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About This Blog

Thanks for stopping by. My name is Bob Foster and I am writing this blog for:

  1. Small-business owners.
  2. Just-starting-up business owners.
  3. Those who one day will become business owners.
  4. Those who are apprehensive about becoming a business owner

With this blog I intend to discuss fundamental business issues and I will likely tread on much of the advice that is published today by many of the business web sites and blogs. After many years of “doing” (as a business owner/CEO), and “seeing” (as a business consultant/board member) I have developed a somewhat different approach to helping small businesses. I intend to present that approach through articles, tips, case studies, and anything I can think of to write regarding business.

Almost all of my information will be practical stuff that owners of small businesses can apply to suit their own needs. Oh, and much of it will be controversial.

About Bob Foster

My background spans several decades and is unusually eclectic in that it runs from the smallest of small businesses to the halls of Fortune 500 companies; from the assembly lines of Detroit to the wheat fields of the west; and from the commercial fishing grounds of Alaska and Mexico to the world of high-tech. In every case, whether as consultant, CEO, or board member, I brought my pragmatic–and often controversial–approach to solving business problems.

Not limited to private enterprise, I successfully worked as a consultant with numerous government agencies and non-profit organizations. Above all else, I have experienced the joy and trials of the small-business owner by starting and overseeing several of my own businesses.

I am also sharing some of my business crisis management experience and knowledge through my new book, titled Be Your Own Turnaround Manager: A Common Sense Guide to Managing a Business Crisis. This book will be released Fall 2008.

I am a graduate of Kettering University (before the name was changed to Kettering), and divide my time between the desert of the Southwest and the Rocky Mountains of Montana.

I hope you will take a look at some of my posts as they come along–I’m just starting so there’s not a large library yet. I also encourage readers to offer comments, make suggestions, ask questions–challenge what I say if you feel so inclined.

So, please leave a comment and subscribe to this blog on my home page. To contact me directly, please use the contact form provided.

Again, thanks for stopping by.

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