If creativity and charisma could be bottled, corked, and sold The Wine Militia founder Lamar Engel would sell out during pre-orders. When I met with Engel at the Union Hotel Restaurant in Benicia he asked me what I was drinking. I stuttered, embarrassed, “house red…” regretting the decision since I was, after all, in the […]
Bern Carter: Is overconfidence killing small business?
Can a business owner’s confidence hinder more than help? In a 2014 review of the “Top 11 Reasons Businesses Fail” by CNBC the No. 2 reason (after “Money”) was Overconfidence. Staples Hub writer Steve Strauss states, “Small business owners are a hearty, confident group. Of course, if they are willing to leave the known (a […]