My son Kenny is a freshman at Sonoma State which sponsored an Ultimate Frisbee tournament\u00a0 this last weekend.\u00a0 If you\u00a0are not familiar with\u00a0Ultimate Frisbee, think of a passing league football game played with a Frisbee\u00a0instead\u00a0of a football.\u00a0 Included in the competition were the likes of UC Berkeley, Stanford, Cal State Humboldt, and other colleges.\u00a0 Kenny got to play a few games on the Varsity\u00a0 team knows as the \u201cGrapes\u201d (wine-country humor), and a few more on the JV \u201cCrepes” team.\u00a0\u00a0Sonoma State was a\u00a0polite host, opting not to win its own\u00a0tournament…<\/p>\n
When the competition was completed on Sunday, Kenny was completely exhausted as he had \u201cleft it all on the field.\u201d His fatigue at the conclusion allowed me the rare opportunity to feign a pose of domination over him as shown in the picture above. Little did I know that the act was caught on camera and exposed to the masses\u00a0on Facebook and now here as well.<\/p>\n
But how about domination in the business world? So many business owners are thinking solely of survival right now, not domination, having been humbled over these past two years of economic turbulence. Most small and medium-sized businesses won’t even entertain expansion under these circumstancs. Yet these difficult conditions do allow a window of opportunity\u00a0if\u00a0the competition is financially injured, fatigued,\u00a0or lost its will to fight, causing them to\u00a0close shop or drastically curtail operation. Conversely,\u00a0the stronger competitors have better weathered the storm\u00a0and could\u00a0benefit from lessened competition when\/if the economy improves.<\/p>\n
Will the economy improve? Of course it will, but perhaps not as quick or robust as we would all hope. I believe that the recovery would be enhanced and expedited if Congress was to extend the Bush tax cuts. B2B CFO\u00ae Founder and CEO Jerry Mills had much more to say about that on\u00a0FOX News recently:<\/p>\n
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As the economy improves, there will be opportunities in the marketplace for the remaining \u201csurvival of the fittest\u201d businesses. The “Recovery of 2011” (yes you heard the term here first) will\u00a0certainly benefit companies that survived the Great Recession, but especially\u00a0those that have solid business plans in place, ready to pounce\u00a0on market opportunities as they occur.\u00a0 Market domination for these strong companies may not be that far fetched, and may not be that far away.<\/p>\n
My last newsletter discussed the mechanics of assembling, monitoring and acting on a business plan as the year unfolds. Let me know if you’d\u00a0like a copy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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