Turing Your Vision into Reality This is a topic I was asked to revisit for an upcoming presentation. Back in 2010 I gave the same presentation to the Tampa Bay Inventors Council and it was well received. Not sure how many people heeded my … [Read more...]
This week let’s get back to looking at the strategic objectives within each business function as you move your business along the growth cycle. So, far we’ve looked at marketing and sales. So the next logical step is to look at … [Read more...]
Marketing in the startup phase is often difficult because small business owners don’t understand the difference between sales and marketing. (see my previous post Sales Slump? Do You Have the Right Resource Assigned?). Marketing is all about … [Read more...]
If you’ve been following along on our blog then you are already familiar with the small business growth cycle. You also understand that each phase has a specific goal on which you must focus. This week we want to begin looking functionally at … [Read more...]
A year ago I wrote an article title 4 Key to Creating a Profitable Business. In it I covered the specific objectives critical to startup companies getting out of the existence stage and into the survival stage. The recommendations are as solid … [Read more...]
Recent activity in my consulting business has revolved around a number of start-up companies. It has made me revisit the existence of the small business growth cycle once again. One of the observation I that I wrote about in an earlier post … [Read more...]
We’ve all heard the statistics: 7 out of 10 new employer firms survive at least two years, and about half survive five years. According to the SBA statistic reported by SCORE in 2008 there were 627,200 new businesses, 595,600 business closures … [Read more...]
Lately I have been involved with a number of startups, including a couple of my own. One observation I have made is that many small business startup owners tend to focus later stages objectives rather than the early stage growth cycle objectives … [Read more...]
When I was first asked to participate on this panel, I thought, “WOW things really have come full circle!” You see, I started my business back in 1991 on a shoestring. I had no marketing experience having just got out of the Air Force. I was … [Read more...]
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