Helping Small Business Take Flight
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Rough Air Associates is an online community for family business and small business owners. Whether taking advantage of our small business weblog, our podcasts or educational opportunities for small business owners, or as a tenant in one of our Rough Air Small Business Centers, small businesses can turn to Rough Air Associates to help understand the business world around them and keep their business moving forward, even through the rough air.

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Rough Air Demand and Cost Indexes Updated

Thu, 02 Jul 2009

Is the worst over? No one really knows, but the data is starting to indicate that we may have seen the bottom of the downturn. You can check out The Rough Air Demand Index and The Rough Air Cost Index on our home page. Both indicate we may be reaching a point of stability in [...]

Learning Some Lessons in Entrepreneurship

Wed, 01 Jul 2009

It has been three years since Rough Air was founded. In fact at this very moment I am sitting in the exact spot I was sitting in when I decided to leave my corporate job and start a new business. It has been two years since I quit my job, and began focusing on Rough [...]

A Quick Word on Retail Sales

Wed, 15 Apr 2009

I have pretty much lost my faith in publicly traded markets. There are too many people who make too much money off the volatility of markets, and the value of a company’s shares rarely reflects the actual value of the business. People talk markets up, and they talk markets down. They typically do this because [...]

We Need an Economic Resurrection!

Mon, 13 Apr 2009

The strategy for 80 percent of executives and business owners this year seems pretty clear at this point, cut your cost to the bone and ride out the storm. Many of us have come to the conclusion that the only solution to the current crisis for our business is to make the business smaller, [...]

Is It Over?

Thu, 26 Mar 2009

Let me start by saying congratulations! Congrats to those of you whose business is still managing to stay in the air, despite the turbulence. Congrats to those of you who have managed to hang-on to your jobs, or have found a new one, and remain gainfully employed. I am not sure the current downturn is [...]