Author: Danielle Putnam

My dad (Rodney Koop) has owned a boat for as long as I can remember. As a contractor’s daughter, I clearly remember the evenings our family headed to

Way back when, I loved to play basketball. As a kid I would stand under the basket and rebound for hours as my older brother took shot after

“This morning, my sister left the toilet seat down! Women make men miserable.” – The Little Rascals Earlier this week, I found myself browsing Netflix late into the night. 

The bridge to nowhere was 5 miles from the nearest paved road. Bridging a 75 foot ravine, into the side of a mountain like a dead end with no sign.

As business owners, how much of our marketing, our management, our day to day, is run out of the myths from our childhood? Hear me out— this is really

“Hey, Johnny, thanks for fixing our sink; it’s working great. And by the way, when you get back to your shop – mind asking someone to give me

Years ago, when my sweet husband and I were first married, our first home was a charming little bungalow tucked into the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains on

Thinking Time:  Your Most Important Appointment of the Week As a Shark Tank TV show fan, I just finished reading Robert Herjavec's best seller, The Will to Win. Throughout

For nine months, our new company had been bringing in $8 to $10,000 each week from one customer. Have you ever had a customer like that? If so,

You must earn your ending. The eulogy, the bonus, the Pulitzer prize. The day your business sells, and you retire on an island. The day you graduate from