If you’ve accumulated a huge amount of unsecured debts, you need not worry as you can opt for business debt consolidation through which you can finesse your business finances. If you’re a business owner, keeping [...]
Last week I posted on the 5 things you can do to test if an affiliate partnership will work before you invest a lot of time and energy into a the relationship. To grow your [...]
Nothing Happens Until Someone Executes I am always asked to participate in ventures, join alliances, and partner with businesses. Rarely do I get involved. And, my rationale for saying “no” seems to upset a lot [...]
4 Questions for Building a Powerful Sales Plan Ok, so last week I looked at 2 Things That Keep You Out of a Sales Crisis. This week let’s look at how a sales plan can [...]
This week’s topic hits too close to home for comfort. But, since I always say “look in the mirror,” this week it was my turn! Why is it that we get ourselves into a sales [...]
Inventor vs entrepreneur 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 [...]
This weekend I ran into a prospect from a technology company that I had proposed a strategic planning retreat for their senior leadership team 3 or 4 month ago. Let’s call them company 1. We [...]
Getting business funding is always difficult. But, add the banking challenges of recent years and it only makes it harder! The truth is banks are still lending. And, there are many other sources of funding [...]
Last week in the post Will Your Business Grow This Year? I asked some very tough questions to get you thinking about what’s necessary to assure you’ll hit your business goals for this year. Have [...]
Success is a destination that you define for your company. It represents the vision of a new vista; a new horizon; a new set of possibilities for your business – a change. That means you [...]
Did your business grow this year? Why or why not? If growth was not a goal this year, will it be a goal next year? These are questions you should be asking yourself right now [...]
Here are some interesting facts that I have uncovered while researching my posts, e-Books, and upcoming business book that are very revealing. Put yourself in the upper end of these categories by applying our strategic planning [...]
In my post The Major Barrier to Executing Your Strategic Plan, I talked about self-awareness as a key to moving your business agenda forward. Mentioning the topic increased my self-awareness and I saw several posts [...]
Last week I update the learning objectives for an end-of-year strategic planning retreat workshop I conducted several years back. Something struck me that could hold the answer to why small business owners struggle in executing [...]
Last week’s post titled The First Step in Improving Leadership for Your Small Business was an overwhelming success as it created an incredible dialog around what is the difference between leadership and management. I want [...]
Improving leadership is critical to business growth. Without good leadership small businesses stagnate and fail, so how are you improving leadership for your business?
Creating Success Means Getting Past Your Negative “Personal Speak” After last week’s leadership post titled “Do You Have the Courage to be the Leader Your Business Needs?” I’ve had a lot of conversations about the [...]
Self-improvement has on leadership and business growth, however often owners don't have the courage to look in the mirror and fix the personal fears which hold them back from making the necessary changes to take [...]
Been at the beach for a short vacation this weekend and made a surprising observation. It doesn’t matter how big or small an establishment, if you think like an entrepreneur you can build a self-sustaining [...]
If you are a small business owners struggling with the growth of your business there are 3 potential strategic factors that are keeping you from small business growth. Do you fully understand your desired personal [...]
