Nov 23
This past weekend, I helped deliver the Flawless Living Design Workshop. Assembled were some 35 entrepreneurs, business owners and coaches. We looked at the “Twelve Elements” of The Flawless Living Design System. These 12 Elements are: Happiness Is Natural, Know Yourself , In Not Up, Stop Pretending, YES and NO, reaching Out, Success By Design, [...]
Sep 28
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 [...]
No responses yet business plan,management,Planning,professional growth,strategy,Taking Action
Sep 20
So you think you can just go on endlessly “flying by the seat of your pants” with your business? “Sure I can,” you say, “I’ve been working successfully this way since we started!” Yes, but if you want to grow to the next level, you will need to plan. Every business should have a basic [...]
Sep 02
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 12
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 [...]
Jul 12
We are always hearing how we should have a business plan, right? But, seriously, what busy street-fighting entrepreneur actually has time to create one of those 1,000 page monstrosities?! But, you know what? Many of the things that are covered in one of those formal plans are important to consider. So – we’ve created a [...]
Jun 17
Most small business owners are struggling with the effects of the recession / new economy – every day. And the news media just won’t let up! If their goal is to instill fear in the hearts of American consumer, they have succeeded. Have you seen the Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) lately? It’s at an all [...]
No responses yet marketing,New Economy,recession,strategy,Taking Action
May 26
Most small business CEOs have their bookkeeping fairly well in in order. But, are you using the numbers in your accounting to make key strategic decisions about your business? CASE STUDY Sally has four stores on one accounting system – the numbers are well kept for each store and for the company as a whole. [...]
