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Book Review: Profiles in Leadership

Reading Profiles in Leadership by Emilio Iodice reminded me that entrepreneurship is all about leadership. Successful entrepreneurs come to know that and take the honing of their leadership skills seriously. Consider this: almost every successful entrepreneur I’ve encountered admits they don’t fully understand some major areas of their business, but they have become successful in [...]

Posted by Rick Bell on Monday, May 20th, 2013
Posted in Books of Interest
Tags: Book review

Make More Money!

So, 2012 is finito. It’s over. We survived. Let’s get going on 2013. What’s your plan? As entrepreneurs, we have a big mountain to climb next year. We’re facing another serious increase in costs in 2013 and some major regulations that will take time and expense to comply with. If you run an already successful [...]

Posted by Rick Bell on Friday, January 4th, 2013
Posted in Founder's Forum
Tags: Founder's Forum

Book Review: The Idea Factory

No single company is more responsible for our 21st century technological era than the “Bell Labs” division of Ma Bell, THE Phone Company, originally known as American Telephone &Telegraph.  Oh, I know you can quickly name a dozen other companies who made excellent products and monumental strides in technology, including HP, Intel, Microsoft, Oracle, Cisco, [...]

Posted by Rick Bell on Tuesday, July 31st, 2012
Posted in Books of Interest
Tags: Book review

Harvard Business Services, Inc. Acquires Sabre Compliance Services

Rick Bell, Chairman and CEO of Harvard Business Services, Inc. announced today the acquisition of Sabre Compliance Services of California. “Our two companies have had a long-term relationship serving the entity compliance needs of Real Estate Developers, so it was a natural fit for us to combine our efforts,” Said Bell. “The result will be [...]

Posted by Rick Bell on Wednesday, July 25th, 2012
Posted in HBS Announcements
Tags: HBS Announcements

Privacy in Delaware: What’s on Record?

Many clients who form an LLC or Corporation in Delaware want to know exactly what information is private and what is public. So here we’re going to spell out the details about the most common question we encounter: “What’s on the public record?” The highest level of confidentiality comes with a Delaware LLC filed through [...]

Posted by Rick Bell on Tuesday, April 17th, 2012
Posted in Delaware, INC Knowledge
Tags: Delaware, INC Knowledge

Eating Google’s Lunch

Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg would LOVE to eat Google’s lunch, but they were not invited today to Google’s California headquarters like I was. And Google’s not afraid of them anyway, because lunch at Google is just one of many meals they serve on a 24/7/366 basis. Now, I’m not really a “big-company” guy. I [...]

Posted by Rick Bell on Tuesday, February 14th, 2012
Posted in Founder's Forum
Tags: Founder's Forum

Year’s Over – Year Ahead, and the State of Your Company

If you are already a successful entrepreneur, you’re a planner. So you’ve already done a lot of thinking about surviving and succeeding in 2012.  How do you plan for your business to survive and succeed in 2012? At this time last year I told the whole team here at HBS, that I could not argue [...]

Posted by Rick Bell on Wednesday, January 4th, 2012
Posted in Founder's Forum, INC Knowledge
Tags: Founder's Forum, Incorporating

Harvard Business Services End of Year Wrap Up

Like any business, we like to end the year with a little profit. But we also like to have enough money – before profit – to improve our infrastructure. In years past it was a new roof, a new parking lot, Aeron chairs for everyone. Those were the good old days. Making improvements in your [...]

Posted by Rick Bell on Thursday, December 30th, 2010
Posted in HBS Announcements
Tags: HBS Announcements

Delaware’s Secretary of State Annual Conference

In Delaware every fall, The Secretary of State holds a three-day conference for Delaware Registered Agents and the key people at the Division of Corporations. This year, we just finished the 24th annual conference and, having been in business 30 years, I’ve been to almost every one of them. But this year was particularly interesting. [...]

Posted by Rick Bell on Monday, November 1st, 2010
Posted in Delaware, Registered Agent, Trend Report
Tags: Delaware, Delaware Division of Corporations, Registered Agent, Trend Report

HOLA Awards

On Saturday, September 25, 2010 Rick Bell, Chairman and CEO of Harvard Business Services, Inc. spoke at the Second Annual HOLA! Awards in Sussex County, Delaware. Rick was presenting the “Harvard Business Services Entrepreneur of the Year” Award to the winner selected by local online voters. Kevin Andrade, Creator of the HOLA! Awards, formed his [...]

Posted by Rick Bell on Wednesday, September 29th, 2010
Posted in HBS Announcements
Tags: HBS Announcements

The Best Revenge: Make More Money

American entrepreneurs really are a whole different breed. They don’t expect anyone to give them a break or a pat on the butt. They get their satisfaction from scoring, not praise. They take pride in doing something better than mankind ever did it before, not just their competitors. They pay their taxes to the local, [...]

Posted by Rick Bell on Wednesday, January 27th, 2010
Posted in Founder's Forum
Tags: Entrepreneurs, Government, Money, Taxes

Made in the USA

Now is a great time to start a manufacturing company in America. I bought two Flexible Flyer sleds recently to have some fun in Switzerland when I go there next week. Having used them as a kid, as my personal vehicle in wintertime, I know every inch of the sled’s anatomy and how it performs [...]

Posted by Rick Bell on Wednesday, January 20th, 2010
Posted in Essays
Tags: Recession



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