I’ve always believed the best stories are true. One of my best friends tells the best true stories you can…
As I sat down to write this entry, I had a completely different subject in mind. When I noticed it’s…
As pretty much everyone is aware, the booming business world that existed six months ago now looks more like a…
Almost a decade ago I ran across an article titled “Every Business Needs an Evangelist.” The headline was intriguing enough…
Amerivet Services has always performed “mobile welding,” but mobile welding is a term that means different things to different people. …
Quite often in the welding world, you hear about “Code Welding.” What the heck is that? Well, it’s simple, and…
As many of you know, Amerivet Services was started on an untied shoestring. I’ve never wanted to be seen as…
Happy Spring! Welcome to warmer weather and mud! It was a long winter, but I hesitate to call it brutal.…
As we close out quite a few projects as well as 2018 (obviously my calendar is broken, somebody please shake…
I just sent the 56th and almost final weekly invoice for the big project at Wayne State University. While it’s…
I was taught from a very young age to think differently from most people. Essentially I was taught that nothing…
The morning of April 30, 1983, at “0500,” I experienced something I had never experienced before. It wasn’t completely unexpected,…
Welcome to Memorial Day weekend! Looking back I can’t believe I haven’t made a blog entry since February. Time flies…
Many of you know that last year I made a big effort toward growing Amerivet Services into something bigger than…
Welcome to 2018! 2017 was an amazing year with a lot of great things happening all at once. As I…
Earlier this week, I looked at the date on my last blog entry, and asked myself how I managed to…
Well we’re halfway through May already, and I just can’t believe how fast things are moving this year. We’ve had…
Kaboom! Several months ago, I had a guy bring me a table extension from an old antique table saw. It…
I have three or four new blog entries spinning in my head, but this one just keeps coming up. Not…
Well today is March Fools’ Day, one of my favorite days! February was a good month with its share of…
A lot of people ask me about my daily habits. What’s the routine of a person who is both business…
Welcome to 2017, and welcome to my new web site! I promised a year ago that it would happen, and…
Over the last month or so I’ve been thinking that my “Risk Management” series should have another entry. I have…
Hey welcome to a very awesome Spring! It’s been a very busy spring around here, and I’ve been working a…
Well it looks like Winter finally got here. I was starting to think it just wasn’t going to happen. Very…
Well Happy New Year to you all! 2015 was quite a ride, and I’m happy to say things are moving forward…
Well it’s turning out to be quite a normal year for Amerivet Services. While there have been a couple of…
I’ve spent my entire life learning things. As a kid I was always encouraged to learn things that other people…
All businesses have certain blocks of time and effort that don’t bring direct financial benefit to the company, and yet…
It has been a busy month at Amerivet Services, and I can’t believe it has already been that long since…
There’s a conversation that’s been going on for centuries about who makes the best tools. Obviously times change, and so…
Wow…I can’t believe it’s April already! It has been a very busy year so far and I’m grateful to see…
Of all the things I love about Amerivet Services, there’s one aspect that always puts me in a good mood,…
This subject has been cooking in my head for quite a while, and every time I go to write about…
Wow, I can’t believe the year is ending already! At the beginning of this year it looked like it would…
Way back when I started this business, I talked myself into the idea that I had no overhead so I…
I made a decision today. It’s a decision that I’ve made several times before, but not for this reason, and…
Today is Veterans’ Day, and though I’ve got plenty of things to do, I’ve decided to keep my old tradition…
This has been quite a week filled with surprises and reasons to be optimistic. We’ve received notice on two good…
I’ve got an in-depth thought about “micro-business” management cooking in my head. I haven’t made decisions on some of the…
“Lazy” is such a harsh term, and I’m not sure how to approach this blog entry without using it at…
It’s been a very long/quick (don’t ask) month since the last entry. I’ve worked way too many hours and yet…
Since I made the last entry, quite a few things have come to mind about “what the market will bear,”…
My youngest daughter is finishing up the tail end of her bachelor’s degree, and has been taking a few online…
This blog entry has less to do with business than with life in general. You see, I spent 15 years…
Way back in the “old days” of this young business, I did a daily telephone check-in with a friend of…
The last few days I’ve had this thought running through my head that it’s time for what will probably become…
If you haven’t read April 14th’s post, “What The Data Says” you probably should, so you’ll get a better idea…
In the course of conducting business I collect a lot of data. It’s not the kind of data like Target…
I’ve been having a little dilemma the last week or so, thanks to technology. This dilemma has reaffirmed my belief…