Build Winning Alliances Many professionals suspect there must be a more efficient way to attract customers. They wonder, "How can I shift from gathering one business card at a time to gathering thousands of customers through one initiative?" Business strategist Debra Valle (PCC) ...
Business 101: Passion Before Planning Contrary to what myriad Internet sites would have you believe, there is much more to small business planning than a good marketing mix and solid financials. Whether you want to sell the next big thing or you simply want to rev up sales and profits for an ...
Business Growth Through Strategic Merger and Acquisition Successful growing companies usually grow through a combination of organic growth and strategic acquisitions. For purposes of this article, a strategic acquisition is defined as an acquisition where the result of the combination is far greater than the ...
Business Intelligence Advancements Transform Corporate Decision-Making Companies have long considered data collection and analysis to be fundamental activities for long term strategic planning. Before the rise of the Information Age, most decision making was based on guess-work or trial-and-error practices. Businesses ...
Business or Leisure – Make Sure You Get the Best Stay “Ladies and gentlemen, please fasten your seat belt. We are about to land in a moment...” Well, you might think that you have reached your destination. But not necessarily the end of the journey. In fact, when you hop around places for business or ...
Business Planning 101 SELLING YOU ON YOUR BUSINESS! You’ve probably heard it said that a business plan is a selling document. While it is very true that your business plan will be an invaluable aid to you in selling your business to others, you may not have considered that it ...
Business Planning Myopia With few exceptions, business plans tend to change very little from year to year. In most cases it's a matter taking last year's plan, making a few modifications, changing the dates and the title page and attaching new financials. After all, we're not ...
Business Plans- What Consultants Don’t tell You! Copyright 2005 Empower Business SolutionsDo you have a Business Plan? Congratulations, but you are in a small minority. And if you have a plan, is it integral to your business, and instrumental to its growth? If the answer to this question is yes, then ...
Business Plan Basics If you are just starting a company and looking for funding, or looking for additional funding for growth, you will need to develop a traditional business plan. Creating a business plan is a business hurdle that entrepreneurs seem to dread. Do you do it ...
Business Process Automation (BPA) In today's viciously competitive business world if you want your enterprise to be agile and responsive then Business Process Automation (BPA) is the only effective solution. When you talk about automation of your enterprise, it means automating business ...
Buying A Business - Advice For The First Time Buyer/ Investor As a professional M&A intermediary I am amazed when I hear others in my profession at industry meetings proclaim, “I don’t work with individual buyers.” They put it out there almost like a badge of honor or an indication of reaching a higher level of ...
Buy Now, Retire Later-An Investment In Your Dreams Owning A Second Home Is Easier Than You ThinkBuying a second home is a serious financial commitment, but it is can also lead to a feeling of complete freedom. It can provide you with a vacation home, a place to escape from your mundane routine and an ...
Cash Flow, Profits And The Cash Conversion Cycle Calculating cash flow is one of the most important tasks of the business owner. Revenue and expenses are rarely constant in a business and cash requirements need to be planned for shortfalls, seasonal factors or one time large payments. At the end of the ...
Change Management Can Lead to Rigidity and Resistance to Change "Today's successful business leaders will be those who are most flexible of mind. An ability to embrace new ideas, routinely challenge old ones, and live with paradox will be the effective leader's premier trait. . . Leaders will have to guide the ship ...
Change May Be Your Ace in the Hole Whether it has been thrust upon you by external market forces or it has simply bubbled up from the internal dynamics of your enterprise, change itself always presents opportunity for improvement. And in a knowledge based economy, change may be the only ...
