Posts Tagged ‘Planning’
Entrepreneurs Dot No Easily Retire
So you’ve successfully sold your business and have received enough money from the sale to become financially independent, no longer having to work for a living.
Read More How to Outline Your Business Plan
A business plan outline is designed to take the stress out of writing your plan. Yes, every small business should have a plan. If you don’t, it’s like trying to drive to an unknown destination without a road map. It’s highly unlikely you’ll get there in one piece.
Read More Success Requires a Process of Excellence
Success requires a process of excellence. You can never be successful just by saying, “I’m going to succeed.” Instead, you are successful when you set out to improve in every area, to study your strengths and weaknesses and pursue excellence in each aspect.
Read More Social Media Strategy Drives Employee Engagement
If company leaders are NOT blogging and tweeting about the values of your business, how could you expect front line staffers to do so? It is surprising, then, that only 6% of businesses active in social networks are using it to motivate existing employees.
Read More Is This Partner Arrangement Fair?
I get these emails, summarizing one side of an argument, asking me to guess or comment on fairness. For example, in an email I just received, the one asking me has worked for 18 months “with significant intellectual contribution.”
Read More What We Talk About When We Talk About Content
“The first thing to understand about content strategy is that no two people understand it the same way. It’s a relatively new—and extremely broad—discipline with no single definitive definition.”
Read More How Can You Organize Your Business with a Time Horizon?
In the world of business, so many industry terms get thrown around that it can be hard to keep up. “Time horizon” is a term with which many accountants and business owners are or should be familiar. It refers to any goal with a specific expected ending time.
Read More The Ultimate Small Business Start-Up Checklist
Launching a new business venture can be exciting—and more than a little exhausting. Follow these eight startup steps to help make sure you’re as prepared as possible:
Read More 7 Success Tips for Creating a Home-Based Business
Home-based businesses comprise one of the fastest growing business segments today. People love the idea of being able to be their own boss and work from the comfort of their own home.
Read More How to Scale Your Business Staffing Requirements
One of the biggest challenges for a business owner, especially in a small organization, is knowing how, when, or if they should recruit extra staff. Hiring new staff is a costly affair, and if you get it wrong, it could be detrimental to your firm. Here’s the lowdown on how to scale your staffing requirements.
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