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Thinking of Changing Manufacturers? 4 Questions to Ask
The good news? You have the perfect partner to manufacture your product. The bad news? You might need to start looking for your next one nonetheless.
Always Go the Extra Mile
Customers reward companies that are seen to go the extra mile—even if they don’t personally benefit from that effort. In fact, customers are willing to pay more for a product, frequent one store rather than another, and, in general, have a more positive impression of a company or brand that is perceived to put in more effort.
Reward Success and Failure. Punish Only Inaction.
Reward failure? That may be a difficult concept for an executive. And there are limits of course. We wouldn’t reward a failure to follow laws, or protect lives, or deliberate endangerment of the company or its people.
Why We Have Fewer Choices in a World of Wider Choice
Whether as individual consumers, or organizations, there’s an interesting paradox. The number of choices we have is expanding at a huge rate.
Don’t Let Too Many Features Ruin Your Next Product
“Scope creep” (or feature creep) is an insidious disease that kills more new business solutions than any other, especially high-tech ones, and yet most founders (who may be the cause) never even see it happening.
3 Ways to Find Forgotten Innovation
The best and brightest teams can be rendered uninspired, stumped, scared and maybe even lazy when faced with a huge, blank whiteboard titled, “Our Next Big Thing….”
The Cost of Employee Lateness to Your Business
How tolerant are you about lateness in your business? Is it normal for a few of your employees to show up 15 minutes to half an hour late for their shift?
Inside the Top Startup Factories
Increasingly, instead of just starting a new company, talented entrepreneurs and company founders are launching a new style of business that some are calling “parallel entrepreneurship” or “startup factories.”
5 Easy Payroll Steps for Your New Business
Regardless of the type of business you have, effectively and correctly administering payroll is essential to day-to-day operations.