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 [...]
I attend a lot of meetings and seminars focused on exit planning. But, most fall short because they only focus on the transactional portion of the process instead of showing you what to do in [...]
All the small business economic trends according to the National Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB) seem to be pointing to the fact that the economy is picking up. And, businesses are beginning to focus on [...]
2 Entrepreneurial Competencies Leading to Business Growth Several weeks back I wrote a post titled Entrepreneurs Build an Asset NOT Just a Job . In it I began to present the difference between small business [...]
Monitoring the Right Things for Your Business Plans down always work out exactly as you thought. The more rapidly that you can make adjustments the faster you’ll get to your objective. That means monitoring regularly. [...]
So now you have found your passion and have set a business vision to consciously use your company as a vehicle to realize success. Many people begin scrambling to make things happen. This is [...]
In Success Step 1 – Define You Passion, you got a better idea of what success really looks like to you – both personally and professionally. Now you need to apply this new found understanding [...]
The statistics are shocking as to how few small business owners really think about transition planning, or more traditionally referred to as exit planning. To become a successful business owner you need to become an [...]
Do you work your business like a job for a paycheck or do you build an asset which will generate wealth like an on-going annuity for you and your family? This is what keeps small business ownership [...]
If your profitability is not where you want it, then only 2 things can be causing it – either you don’t have enough revenue and/or your expenses are too high! [...]
Growing a small business is actually a simple process. There is a defined and predictable formula to small business growth. The problem is most small business owners don’t take the time to learn the formula! [...]
One of the first questions I ask clients when I start working with them is “what is your strategy to exit your business?” Most of them say “I don’t know” or more frequently “I am [...]
Vision is passion documented. And passion is a powerful motivator. In a previous post titled Why So Many Small Business Owners are Unhappy, I discussed how many entrepreneurs get distracted by the day-to-day operation of [...]
How many of you think you don't have enough business? Guess what, there are others among you that have said they have too much business! These two predicaments are an excellent starting point to show [...]
Have you ever heard the quote, “If you don’t know where you’re going any road will get you there..?” If business planning is not part of routine you’re living this quote every day. That being said, it [...]
Lately I have been involved with a number of startup businesses, including a couple of my own. One observation I have made is that many small business startup owners tend to focus later stages objectives [...]
A great family and friends, beautiful home, nice cars, regular vacations, all the material things you could ever want. Your life is a dream. Sound familiar or like what you want for your life? I [...]
Avoid Blowing Your Revenue Engine - Visiting Your Operational Capacity Many small to medium sized businesses struggle increasing sales because they don't know their operational capacity. When I ask "how many more sales do [...]
Knowing your business growth stage is critical if you want to speed your business growth. A previous posting, The Search for Growth Continues, concluded a 5 business growth stage model made the most sense. It's [...]
In a previous post, So You Want to Grow Your Business?, I shared some of my general findings in recent research I have conducted in small business growth models. While many of the models and [...]
