The question that is on the mind of owners of small business everywhere: How do I grow my business (and make more money)? There are a lot of elements that are critical to growing small business: bringing good value to the marketplace, quality people, the right amount of business structure for the position in the […]
Most people start off their lists of business failure with businesses being under-capitalized. Unfortunately that communicates that money can solve everything. It cannot. It also doesn’t get to the core components that speak to the likelihood of success in bootstrapping the business or the likelihood of obtaining credit or investment. Therefore you will see that […]
Have you ever wondered why one company gets an unsecured line of credit, another company’s credit facility is secured by all assets, and still others are declined entirely for commercial credit? The equation is both complicated and simple at the same time. “What were the odds?” as my esteemed colleague, author and friend Larry Mandelberg […]
These are quite possibly the most misunderstood organizational development components around. Many business owners hear that they are important, but they don’t really know why. They read a little, or remember a course or rely on an employee’s education when they were discussed. Let’s start with the questions … what are they & why are […]
Have you ever jumped into a situation where you fixed a problem, only to find that everyone relies upon you to continually perform a task? Do you know people who continually perform inefficiently or in ways that are hurtful to themselves, yet they resist solutions. New managers will often jump right in, see a […]
