Massive Mouse

Collecting aging receivables is a stressful, tedious, sometimes-unpleasant process. Unfortunately, letting aging receivables slide is even worse, because the older they get, the harder they are to collect. Here are some tips and a how-to guide for business’s least pleasant necessity. Tips Don’t procrastinate. You need to react fast to aging receivables in order to [...]

“Build a better mouse trap, and the world will beat a path to your door.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, late 19th century You don’t think that’s still true do you? In 2010, the mouse traps have been perfected. Nobody cares about yours. But they do care about who you are, why you’re different and what [...]

Extending credit to new customers is hard to do without risk. Only banks and credit card companies have made it a core competency. Most of us that choose to extend credit to our customers are stepping outside of our area of expertise. Especially with credit, that can be dangerous. Because they’re tedious and labor-intensive, credit [...]

Too often, we fumble at the doors of opportunity, cursing our key chain, wishing God, our parents or our country gave us the secret code. If only we had been better equipped, we could have enjoyed the treasure behind the door. But the fault does not lie with God, our parents or where we were [...]