< Back to The Campfire My family and I went to the beach recently. We have a 10-year-old son, and he invited one of his friends to come with us. It might sound odd, but a favorite beach activity for my son and I is to dig giant holes in the sand. He likes to jump...
< Back to The Campfire There’s a well known idea that you can classify any business into one of two camps: Vitamin or Painkiller. Vitamins provide long term benefits. They’re an investment that will help you make progress on larger goals. Unfortunately, the delay...
< Back to The Campfire How much does timing affect your chance of success in a market? What outside forces might impact the longevity of your business? A few weeks ago, I was on my morning commute to the gym. There was another car about 50 yards ahead of me and I...
< Back to The Campfire Over the past several years, I’ve had the opportunity to provide mentorship to college students at USC through the school’s entrepreneurship program. As I work with these students on their first business ideas, there’s a question I ask in...
< Back to The Campfire To attract and convert customers for your business, it’s important to understand how they think about the price of your offering. There are lots of factors around price that influence a customer’s decision to make a purchase. Some of those...
< Back to The Campfire Ask ten different business owners how they define the brand strategy for their business and you’ll likely get ten very different answers. Not just in terms of content, but in structure as well. The concept of “brand strategy” is so broad,...