Tag: small business

This week in small business: It’s like an MBA in a box!

This week’s collection of curated content from around the web touches on virtually every aspect of starting and leading a successful business. It’s like have an MBA program at your fingertips! Leadership, management, and productivity Dave Lavinsky says that although writing a business plan isn’t fun, it makes you build four important habits. I suspect […]

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Are you letting your analytics mislead you? Don’t make this common mistake

If you want to get to the important truth, you need to dig more deeply. That wisdom applies to life in general, but it’s especially important in business analytics. With the power of the Internet and all the software that we depend on each day, we are able to access all kinds of “analytics” and […]

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Entrepreneur: Your opening act was a success. What do you have for Act II?

Success in business is a moving target, and today the target is moving more quickly than ever before: Competitors push the target further away. Changes in technology move the target to one side or the other. Consumer preferences and demographics evolve, changing the size and shape of the target. We talk about having a laser-like […]

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Are you striking deals or forming strategic relationships?

Language – if we listen carefully –reveals a lot about the changes happening in society, and business is, of course, an important part of our society. That’s why I was fascinated by a short exchange between an interviewer and the CEO of a company that curates clothing and sells it on a subscription basis over […]

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Are you making this common SEO link building mistake? Here’s the easy fix!

Despite all the changes Google has made in its algorithm over the years, one thing has remained constant: Developing quality backlinks is great for your search engine optimization (SEO). The best way to accomplish this is to publish articles on high quality websites. I get dozens of requests every week from website owners who want […]

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