Posts Tagged ‘Planning’
You Need a Contingency Plan for Every Part of Your Business
When you’re dying of thirst it’s too late to think about digging a well. ~Japanese Proverb I was dealing with a business that relied on a single supplier for products that represented the majority of its sales. When I asked the owner what he would do if the supplier folded, he answered, “I just do…
Read MoreIs Timing the Key to Business Success?
Here’s food for thought. Idealabs founder Bill Gross analyzed several hundred startups, from big successes to big failures, looking for the most important startup keys to success.
Read More Nail It, Then Scale It
So your business has begun to take off. You’ve figured out your channels of distribution, pricing model and how to support your growing list of customers. Don’t be alarmed by this next statement. That’s relatively easy.
Read More Nostalgia Marketing: What Is It?
Lately, I’ve noticed a marketing trend that isn’t necessarily a new phenomena, but seems to be gaining some steam. As a person who was born and grew up in the ‘90s, I constantly reminisce about the glory days of my youth
Read More Here’s Why KPIs Are Linked to Your Success
KPIs are tools that organizations use to define, measure, monitor and track its performance over time toward the attainment of its stated organizational goals.
Read More Why a Retreat is Good for Your Business
Small business owners can improve productivity by investing in a company retreat. A retreat is an opportunity to engender creativity—a time to remove your nose from the grindstone and lift your head up.
Read More 5 Simple Steps to Executing the Plan
It is all about execution. Waiting over a year to see results is too long, since your chance of mid-course correction is greatly reduced. To make the point, Harvard’s Robert Kaplan believes that less than 10% of corporate strategies are effectively executed. Ouch!
Read More Why You Need an Enterprise Mobility Plan
The world is becoming increasingly mobile. In February, Google announced that mobile-friendly sites will get preferential placement in search results.
Read More Starting a Brewery? Here Are 4 Things to Know
Naturally, you want your up-and-coming brewery to get in on the action. But how? Like any small business, starting a brewery takes a significant amount of time and planning before you actually get to see your ideas come to fruition.
Read More 7 Steps for Establishing the Right Business Model
Most technical entrepreneurs focus hard on building an innovative product, but forget that an elegant solution doesn’t automatically translate into a successful business.
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