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Planning Your Exit Strategy
There may come a time when you’ve taken your business idea as far as you can or you get an offer that’s just too good to pass up. Or you may just be ready to retire.
Keeping the Cash Flowing
Cash flow is the life of your business, so getting paid on time is critical for a startup.
Hiring Your First Employee
If you have big ambitions for your startup, eventually you’re going to have so much to do that you can’t do it all yourself. When that day comes, it’s time to hire employee #1.
Running a Tight Ship
Want to learn how to run a tight ship? Listen to a guy who’s been there.
Developing a Winning Business Plan
A well-crafted business plan can give you a solid roadmap and an advantage when it comes to seeking funding, but what makes a business plan stand out?
Protecting Your IP When Outsourcing Work
As a small business owner, odds are you’ll eventually reach a point where you need more IT development expertise than you have in house – but can’t afford a full-time staff person to do it.
Mobilizing Your Brand Advocates
Your best customers and biggest fans could be your biggest marketing advantage – if you know how to use them.
Questions That Could Inspire Innovation
The Next Big Thing could be just a thought away, but arriving at that insight requires you to see your business in a new light.
Helping Employees Adapt to Strategic Change
Strategy shifts are almost inevitable in business, but how you communicate that change and carry it out could be the difference between success and failure.
Making Customers the Focus of Your Business
Your business is more than just products and profits; it’s also about the customers who make it all possible. Keeping them foremost in your mind will make the products and profits a lot easier to come by.
Using Facebook to Generate Word-of-Mouth Marketing
Word-of-mouth marketing used to be about one happy customer recommending a business or product to a friend. In the age of social media, a single happy customer can reach thousands of other potential customers, so how can you increase your chances of that happening?
