It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan……Eleanor Roosevelt When I was an executive for a Fortune 100 company, writing the annual strategic plan was one of my job responsibilities. The plan was a five year growth projection for our company and was used to benchmark our success. Having started off […]
If you’re searching for information to help you grow your small business, one of your first stops should always be SCORE. Since 1964, SCORE has helped more than 9 million aspiring entrepreneurs start and grow successful businesses. Through both online and face-to-face mentoring, the nearly 12,000 SCORE volunteers help approximately 375,000 small businesses annually. And now SCORE is offering a new resource for small businesses — The SCORE Small Business Success Podcast.
The economy is beginning to show signs of economy; however, small businesses continue to shy away from expansion plans. If your business is struggling to simply main the status quo, a new report finds that landing a big elephant customer may be your ticket to success.
How is the economy affecting your small business? Many small businesses blame the economy for their inability to grow, and their outlook remains tepid at best. The NFIB’s Small Business Optimism Index for January was just 0.5 points above November’s historical low.
What were you doing eight years ago? On the campus of Harvard University a few students huddled in a dorm room to create a social media platform site which became known as Facebook. From those humble beginnings the site has soared to success making founder Mark Zuckerberg possibly the youngest billionaire in the country. And that’s just the beginning of the story. Recently, Facebook filed for an initial public offering that could put the value of the social media site between $75 and $100 billion –one the biggest U.S. stock-market debuts in history.