Ask Mackey Episode 5 | 2018
Entrepreneurs are born with a “Fire Now” gene. The Ready and Aim of it all is lost on us. The good news is we are wired for action. The bad news is we often fail to [...]
Planning Is Everything
Entrepreneurs are born with a “Fire Now” gene. The Ready and Aim of it all is lost on us. The good news is we are wired for action. The bad news is we often fail to [...]
Do you really own a business?
As business owners, it is so easy to let the business become your life. So much to do, so little time. At least that is what we tell ourselves. For life to be worthwhile, it needs [...]
3 Tips for Creating A Successful Strategic Plan or Map
Imagine you’re somewhere in South America. It’s swampy, the ground soggy and sloppy, your footing unsure. The air is thick with moisture, and the heat hangs as heavily on you as a water-soaked comforter. You’re alone, [...]
5 Metrics that Could Save Your Business
As business owners and managers, we are always searching for ways to improve our business. But too often, we spend an enormous amount of time putting out the fire of the day or hour and not [...]
Mackey Advisors Economic Update
Overall, the U.S. Economy continues to survive a passage through a seemingly unending series of self-inflicted crisis; specifically, presidential elections, the fiscal cliff, sequestration, and now Europe (Cyprus to be exact). While the political backdrop continues, [...]
Metrics that Matter: Curing Data Overwhelm
We live in a time where information is at our fingertips like never before. The question up for debate is whether access to all of this information is a blessing or a curse. Currently, many business [...]
The Future of Business: What’s Gen Y got to do with it?
In November of last year I went to Bold Fusion, the largest annual convergence of YPs in the Greater Cincinnati area. It was my second year attending, and it still has me thinking about the Gen [...]
A Simple Formula to Achieve your Goals
“No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it.” ~ Albert Einstein In my second year in business and I decided it was time to get serious and set some goals [...]
Diva Entrepreneur Series: Mackey Advisors
reposted from DivaCFOOctober 10, 2012 Courtesy of DivaCFO We met JJ Ramberg, host of MSNBC’s Your Business, a television show dedicated to issues affecting small business owners, at a conference back in July. To make our Diva Entrepreneur Series extra special, we [...]