When you aren’t growing, it is virtually impossible for your business to grow. If you think about it for a moment, I believe that you’ll agree with that statement. As a business owner, you need to be discovering new opportunities and new ways to accomplish things. These both require innovative analyses of your business and […]
If you’ve set your success goals high– and are honest with yourself – you know that you alone can’t do everything. You read about the “fog of war” and sometimes I think there’s a “fog of running or starting a small business” when you can get so focused on making it through the day or […]
Small businesses are the lifeblood of the economy, creating countless jobs and driving innovation. However, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, for the first time since the agency began tracking small businesses thirty years ago, the number of closures is exceeding startups. Entrepreneurs face numerous uncertainties, from the bifurcated economic recovery that favors larger companies, […]
A recent survey found that small business owners are fairly pessimistic about the economy this year, and they believe it will have an impact on their business. But folks, it is what it is. You can’t change it and blaming all your business troubles on things out of your control is a waste of mental […]
Has your business dream turned into a nightmare? Sadly too many small business owners confess to me that they are struggling to stay afloat. They are working hard but it simply isn’t working for them. Did you know the average non-employer small business grosses $44,000 and the owner works an average of 52 hours a […]