Everything you need to know about setting up, managing and growing small businesses. Veterans, as well as newbies share their stories and valuable lessons.

This past week we were very happy to bring three new clients onboard. It isalways great when you bring in new business but it is also time consuming to get to know each other. When you work with an existing client it is just a fact of life that you get into a pattern of working and things flow smoothly. If you want to ensure that same great working relationship with new customers there are a few things I can suggest.

Do Your Homework

Call me old fashioned but I was dumbfounded and, quite frankly, disgusted at a recent Kickstarter campaign. A man started a campaign to make a bowl of potato salad. His goal was $10 and his pitch was, “Basically I'm just making potato salad. I haven't decided what kind yet.” Not particularly inspiring or noteworthy. But, the results have been impressive.

A few weeks ago I was in Washington DC where I attended the National Small Business Association Washington Presentation. The sessions were focused on small business and you can read about them and the White House briefing at www.nsba.biz .

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