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Matt Tarkenton

Matt Tarkenton is Executive Vice President at Tarkenton Companies. He was part of a group that started Renova Partners, a boutique investment bank, and was recognized as a “40 Under 40: Up and Comer” by the Atlanta Business Chronicle in 2009. Matt performs business planning and marketing training for hundreds of professionals across the country, and co-hosts a weekly coaching program on entrepreneurial education. Matt graduated from Princeton University, where he was a member of the 1989 Ivy League Championship Football Team, and received an MBA from Harvard Business School.

6 Traits of a Great Leader

Dec 31, 2020 By Matt Tarkenton

Great business leaders don’t merely reach their goals of achieving growth within an organization; they carry themselves in a way that garners the respect of those around them. By observing great leaders, we can gain a better understanding of what it takes to emulate their success. I’ve put together a list of 6 traits that […]

Filed Under: Leadership Tagged With: Leadership Skills

Daily Habits Lead to Organizational Efficiency

Dec 28, 2020 By Matt Tarkenton

Whether you lay out detailed instructions for the daily duties of your employees or you prefer to take a more free-rein approach to management, it’s extremely important that your employees develop the right habits. Here are a few steps to follow that promote maximum efficiency within an organization through habitual processes. Identify Necessary Procedures Start […]

Filed Under: Best Practices Tagged With: Efficiency

How Habits Lead to Organizational Efficiency

Mar 20, 2014 By Matt Tarkenton

Whether you lay out detailed instructions for the daily duties of your employees or you prefer to take a more free-rein approach to management, it’s extremely important that your employees develop the right habits.

Filed Under: Open Culture Tagged With: Culture, Efficiency, Managing Employees, Matt Tarkenton

The 6 A’s of Successful Leadership

Mar 13, 2014 By Matt Tarkenton

Great business leaders don’t merely reach their goals of achieving growth within an organization; they carry themselves in a way that garners the respect of those around them.

Filed Under: Best Practices Tagged With: Leadership Skills, Matt Tarkenton, Personal Outlook

Seeking Investors

Aug 15, 2013 By Matt Tarkenton

Investor solicitation laws and paperwork. It appears Reg D Rules 505 or 506 would be applicable to a $3 million securities offering. A comprehensive business plan is always a good starting point; however, large investor solicitations have investment risks, other purchaser disclosure, and financial information requirements.

Filed Under: Starting a Business

I would like to know how to register my business as a woman-owned business on a national and state level.

Aug 8, 2013 By Matt Tarkenton

Of course, if you own your business, then it is a woman-owned business; however, whether any other minority or women-owned business certification would possibly be of any advantage for your particular business will depend on your target customers, financing requirements, and other factors.

Filed Under: Legal

Dealing with Failure

Aug 5, 2013 By Matt Tarkenton

In business, you have to constantly try new things, because most of the things you try won’t work. It doesn’t mean they weren’t worth the attempt; it just means that the small business world is impossible to predict. Because none of us know beforehand what will work, we have to try many things that fail in order to reach success.

Filed Under: Innovation Tagged With: Failures, Innovation, Matt Tarkenton, Overcoming Obstacles, Personal Outlook, Reinvention, Solving Problems

How do I go about hiring a sales team to work on commission instead of salary?

Aug 2, 2013 By Matt Tarkenton

Minimum wage regulations: The following government and labor information indicates that outside sales jobs are not subject to minimum wage laws and could possibly receive no pay other than earned sales commissions:

Filed Under: Sales

Setting up a Foundation?

Jul 15, 2013 By Matt Tarkenton

Scholarship programs. There are different approaches to establishing scholarship programs which range from an annual scholarship awarded by a business to a nonprofit foundation that may fund many scholarships. We do not know how much money your business plans to spend on scholarship awards or if you plan to operate a nonprofit organization to raise money for scholarships, but establishing a scholarship program with preferential tax treatment for donations involves the creation of a nonprofit charitable entity.

Filed Under: Legal

Pricing Strategy: Factors to Consider

Jul 10, 2013 By Matt Tarkenton

How to price your product or service is a critical decision that your small business must make and will directly determine your ability to succeed in an uncertain economic environment.

Filed Under: Creating a Plan Tagged With: Customer Segmentation, Differentiation, Market Segmentation, Price Adjustment, Pricing, Pricing Strategy, Profit, Profits

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