10 Top Revenue Models Drive Viable Businesses Today
I was mentoring some graduate students at a local university recently, and I sensed again that profit seems to be a dirty word these days to many aspiring entrepreneurs. I’m certainly not a fan of customer rip-offs, but even non-profits have to be cash-flow positive, or have deep pockets, to help anyone for long. Every…
Read MoreServant Salespersonship
Some of the more cynical (or perhaps worn down) of you will misread the title, thinking, “Dave, we’re already slaves to our jobs, managers, companies. What are you doing?” I’m really thinking about applying the principles and concepts of “Servant Leadership” to sales and our relationships with customers. Servant leadership concepts can be traced back…
Read MoreWhat is Your Marketing Doing to Develop a Better World?
Is your business solely focused on profit-making or does it try to make a social impact, too—aligning profits with purpose? What does social impact mean? “Social impact has become much more than just a business strategy—driven by Millennials, social impact is, instead, a way of life and a way of being in the world. It has undeniably…
Read MoreDirect Selling Tax Deductions Save $
Direct selling tax deductions are one of the top advantages of working from home. Operating a direct selling business from home opens the door for many income tax deductions. Did you ever notice that all rich people have a business? Did the business make them rich? Or did they get a business because they were…
Read MoreCorporate Separations Under §355
In any successful family business there will likely come a time when descendants will want to take over the business from the older generation of owners. Usually, this will require that entities will need to be split into different business entities to accommodate both differences between the descendants (perhaps the descendants can’t cooperate with each…
Read MoreDon’t Get Left Behind by Tech: 5 Digital Trends Small Businesses Should Be Following
As the world becomes more and more digitized, everybody—from your average consumer to the world’s top executives—has been forced to deal with and adapt to change on a massive scale. Cybersecurity has proven a more widespread and challenging obstacle in the last couple of years than anybody would’ve predicted, while the rapid pace of technological…
Read MoreA Sure-Fire 3-Step Email Inbox Weight Loss Program
The first days of a new year are always a time to recommit ourselves to establishing beneficial habits and jettisoning things, circumstances, and relationships that are holding us back. But if the truth be told, we know that many of these efforts – in the long run – end up in failure, so I wanted…
Read MoreBusiness Development by the Numbers
Last week we started to identify some key financial metrics that you need to have a handle on as you plan your business development for the upcoming year in a smart way. If you did the math I outlined last week, you now know: How much of every earned dollar you actually get to keep…
Read MoreSeveral More Real Costs of Taking Outsider Investments
Let’s talk about the reality of taking money from professional investors. It is not the first time we’ve covered this general subject nor the last. But this time, we concentrate upon governance changes. Once a company founder has tapped the funds available from his or her resources and from friends and family, if the company…
Read MoreNew Year New Website
There will be many local website designers ready to create and build your new website. But how do you choose? The price you will be quoted can vary greatly and so will what they offer. A website can range from a simple 3 page site with some text and a few images to a full e-commerce site. The…
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