Businesses that can’t adapt are destined to fail eventually. Why not anticipate change so your business keeps ahead of it? Always think of ways to improve.
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Are you informed?
More general economic news does affect your business. It’s important to understand and track indicators beyond your sector. Here are a few worth following.
Is Your Business Diverse? The Essential Diversity Question
Diversity includes demographics, but that’s not all. Different ways of thinking are crucial, especially for business owners.
Your Business Needs a Checkup
Your car needs regular service to run its best — and your business checkup is no different. Chances are, everything isn’t OK, even if it seems so on the surface. Every quarter, take care of business — your business.
The Importance of Profit in Your Business – Marvin Carolina, Jr.
If you’re like the vast majority of small-business owners, you’re in business to make money. Nothing wrong with that. I’ve found, though, that lots of small-business owners — who claim they want to make money — don’t understand how to make money. So let’s talk revenue, profit and profit margin. Revenue is income received from making a sale. While it gives an indication of how much business you’re doing, I…
Mastering the Customer’s Perception of Your Business
You should think highly of your business, but realize there are always areas and processes you can improve. More importantly, what really matters is not what you think: What matters is what your customers think.
Skills You Need to Succeed in Business
To succeed in business, you need to ensure your skills are suited for your industry. I have talked to lots of small-business owners across the country, and these are the most-common reasons the owners I talked to opened their businesses.
What Is Your Business Worth?
When sales are strong and business is doing well, you may give little thought to retirement. When you do think about it, you may tell yourself that when you are ready to sell, you will get a good price and live comfortably off the proceeds. Perhaps. But what if you cannot get a good price for your business? Or worse: What if no one wants to buy your business.
You Deserve a Raise, Put Yourself on the Payroll
You have spent long hours getting your business started, and you continue to work long hours to ensure it runs smoothly. You deserve to be well-paid for the work you do, so pay yourself what you are worth. There is another reason, though, for doing so. It is good business.
Is Inefficiency Stealing From Your Business?
Efficiency and effectiveness are not the same thing. Efficiency is doing things quickly and correctly to produce the desired result while effectiveness is doing the right things to produce the desired result.