Understanding Strategy vs Tactics: A Key to Business Growth
The debate over strategy vs tactics rages on and on. It is an important topic, and I will show you why in a moment. However, if you ask any trusted adviser you’ll find that [...]
Thank You and You’re Welcome – Please!!!
I read a random post by an old friend on Facebook last night. She’s not a big blogger. But, her Facebook posts are always entertaining. So, when I saw that she had posted a blog. [...]
The Industrial Giants
5 Characteristics of a Great Entrepreneurship The History Channel has a mini-series called The Men Who Built America which exemplifies entrepreneurship at its best through the industrial giants of the industrial revolution. The series provides a historic account [...]
8 Critical Factors for Any Succession Plan
As I presented in my previous post Succession Planning vs. Exit Planning Which Do You Use?, the primary goal of any succession plan is leadership transfer. So, you can imagine that things can get a [...]
How to Get the Most Out of Life
My wife paid me the highest compliment this week. And she didn't even realize she did it . We were on vacation and just browsing the shops on the beach. She saw the little card [...]
Succession Planning vs. Exit Planning Which Do You Use?
Often the terms succession planning and exit planning get used interchangeably. However, there is a definitive difference between the two. It’s important as a business owner that you understand the difference. Succession planning focuses on [...]
Successful Transition Planning – 9 Things to Consider!
Business owners think about transition planning too late! Many don’t think about transition planning because they believe that they will just sell their business and that’s the end of it. However, even with the sale [...]
3 Stages to Rapidly Scale Your Business
In the post “What Is a Self-Sustaining Business?” the correlation between the growth cycle and creating a self-sustaining business introduced. Here I’d like to share how to scale your business to make it self-sustaining! Achieving a self-sustaining [...]
What Is a Self-Sustaining Business?
Growing a self-sustaining business is the core of the Business Growth Simplified business philosophy! It is the focus of everything we do. That means we... Assist small business owners in growing a self-sustaining business. But, [...]
Build a Successful Business by Asking the Right Question
To build a successful business is easier than most people think. You just need to ask the right question that lead you there in the most direct way possible Tonight I’ll be meeting a bunch [...]
Cash Flow is KING: How to Monitor It Easily!
While cash flow is a regular topic here, it's been a while since we hit the topic from a finance and accounting perspective. While many small business owners find accounting to be tedious it is [...]
How to Get Sales Up by Year End
Will you hit your revenue goal for the year? It's 6 months into the year. Do you know where you stand and what you need to do to get sales up which results in you [...]
Does Good Leadership Meet Needs?
A few weeks back in my article title Answering the Hard Questions About Leadership, I asked the question “what is the nature of leadership?” I received several dozen responses to the question via a variety [...]
6 Questions That Help You Increase Revenue
The year is well underway so you should look at you numbers and asking “can we hit our revenue goal from here?” That depends, are you going to leave it to chance or are [...]
What’s Your Leadership Style?
In my post Why Leadership is Critical to Business Growth I mentioned my recent reading of James Hunter’s book The Servant. He makes some interesting statements in the book as he leads you toward what [...]
Why Leadership is Critical to Business Growth
A few weeks ago in a presentation a local business leader whom I very much respect suggested a book that I had not heard of before on leadership – The Servant by James Hunter. So [...]
5 Owner Competencies Required for Rapid Business Growth
There are dozens of articles and blog posts written every day about what you need to really grow a business. Most tout the most obvious aspect – more money and financing; better marketing; added sales; [...]
Shiny Object Syndrome: 5 Questions Get You Past It!
I see small business owners get distracted (shiny object syndrome) from their main vision all the time. It’s amazing how many owners have attention deficit disorder (ADD). ADD can be a strength in business. But, [...]
4 Tactics to Jumpstart Your Sales
Ok, so how did last quarter's sales end up? Were they down and so you need a way to jumpstart your sales? Well, your sales won’t just happen. You need a sale plan and work [...]
What’s Your Greatest Challenge in Exiting Your Business?
Is Your Business Ready for You to Leave? Last week I post a question, “What's Your Greatest Challenge in Exiting Your Business?”, on LinkedIn. My intent was to get some feedback before writing the next [...]