,
Excellent Article, you guys really have an eye on the future and where it’s headed. I hear everyday on the News Channels about how bad the economy is, and how businesses are suffering because of failed business pratices.

How this recession is worst than the one in the 1940’s. I mean just look at the major company’s and industry’s that are going out of business.

Thousands of people who are losing their jobs.

I totally agree that when people are out of work and have to support their families, they will seek to open their own business, so this never happens again.

People are coming to the internet by the thousands everyday looking for ways to supplement their incomes or start a “Work At Home Business”, so it makes perfect sense that in order to become a successful online business owner, automation is the key to success.

And you guys at InfusionSoft are at the Forefront in Business Automation Software Systems.

Thank You,
Ricardo Weatherly