Posts Tagged ‘strategy’
A Thrilling Journey: the importance of Adventure in your Mission Statement” 🗺️ (1/6)
Forbes says to start your presentation with “the concept” of your business. Or “what it is all about”. Catch your audience’s attention early and get them excited for everything that comes after. And that is why you want the concept to be more than an idea. You want to show them your mission. A strong…
Read MoreWhy you have to write an investor presentation, even without investors 👩🏫
What are you doing this week to work ON your business, even for half an hour? How about starting a new investor presentation? What’s that you say: you don’t have investors? Well, that’s not the point. I want you to write this for you and your business. But isn’t it meant for investors? Yes. In…
Read MoreHow are you not like the business exactly like you 🔁 (2/4)
No two businesses are the same. People who offer the same product or service as you aren’t exactly like you. With last week’s post, you defined your business in various ways. Now it’s time to take that to market and see how it works alongside other businesses that do what you do. Who are your…
Read MoreThe easiest way to be better than the competition is to be different🦾 (1/4)
You will never be the only business offering what you offer. You will always have competition. Some of your competition will look and sound a lot like you. Some won’t. But they will exist and they will try to attract your clients. What should you do? Be better? But better than what? And according to…
Read More3 must-know essentials to grow your business
You want to grow your business. Why else would you be in business if not for some type of growth? After all, growth brings you more than just revenue. It is also about new opportunities, new clients, additional products or services, stronger bargaining power, better talent, and especially: increased value for a future exit. Growth,…
Read More3 key business skills, part 1: Management
“It is easy to be distracted by your customer-facing work, but the foundation of your success will be built on sound management practices.” This quote is the reason I keep returning to this article in Small Biz Viewpoints. The article highlights three key business skills that owners must nurture. We’ll take a look at each…
Read MoreYour org chart shouldn’t look like an octopus
“Make an organizational chart?” He asked me. “But that’s so 20th century, do businesses still do that?” Only the good ones. The problem was never organizational charts: the problem was always bad organizational charts. And in small businesses, org charts are even harder, because so many people fill multiple roles. Pretty soon they look like…
Read MoreAre you achieving all of your goals on time?
The next question is: does it matter? What’s most important to you when it comes to achieving your goals? Meeting a deadline Checking a “completed” box Creating new value in your business You probably know where I am going with this: goals aren’t about dates and times. Goals add value to your business. What has…
Read MoreYour business is more than the sum of its parts: the Value of a Self-Sustaining Business 💪
I recently started working with a new client, who first called me because in his words: “I realized I had given myself a job, not built myself a business”. It all started when he considered the option of semi-retirement. And he realized that the most valuable – maybe the only truly valuable – thing in…
Read MoreA business plan starts with questions
We have talked about why a business plan is important, and even how to write one in ten minutes. Two ways Tuesday On Your Business is trying to make business planning effective and simple at the same time. In response to this, many of you have correctly asked: what about the content that goes into…
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