Archive for the 'Planning' Category

Nov 01

Flawless Living: How To Position Your Small Business For the Comming New Economy

Last Tuesday night I interviewed Mike Jay on an international teleconference and made sure I got him to share his latest thinking on “The New Rules For Happiness and Success: What Every Person Needs To Know To Succeed In the New Economy“. I really got got him on a roll and even Mike was surprised [...]

Sep 28

Small Business Planning: How and Why To Set SMART Goals for Your Business and Yourself

Productivity coaches and the seminars and so on always tell us we should set goals; they always have all kinds of high-minded reasons why it will boost productivity, etc.  Wouldn’t it be easier and more productive to just get going? Well, that’s sort of like deciding you want to go on vacation and then getting [...]

Sep 02

Small Business Strategy: A Useable Business Plan

The core of any usable business plan, and also any plan that is created in order to find financing or partners, are the financial projections.  Most important to those projections are the assumptions used to create these projections. TIP 1: BE CAREFUL ON ASSUMPTIONS The core of any usable business plan, and also any plan [...]

Aug 16

The Single Greatest Secret For Small Business Owners To Be More Productive

Are you the great-guy small business owner who loves to be loved by all your employees?  Do you have an “open door policy?”  I have a challenge for you – close it! Think about it – open door policies are for big businesses that need a strategy to break barriers.  Small businesses don’t have those [...]

Aug 12

Three Ways To Write A Business Plan To Recession-Proof Your Business

Many entrepreneurs are uneasy with the looming recession as reported in the news over and over again every day.  If their goal is to instill fear in the hears of Americans, they have succeeded.  Have you seen the Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) lately?  It’s at an all time low. Well, in reality, the BEST way [...]