The Value of the Business Corner is Up to You!

Budding entrepreneurs and business owners are a special breed. They are willing to take significant risks for the dream of considerable returns. Whether the business is started in a garage (Google, Nike and Apple), on the back of a napkin (Southwest Airlines) in a dorm room (Facebook, Microsoft), entrepreneurs and business owners not only dare to dream; they dare to take action.

It takes a considerable effort to start a business and then grow it. Business owners are always seeking more knowledge and information that assists them with every aspect of their business, from sales and marketing, to leadership, to business tips and other resources. This is why Business Corner (BC) was created!

BC will contain informative articles and valued information for budding entrepreneurs and business owners. BC will also be a place where owners can seek answers and share information with other business owners. So whether you just started your business, or you are hiring more staff to keep up with your growth, BC is a good place to bookmark and to come back and visit.

All articles posted to BC will be archived and remain accessible through a search function. If you have a business tip, leadership lesson or a sales and marketing experience you would like to share, please forward it to BusinessCorner@lbbusinessjournal.com.

In addition, if you do not find in BC what you are looking for, you can e-mail your issue to Ian Lamont at ian@lamontgroup.biz - please include “Business Corner” in the subject line of your e-mail. You will either get a response back from Ian or your request will be posted online within BC allowing other business owners to comment and share their own experiences. BC and the entire Long Beach Business Journal website is designed, developed and managed by TLG (The Lamont Group).

Just how valued BC becomes will be up to us, senior business executives, business owners, partners, principals and those of us in business that have learned some lessons the hard way and would like others to avoid that experience.

TLG, as managers of BC and the entire LBBJ website, will consistently be posting new information and articles from a numbers of resources under all BC categories. Bookmark BC and check it out routinely.

"Want to become a published columnist?  Then share an experience or a business story.  We will even be your editor, if what you submit, merits being posted in the Business Corner!

Perhaps you just want to ask a Business question or make a comment on any of the columns below, that is OK too.  All submissions (email ian@lamontgroup.biz) are welcome. After all, the Business Corner is owned by all of us, who dare to dream."

Ian Lamont has more than 35 years of senior leadership, marketing, finance and strategic operations experience. He retired as CEO of a multimedia company in May 2011 and joined his two sons at TLG - go to thelamontgroup.com for more information. Ian spent the last 15 years as CEO of multimedia and energy companies, ranging in size from $6M to $125M in annual revenue, and 80 to 2500 employees.