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What’s In Your Contingency Plan?


Whether you’re running a business selling products to customers or delivering services to clients there will be a number of aspects of the way you operate that are key to your ability to function.

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Will it be a winter of content or discontent for your business?


Now is the Winter of our discontent” proclaimed Richard III in his opening speeach of the Shakespeare play but what do you think? Are you looking at a winter of content or discontent for your business?

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Keeping It All In Balance


To develop a business from scratch or to help an established one grow it’s vitally important that owners keep their time, effort, resources and own personal energy in balance.

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The Business Plan


I have written three business plans for my own businesses. Two were for existing businesses and one for a Start up business (BOOST Business Coaching). The two plans written for existing businesses were written entirely on the prompting of Bank Managers as I was borrowing resources to invest in these enterprises.

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How We Got On the Business Treadmill and Why We Can’t Get Off


There are Seven Stages in the Maturity of a business. Today we’ll focus on the first four, because they tell us what happened that screwed up our understanding of how to grow a business and why we can’t get off the treadmill.

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The Business Plan for Creatives


Yes it’s that time again: the big BP is looming. True it was already looming last year and I had done one version and started a second.

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What are trade marks and why are they important?


Your trade mark is your brand. It’s the way people remember you and your product – think Whittaker’s, 42 Below, Swanndri.

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Tips for Business Plan Layout


A good business plan is absolutely necessary before you start your new business. It will aid you in getting needed finances, cooperating, vendors, loyal and knowledgeable employees, and even a mentor, should you desire and need one.

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Essential Tips for Your Business Plan Layout


A good business plan is absolutely necessary before you start your new business. It will aid you in getting needed finances, cooperating, vendors, loyal and knowledgeable employees …

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Tips for Working With a Business Partner


If you are considering taking in a partner, make sure you are able to deal with a different set of possible problems. But there are tips that can help you when you are working with a business partner.

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10 Tips for Developing a Business Plan


If you have decided to go into business for yourself, do not jump in without some careful thought. You need to come up with a plan, and then you need to present it; either to a loan officer, potential partners, or to the buying public.

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Bad Plans Carried Out Violently Many Times Yield Good Results


The #1 indicator of success is speed of execution. Period. Want to be successful? As Larry the Cable Guy says, “Get ‘er done.”

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8 Tips for Reducing Business Expenses


I asked 8 of our article contributors to provide a helpful tip on how to reduce business expenses. The tips are provided below.

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Do Your Customers Care About Your Name?


Do Your Customers Care About Your Name? Well they certainly don’t care about your brand name or product names as much as you do.

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Business and Friendship


Why do we network? To increase business, relations and get to know people ‘like us’. Steve Pavlina: “First and foremost, I look for shared values.

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7 Decision-Making Principles Leading us to Profitability


Guiding Principles of a business are necessary (honesty, integrity, customer service, etc.), but there is another set of principles that help the Business Owner in particular – decision-making principles.

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Fixing Your Marketing; The Problem of Penguins


Reason #1 why your marketing doesn’t work – You are using Big Business marketing rules. If you’re playing by their rules, you’re going to lose just about every time.

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The simple things are usually the ones that make us money


Occam’s Razor says that given two possible answers to a problem, the simpler one is usually right. If we applied this ancient idea to business, we’d make a lot more money.

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Your problem is you’re really focused on making money. No business can survive that


The biggest problem in trying to grow a business is that we’re too busy making money. It’s not a play on words – it’s a serious problem. You’re too busy making money.

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Are you planning to fail your business?


No-one goes into business planning to fail – do they? I was reading some quotations yesterday and one from Michael Gerber really got me thinking,

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