Strategic Planning
5 Goals Every Small Business Owner Should Set
Goal setting is an important aspect of starting and owning a business—without them you may become lost, and head your business down the wrong direction. Business goals are to help keep you stay focused and…
Compound Interest in Business
Albert Einstein said that the most powerful force in the universe is compound interest and it is either working for you or against you! Well, it’s February… How are your business resolutions holding up? Hopefully…
The 3 D’s That Kill Businesses: Debt, Divorce, and Death
Hardly anyone creates a company while also imagining the worst possible thing that could happen to it. Instead we envision success, milestones, and creating revenue for both the business and for your family. But unfortunately,…
4 Steps to Prepare Your Business for a Required Pivot
You will be pivoting your business in your lifetime, whether you are a new startup, or a mature company like Motorola or IBM. You can count on it and plan for it, or you wait…
How to Embrace Brand Citizenship for Purpose and Profit
Any-sized business can practice social good. Yet, “businesses have traditionally looked to customers and employees to advocate for their brands. Today, the equation has flipped. More and more, customers and employees demand that brands advocate on…
How Would You Like a Great Advisory Board?
Have you ever thought of creating an advisory board? As you can guess, that would be an informal group with no legal responsibilities, but one able to be called upon to act as business, industry and…
Measure What Matters: Business Metrics
A while back, we explored the business metrics that every business owner and leader should be monitoring to keep their finger on the health of their organization. We dug into the purely financial metrics like lifetime value…
8 Change Leadership Strategies for Sustainable Results
Most change initiatives fail. This is a fact that too few leaders truly understand. Change is never easy. People are resistant to it and people will not just change because you tell them to. All…
5 Strategies for Starting 2018 Off Right
About a year ago, I realized I wasn’t spending enough time doing the things I love: hanging out with my kids, surfing, traveling. Life started to feel lousy. I’m a founder of a fast-growing contract…
Molding the Next Generation: More Than a Third of Business Owners Lack a Retirement Plan
Retirement is a subject many small business owners either deliberately shelve or shy away from taking any meaningful action. Research conducted by online resource center Manta indicated that 34% of nearly 2000 small business owners…
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