With the winter holidays coming up rapidly, Hanukah, Solstice, Christmas, Kwanzaa, and of course, Festivus, we wanted to share our holidays with you. Here are three sweet, quick visits with part of the Heart of Business team.

I need to start with a disclaimer. If it weren’t against my religion, I would worship Les Mckeown and the wisdom he carries about start ups and business. And he should, after being involved with 42 start-ups, and having worked with uncounted other businesses in all stages of development. I read his first book, Predictable [...]

When my grandfather died a month shy of his 99th birthday, The Washington Post ran advertising in his obituary. That’s because some of the ads he created for the family retail store were bold and controversial, and they memorialized him with a few of them. He had blazed a path forward based on his convictions. [...]

Every year around this time the mail gets heavier and more challenging to bring in. You know what I’m talking about. Catalogs. Just because we bought something from a New England clothing retailer a few times, doesn’t mean we want to see a catalog every week between Thanksgiving and December 26. I like hearing from [...]

This is a guest post by Chris Johnson, co-founder of Simplifilm.com. Chris’s company makes clear, short, effective videos to explain what can be complicated products. They have seen stunning success and meteoric growth over the last year and a half. They are on track to having an incredibly busy, overflowing 2012, and yet he keeps [...]

Two posts from me, five guest posts, and over 230 comments later, not to mention the folks inspired enough to take the conversation to their own blogs, apparently this topic is something you care about. Here’s the round-up. First I posted Is It Possible to Do Financial Harm to a Client?, with 150 comments. The [...]

This pledge came out of a conversation that started here, continued here and here. As an ethical, heart-centered, business owner, I commit myself and anyone else on my team to the following principles:   1. To care for my clients’ financial well-being, which includes: When interviewing potential clients, asking them both about their ability to [...]

This is a guest post by Andrea J. Lee in the Do No Financial Harm series. Andrea is a leader at the intersection of coaching and small business. She’s contributed to numerous coaching associations and organizations, both public and private, since 2001, and plays an active role in shaping the programs of other coaching leaders internationally. [...]

This is a guest post by Grace Judson in response to the Do No Financial Harm topic. Grace creates content that connects for her clients, helping them develop powerful messages by understanding their clients’ experiences and the language they use to describe that experience.  Her most recent offering is a free e-course called 12 Ways to [...]