Winning Isn’t Always Finishing First

"You can have everything in life that you want, if you will just help enough other people get what they want."

"You can have everything in life that you want, if you will just help enough other people get what they want."

Letter from the Editor - Winter 2007

As I look out my office window, it is obvious that there is an ongoing struggle between the big and the small.

To the south, a street stretches across the horizon with almost every big-box store imaginable lining its sidewalks. To the southeast, the headquarters of the McDonald’s Corporation rises out of the morning mist. With such a contrast between these giants and the everyday American small business, it seems that it is time for an equalizer.

All Sales Are Final

Every business, no matter the size, is feeling some of the effects of this economy right now.

Every business, no matter the size, is feeling some of the effects of this economy right now.

Taking the Road Less Traveled

"Life is a series of problems. Do we want to moan about them or solve them?"

"Life is a series of problems. Do we want to moan about them or solve them?"

New Year, New Possibilities

Time to refresh, reinvigorate, restore, and revitalize your small business.

Time to refresh, reinvigorate, restore, and revitalize your small business.

Best of my Knowledge

Just a couple of months ago, I was spending my evenings at the University of Chicago library, poring over dusty books on early modern economics and science and wondering what direction my life was taking. I had grown accustomed to the university’s little haven of academic debate, and the threatening business world beyond seemed so far away.