What's Your Business Model?

During business plan creation, a business model must evolve that is properly focused but broad enough to to be successful. There are four critical areas to be considered in developing the business model and incorporating it into the business plan. This article discusses them.

Strategic Planning Must Connect Human Capital ROI to Time Management to Maximize Business Results

Strategic planning is about how you manage your human capital to maximize your business results or profits. Managing people must include time management to deliver those results. Do you know what unproductive time by your human capital is costing you? Probably not!

Communicating Your Strategic Plan With Employees

Robert Bradford discusses 5 key ideas for effectively communicating your strategic plan with your employees.

Essential Business Communication of Your Strategic Plan Delivers Ongoing Employee Motivation

Do you have a strategic plan? Do you have employee motivation problems? Maybe the failure to communicate your strategic plan might be contributing factor to employee motivation.

Creating a Successful Business Exit Strategy - Adding a Sixth Step to the Plan

The Wall Street Journal article notes that for a successful exit strategy you cannot accomplish all that you need to do in a short period of time. The planning and stages will take from five to seven years. Adding a professional writer and PR consultant to the advisory and implementation team will ensure that the process of an exit strategy flows smoothly.

What Every Successful Business Plan Has in Common

The first and most important attribute that every business plan needs is an idea behind it. You need to hone your idea and vision until it shines.

The 3 Strategies of Market Followers

One type of business plan strategy is to be a market follower. This discussion demonstrates the characteristics of the strategy and what one can expect related to business vibrancy and monetary returns.

You Get What You Measure in Strategic Planning

You may have heard this before - that you get what you measure. In business, this is definitely, true. However, in certain types of business there is SO MUCH being measured that it's sometimes difficult for employees to decide which measurements are really important.

Internet Home Business

There are many jobs that utilize the internet including consulting, editing, selling products, offering advice, creating web sites, photography, and graphic design just to name a few. Some people work for a company but work from home due to the nature of their job. Data entry specialists, customer service representatives, and other customer support roles are being offered to those who want to work form home.

How Your Habits Control Your Small Business Success

Habits are essential to our very existence; however, sometimes behaviors form into habits that are no longer necessary. With awareness and a strong reason or motivation to change the habit we can initiate and sustain change and rid ourselves of habits that no longer serve a purpose.

Small Business Success: Thriving During Change (And Landing On Your Feet!)

Some people thrive on change – they love it and even create more of it. Others view change with anxiety and resistance. Often times we react to it; we try to control it; we create situations and problems to avoid dealing with it. If you’re facing (or anticipating) one change or several changes, these tips will help you navigate through transition and help you land on your feet.

Growing Your Small Business Through Alliances and Joint Ventures

Many Solo Entrepreneurs work from a home office. Our only connections to the outside world are the internet / e-mail and the telephone. Cold calling, “warm” calling and sending e-mails may seem like the most obvious way to let people know about us and to generate sales. But, there’s another way that works even better.

Think Yourself To Success

You've bought and read every popular book on entrepreneurship and success in business. You've joined all the right organizations and met the right people. You've learned the latest time management tips and have the most up-to-date software. Still there is something missing. What is left to do? Read on...