Why an Entrepreneur Mindset is Important
As I reflect on what separate the successful business owners from all the others it's clearly one key thing - an entrepreneur mindset. No matter what the problem small business owners face, in crisis [...]
3 Reasons You Get Stuck Growing Your Business
In helping small business owners for more than 2 decades, I consistently see 3 distinct problems causing them to get frustrated as hell. You get stuck growing your business because you have one or more [...]
8 Business Growth Factors to Influence and Grow Your Business
In a previous post titled What is Your Business Growth Stage? , I discussed 5 stages and 8 factors influencing business growth. This is based on extensive research and two decades of experiencing them in [...]
Do You Think Like a Small Business Owner or Entrepreneur?
The Employee Scenarios Defined Several events recently occurred with client businesses that made me take a step back and really try to understand a why small business owner makes some of the decisions that [...]
Want an Absentee Owner Business? 3 Skill You Must Master
Do you hope to take a vacation some day and not worry if your business will still be there when you return? Then you need to set up for what I call business self-sustainability or [...]
Financial Freedom: How Big Do You Need to Grow Your Business?
In the past few weeks I have had several small business owners who I’ve met with that were interested in creating self-sustainability in their business. They loved the idea that the financial freedom and independence [...]
CHANGE is the Main Purpose of Every Project
A good friend and associate of mine, Stacy Goff, has been saying for years that project managers are agents of change. I’ve always believed this was true, however as I’ve begun my journey down the [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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; [...]
Tuning Your Revenue Engine – A Real World Story
Last week I discussed how fear of taking action can be the killer of dreams. One reason business owners don’t take action is they don’t understand the cause and effect of their business actions. The [...]
Business Growth Strategy – 6 Step with High Impact
I have advocated for years that growing a small business is a defined and repeatable process and shared all the definitive research and available resource to support my premise. Now, let's look at a business [...]
Finding Your Business Growth Stage!
To find your growth stage you need to understand business growth. If you read my previous post “What’s Your Business Growth Stage?”, then you get an overview of the growth stages. Also read the post [...]
Do You Know Your Business’ Growth Cycle Stage?
This month’s focus is on the growth stages. This is one of those critical topics that nobody really talks about. A business matures just like a person. If left to chance you can see the [...]
Building Systems – 5 Steps to Establish a Repeatable & Scalable Business
In a previous post titled Getting Beyond the “Survival Stage” of Growth in Your Business, I touched on the process by which you begin building systems. Doing this allows your business to operate on its [...]
Building Your Sales Plan Doesn’t Have to be Rocket Science
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 [...]