Posts Tagged ‘Planning’
Popular Misconceptions of Retailing
Countless misconceptions exist concerning today’s retail industry, and we want to air them all out and explain why they’re false. When it comes to a misconception about the retail industry, it’s important to make sure that no information slips under the cracks.
Read More It’s Mostly in the Execution
“Everybody’s got a plan—until they are punched in the face,” stated boxer Mike Tyson. My experience personally reviewing over three hundred executive summaries each year, all sent to me unsolicited, seems to bear out the truth in Tyson’s statement.
Read More Sometimes You Have to Scramble
Making sure you have a plan is important. But what’s even more important is being ready to adjust and change your plan when you encounter reality. The same scrambling ability that helped me in my football career has proven its worth again and again in my businesses, too.
Read More Why Your Company Needs a Buy-Sell Agreement
Think about a buy-sell agreement as what you need in the event you want to buy out a partner or co-owner. Also, what will happen if a person who is part of the business heads off to what they think are greener pastures?
Read More How to Win Government Contracts
Entrepreneur Lloyd Hawthorne launched his Bronx-based Golden Krust Caribbean Bakery in New York City in 1989. But his first really big break came in the 1990s, when he won contracts to supply food to the prison at New York’s Rikers Island and the New York City public school system.
Read More Taking Action: From MVP to Profitable Small Business in One Month
How long did you wait to start your business? A week… a month… a year? Almost everyone I know has one major regret when it comes to their business: that they didn’t start sooner.
Read More Ready, Aim, Fire. Really?
You’ve surely heard the variations on this theme. “Ready, fire, aim” was popular in the 1990’s, accredited to any of several authors. So why do so many business-book authors stress the opposite behavior?
Read More 3 New Year’s Resolutions Worth Keeping
For many people, the New Year’s resolutions you were so set on January 1st are beginning to fade. If you are a small business owner, here are three essential New Year’s resolutions you shouldn’t give up on.
Read More Do You Have the Power to Protect Your Small Business?
It’s not just big businesses that attract hackers and cyber-crime—security breaches are a worrying trend for small businesses. So what can you do to protect your small business against this growing concern and minimize the risk of a data breach?
Read More How to Tackle Your First Year as an Entrepreneur
We’re about two weeks into the New Year and I’ve already seen a quarter of my Facebook friends declare that “2014 is gonna be my year!” Let’s hope such is the case for all you entrepreneurs out there!
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