Author Barry LaBov

Believing is a critical factor in business. If you own a company, you need customers to believe in your brand and your product or they won’t purchase from you. You need employees to believe in what they’...

There’s something appealing and interesting about a “best kept secret.” It might be a restaurant that looks like a dive on the outside, but when you walk in, it’s stunning and the food is remarkable. Or ...

What makes a great leader? That’s a question that’s been debated for centuries in countless books, articles and speeches. And even after all that, we’re still left to wonder if there is one all-encompassing...

There’s a lot of idea generation going on in the world today. Some ideas end up changing life as we know it. Others never make it off the ground. The process for coming up with those ideas is widely vari...

Company acquisitions happen every day. We usually only hear about the big ones like American Airlines buying US Airways, Fiat buying Chrysler and Kraft buying Cadbury, but lesser-known companies are bought ...

My wife and I once visited a winery where the tour guide met with us and told us what to expect along the tour - what things to look for and what we might get to see along the way. He also gave us a high...

Zappos is a company that’s admired by many for a variety of reasons — their amazing rise to superstardom, their outstanding customer service and their innovative business model. Now they’re continuing th...

It’s a new year, and that means New Year’s resolutions. Great intentions to do good things. But as with business, music, sports and many other things in life, timing is everything. For example, it’s prob...

It was a cool autumn afternoon in the Midwest. I received a phone call from my client at a luxury car manufacturer. On the line was "Ken" (in sensitivity to him and his brand, I've changed his name), the...