Open for Business

In my 40 plus years of business study, I’ve come across some common mistakes that make me scratch my head and really question the decision makers of well known companies and industries. These are not just mistakes that are common to the Gallatin Valley

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I guess if you live long enough you get to see it all. According to a Wall Street Journal article, President Obama had decided the government should follow a Georgia idea to deal with the unemployment issue. Georgia has come up with a very interesting pla

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The point is, even if the Buffet Rule passes, which is about as likely as me passing Danica Patrick — no one is ever going to pay that tax rate.

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"Your success in life will be in direct proportion to what you do — after you do — what you are expected to do.” Brian Tracy

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My small business web site, www.smalltownmarketing.com, went online way back in April of 1998 which means that this month I will be starting my 15th year on the web. Like most of you, I’ve come across many helpful and interesting sites over tha

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As the host of Open for Business, I am the last person to be critical of capitalism. After all, without it we’d be… Greece? Portugal? But, as a believer in a higher power, I sometimes find myself at odds between my religious and capitalistic beliefs

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As a business owner, what would you think if I told you, “No customer is more important than your lowest paid employee?” Most owners or managers would think I was nuts and did not have a clear understanding of workplace realities

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My guest on the next edition of "Open for Business" says YES.

Nick Hanaur, was one of the first investors in Amazon.com (where he served as adviser to the board until 2000). He founded gear.com (which eventually merged with Overstock

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In case you missed it, a popular program, featured for many years on 1340 KPRK has returned to Gallatin and Park County.

Every Saturday, 11 AM to Noon, join host Tom Egelhoff for a full hour of "Saturday Swap Meet

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Tom Egelhoff, host of "Open for Business" on Saturdays, 11-2 PM on KMMS has been invited to contribute to a new book from the "Your Business" TV show on MSNBC. An MSNBC producer contacted Tom for permission to use a quote from an article written on

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