Comments on: Stop worrying about the credit market…get creative http://creativeenergyblog.com/2008/12/12/stop-worrying/ Ideas and insights for optimistic, yet cynical leaders Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:08:44 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Jeremy Nulik http://creativeenergyblog.com/2008/12/12/stop-worrying/#comment-100 Jeremy Nulik Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:02:28 +0000 http://creativeenergyblog.wordpress.com/?p=143#comment-100 Dr. Wright - Very true. That kind of objective look at your business usually needs to come from an adviser or a board of some kind. It helps to have friends and partners these days. Tim - Good call on the Mozingo music. Allowing people to have a product experience creates a lot of buzz and community. I suppose that Maxine Clark championed this concept with Build-a-Bear - an experience and not just a product. The other remarkable thing about Schlafly is that even his restaurants are not the typical st. Louis bar...not just toasted rav and Cardinals. They are unique to the Schlafly brand. Thanks for the comments. Dr. Wright – Very true. That kind of objective look at your business usually needs to come from an adviser or a board of some kind. It helps to have friends and partners these days.

Tim – Good call on the Mozingo music. Allowing people to have a product experience creates a lot of buzz and community. I suppose that Maxine Clark championed this concept with Build-a-Bear – an experience and not just a product. The other remarkable thing about Schlafly is that even his restaurants are not the typical st. Louis bar…not just toasted rav and Cardinals. They are unique to the Schlafly brand.

Thanks for the comments.

]]> By: tweber21 http://creativeenergyblog.com/2008/12/12/stop-worrying/#comment-99 tweber21 Tue, 16 Dec 2008 15:10:34 +0000 http://creativeenergyblog.wordpress.com/?p=143#comment-99 Great post Jeremy. I think one of the best things Tom Schlafly ever did was to create the restaurants. Anytime a producer gets customers to use the core product right in front of them, it is a victory. Another great example of this is Jeff Mozingo creating "The Stage" at his O'Fallon store so that kids would get the opportunity to perform at his location with the instrument purchased from him. Keep up the good work. http://timweber.wordpress.com Great post Jeremy. I think one of the best things Tom Schlafly ever did was to create the restaurants. Anytime a producer gets customers to use the core product right in front of them, it is a victory. Another great example of this is Jeff Mozingo creating “The Stage” at his O’Fallon store so that kids would get the opportunity to perform at his location with the instrument purchased from him.

Keep up the good work.

http://timweber.wordpress.com

]]> By: Dr Wright http://creativeenergyblog.com/2008/12/12/stop-worrying/#comment-98 Dr Wright Tue, 16 Dec 2008 00:48:33 +0000 http://creativeenergyblog.wordpress.com/?p=143#comment-98 Finding ways to monetize is always hard. You sometimes need another person to look at your business and help you see the ideas there. Dr. Wright The Wright Place TV show www.wrightplacetv.com www.twitter.com/drwright1 Finding ways to monetize is always hard. You sometimes need another
person to look at your business and help you see the ideas there.

Dr. Wright
The Wright Place TV show
http://www.wrightplacetv.com
http://www.twitter.com/drwright1

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