GBN Education: How to Keep From Going Under

GBN Education: How to Keep From Going Under

“Management is about coping with complexity” -John Kotter[1] Content created by Darin Gerdes. Copyright Great Business Networking. How to Keep from Going Under             Reality TV shows first hit the air in the 1990s. Survivor, may be the most prominent in the...
GBN Education: How to Keep From Going Under

GBN Education: Return on Investment and Margin

“I made my first investment at age eleven. I was wasting my life up until then.” –Warren Buffett[1] Content created by Darin Gerdes. Copyright Great Business Networking. At a recent business networking meeting, one member demonstrated his service and the entire room...
GBN Education: How to Keep From Going Under

Accounting in Plain English

“Accounting is the language of business  and there’s nothing like getting it early and getting it into your system.” -Warren Buffett[1] Content created by Darin Gerdes. Copyright Great Business Networking. As a graduate student, I attended a conference at the...
GBN Education: How to Keep From Going Under

The Vocabulary of Business

“The chief business of the American people is business.” -Calvin Coolidge[1] Content created by Darin Gerdes. Copyright Great Business Networking. As a college sophomore I took a criminal justice class that defined the language of the field. It opened my eyes to what...
GBN Education: How to Keep From Going Under

Customers and Profit

“The customer is always right.” -Attributed to Harry Gordon Selfridge[1] Content created by Darin Gerdes. Copyright Great Business Networking. The Purpose of Business If you’re like most people, you don’t spend a lot of time waxing philosophical about the...