Botanist and Inventor, George Washington Carver, was an uncommon man. Despite being born into slavery, Mr. Carver became respected by many famous people, including Henry Ford and President Theodore Roosevelt. Even more uncommon was his willingness to give God credit. Mr. Carver once said, “When I was young, I said to God, 'God, tell me the mystery of the universe.' ...
While attending a funeral, I struck up a conversation with Joe, a guy I hadn’t seen in 20 years. As he learned about what I do here at Unconventional Business Network, Joe was reminded of his uncle. Joe’s uncle started with modest means in a blue-collar trade, but today is worth millions. When Joe asked about his uncle’s success, his ...
A recent article from the Lean Methods Group states, “Every day, 2.5 quintillion bytes of data are created.” Accessibility to incredible amounts of information feels paralyzing. Metrics, reports, figures to analyze, presentations to peruse. But where is Truth? As a nation, our familiarity and intimacy with the Truth of the Bible has woefully sunk into the sea of bytes. We ...
My wife, Kathy, loves history. She recently shared that during World War I, America discovered that the Germans were listening to the American phone transmissions. This caused great harm to American troops. A Captain of the 142nd Infantry Regiment overheard two Choctaw Indian soldiers speaking their native language, when he had an idea! He sought out as many Choctaw Indians ...
Twenty-five years ago, buying products online wasn’t possible nor desirable. Today, however, it’s estimated that over $7 billion in products will be sold on Cyber Monday in one day. Cyber Monday exists due to some pioneers who dreamed of what could be possible and persevered to overcome many hurdles. One of the biggest hurdles was shipping. Customers were accustomed to ...
According to an article on thebalance.com, Black Friday is changing. After peaking in 2016, in-store sales declined 4% in 2017, while online sales grew 18%. 40% of the online sales were through mobile phones. For a retail store to protect their customer base, they now need to have a strong online strategy and mobile oriented advertisements, while still advertising and ...
“Houston, we have a problem!” Some business challenges seem impossible to get rid of. That one problem that keeps coming back. It’s addressed, it’s fixed, and then it rears its ugly head again. But why does the problem reappear like a magic trick? We address the symptoms and not the true problem. Defining the problem helps address the REAL issue ...
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