If you are interested in selling your business, start getting the word out early. Let your management and marketing savvy be known.
In fact, many businesses are started for the sole purpose of growing it to sell for a handsome profit.
As you grow your business form an Advisory Board (your […]
Is your cash flowing out faster than its flowing in?This can happen for a number of reasons and can be asign that your business is growing at a faster speedthan you are ready to handle. Perhaps your bestcustomer has given you a $100,000 order — but youneed cash right now to buy the supplies needed […]
Not long ago, words like mergers, acquisitions,joint ventures, alliances and partnershipswere seldom used. With the changing face ofbusiness in the New Economy, these words arenow part of everyday business vocabulary.
With many companies choosing to work withother companies, a new breed of individualand team is achieving pre-eminence. Peoplewho can be trusted and always do a job […]
Do you employees understand whats expected of them in anygiven situation?
More importantly, do YOU know what you expect of youremployees in a given situation?
Take the following scenario:
A journalist from your local newspaper phones your officewanting an interview regarding a charity benefit that yourbusiness is supporting. You are not available, so the employeewho answered the phone […]
Those who become Extraordinary Leaders are those who master theskills of leadership. Followers will follow leaders based on twoprimary aspects: The Leaders character and his or her skills.Here are the top five skills an Extraordinary Leader must master.Get on top of these and you will find your influence growingextraordinarily!
1. Good Communicator. Extraordinary Leaders are those […]
Every business experiences cycles of heavy sales volume and light sales volume. Periods of light sales volume are called business Slumps.
Some business slumps are predictable. Every landscaping service expects a slump in landscaping jobs during winter months. Their usual strategy to maintain a flow of business in the winter is to promote a different service […]
Whens the last time you checked out your Postal Services web site?You might be surprized at the valuable business information you canfind. Its difficult to speak in specifics, given that readers of thisarticle are international but each countrys postal service has differentterminology, regulations and rules. However, a visit to AustraliaPost, Canada Post and the US […]
Does operating your business these days remind youof spinning your tires? Are you generating a lotof activity but not moving forward? Believe it ornot, this could be a good sign. It could mean thatyou are ready to move from one stage of businessgrowth to the next.
Experts identify three main stages of business growth.The Startup Phase […]
Many years ago, someone told me that the key to success is not doing something big or spectacular, but doing the little things extraordinarily well.
When we think of Olympic athletes, its tempting to pretendthat they are somehow different. We tell ourselves theywere born with incredible strength or unusual talent, or hadtraining that we could […]
Most new business owners expect to devote a lot of time and effort to getting their business established. Then, they plan to relax as the business runs itself and continues to grow. This was an achievable goal in the past. It isnt today. Aggressive, innovative competitors and rapidly changing technology make it impossible to establish […]
