If you know me at all you know that I am a total LEGO geek (aside from being a geek in general). I have a box that probably weighs close to 50 lbs. full of LEGO sets and various pieces from when I was a kid, sitting down in the basement patiently waiting for my kids to be old enough so I can once again relive my youth with them spreading LEGO pieces everywhere.
Every Christmas, my mother buys me a small LEGO set and sneaks it into my stocking when they visit during the holiday season. I love it, and it’s our little tradition that of course just ads to my huge collection.
The upcoming release of Darth Vader’s Personal Star Destroyer, first seen in Empire Strikes Back, is the latest kit from LEGO that might just be the biggest kit I’ve ever seen. It’s due to be released on September 1st and will sell for $400. I doubt it will fit in my stocking but I think it just might go on my Christmas wish list.
Posted May 17, 2011, 8:34 AM by Jeff Mackey in Business. Comments are closed.
I’m not a fan of business plans, but that doesn’t mean I don’t think about the future and what it could mean for my business. At the end of every day I ask myself two questions:
What did I do to make money today?
What did I do to bring in business today?
Obviously if the answer to one or both of those questions is “Nothing”, then Houston, we’ve got a problem. That’s a daily, on-the-surface, examination of keeping myself motivated to grow the business.
On a slightly longer time frame, there are questions that every business owner should ask themselves every month. Think of it as a way to ground yourself back to reality so that you’re not caught up in the euphoria and wacky-mahem that is the typical business day.
In one sentence, what does your product do and who buys it?
If you had zero revenue from now on, on what date would you run out of money?
If someone handed you $100,000 today, how would you spend it to maximize future profits?
What’s one thing you could do to get more feedback from customers, potential customers, or sales you’ve lost?
What one thing is most responsible for preventing sales?
The questions may be easy to answer, but if you find that the answers don’t come quick enough then the exercise will have served it’s purpose for the month at hand.
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