Oil Changes and Selling Steak Recipes to Vegeterians

At 10:00 am this morning I took my Honda CRV in to get my usual oil change at The Import Shop.  It’s a locally owned car repair shop owned by a mom and son and as a small business owner, I prefer to spend my money at other small businesses rather than the dealership right down the road. They provide a great service at a fair rate and I’ve been a customer for well over 7 years. I asked Harriet today if they worked on other import cars or just Honda’s. She said just Honda’s. At one point named their company “The Honda Import Shop” but Honda’s legal department asked them to change their name in a nicely written letter. Read more

Revenue Comes from Sales

“Connectors are people who link us up with the world. People with a special gift for bringing the world together.” – Malcolm Gladwell from his book, “The Tipping Point”

If you could only use one word to describe me, that would be me in a nutshell.

Connector.

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I’m Ray Ruecker – The Connector

Hi! I’m Ray Ruecker with Connect 5000 and want to thank you for taking time to visit our website and blog. I’m the Managing Director for a boutique C-Level scheduling, training, and assessment firm based in Kansas City. We specialize in connecting Fortune 5000 decision makers with technology and consulting companies with high average sales.

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