What do smart business owners do

It’s funny to read the majority of traditional news outlets talk about small business ownership.  If you didn’t know better from reading their articles, you would swear that we are all a bunch of whining, fearful incompetents.   Are they right?  So what is it that smart business owners do to get through these tough times? Forward to a story written yesterday about Jon Erisey owner of Power Media. http://blog.cleveland.com/business/2009/01/jon_erisey_of_power_media_says.html The story captures the essence of how a lot of small business owners run their business as Jon states “by the seat of my pants”.  What I really appreciated about Jon’s story was hos self awareness.  Instead of blaming the economy