Fire Your Relatives. Scare Your Employees. And Stop Whining.
IT’S not the economy, stupid, it’s you. An adviser to small businesses offers hard-edged solutions to problems faced by most entrepreneurs. His advice is to put profits above all. Always pay yourself first. Shock your laggard employees. Don’t accept excuses. His ax falls on trade shows (“they’re just a flimsy excuse for a paid vacation”),…