Forty years ago on September 2, 1969 an event took place that changed our lives forever … the network which would become the internet was born.

Only a handful of people knew it at the time and I suspect none of them could have envisioned the impact on our society.

Actually, this is a familiar theme.

Jack Kilby

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Who could have foreseen the iPhone when Jack Kilby conceived and built the world’s first semiconductor chip, or “microchip,” in his lab at Texas Instruments Inc. in 1958.  Or predicted the transcontinental railroad in 1663 when Thomas Newcomen, an English blacksmith, invented the steam engine.

As I’ve heard many times in my career, “the only constant is change”.   Or, as my wife is apt to say, “life is change.”

Change is sometimes good … sometimes not so good, but regardless, it cannot be avoided.

So, as we look toward life after the recession of 2008-2009 we as entrepreneurs should be looking for technical, tactical, strategic, stylistic and managerial changes that we can adopt to improve our businesses.

In fact, if your business is slow, now may be an excellent time to evaluate your strategy, processes, procedures, assumptions and the software and technology that supports your business.  Sometimes beneficial changes are delayed because “we’re just too busy to make changes …”  Most small businesses don’t have that excuse at the moment.

As my wife will tell you, “life is change.”

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