Joe Mechlinski

The best way to maintain a steady business course under constantly changing conditions is to keep your eye on the big picture. But the stream of dramatic headlines over the last three years has made the big picture a little blurry for entrepreneurs like us. “The world is falling!” shriek the pundits. “Wait, the world is going great! No wait… it’s falling again!” The truth is, the world is somewhere in between, and it’s confusing. Many of us are still wringing our hands, searching for answers to surviving this economic uncertainty. But are we even asking ourselves the right questions? In my mind, the first and most important question to ask is this: Am I prepared to do what it takes to grow my company in 2012? Answering that question with complete honesty is the first step toward your best year ever. As you seek to answer in the affirmative, your job is to be proacti... (more)

entreQuest Profiled in the Wall Street Journal

Our move to the cloud, guided by LiftOff, is discussed in an article in the Wall Street Journal. Our part of the article explains how we continue to find new and innovative ways to leverage the collaboration components of the Microsoft cloud. ... (more)

Outlook for 2011: Grow, Shrink or Die – Part 1 of 4

Thankfully, the global economy appears to be heading out of recession.  For CEO’s, business optimism is sure to rise with such news as history as shown a healthy correlation between a strong economy and increased spending (and Groupon better hope so after declining Google’s offer – WOW!). That said, skepticism is sure to linger among all [...] ... (more)

Longtime Leaders Choose to Win

With all that has been written in the days following the death of one of America’s greatest corporate leaders, it would not be of the Apple kind of creativity if we just repeated what is already out there.  In honor of Steve Jobs, we’ll try to “think different.” Though his body proved vulnerable in the end, the mindset [...] ... (more)

Outlook for 2011: A Growth Mindset – Part 3 of 4

Returning to that question we asked earlier: Are you willing to let your business grow, shrink or die? In 2011, more businesses will fail than survive.   If you are unwilling to adapt, overcome, make tough decisions, work twice as hard and reinvent yourself and the company, then… die. It’s okay if you choose to die.  It gets you [...] ... (more)