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Why Traditional Business Planning Sucks

Traditional business planning is a waste of time for 95% of all those that write them. A plan needs to work for you first and a distant second for a banker or angel investor. Find out why it makes more sense to go informal.

Incorporating A Small Business

It may sound strange to say, but incorporating a small business can be scary. I have been a business advisor for many years, and I have led many clients to incorporate a small business. Many of them are very hesitant to. This is understandable. When you own a small business, you put your heart and soul into it. It is yours, and yours alone. If it succeeds, you succeed. If it fails, you fail. You are tied to small businesses as you would be tied to your wife and children.

Strategic Planning Done Right: Tips to Develop Strategies and Deliver Results

How often has your organization spent months coming up with a business strategy, and paid a fortune to outside consultants for help, only to see the grand plans fizzle out over time. In most cases, attempts are made to retrofit activities performed throughout the year back to the strategy to feign adherence, until such time as it is completely abandoned. A couple of years pass and the process repeats. How does one over come this all too common occurrence? Below are some tips on how to approach a strategy and execute it successfully.

Planning For Sales Success-10 Things Your People Need To Do Now

A hard hitting look at selling in the 21st Century. Ten vital steps to building Customer Relationships and gaining improved bottom line results.

Strategic Planning Before Grant Writing

Strategic planning can be time-consuming; however, grant money will make a greater impact if it's tied to a focused agenda. Writing a winning grant proposal that will make a difference is hinged on in-depth thinking beforehand.

Noteworthy Strategies Keeping Small Business Marketing Afloat

Most of the neophytes in handling small business marketing are yet fearful to face the industry. They always dwell on the thought that business marketing is fairly expensive as they are not yet into the point of earning their first million. However, no business owner can manage to work on an investment without employing business marketing.

Strategic Management: Critical Steps for Developing Competitive Edge and Innovative Strategies

In order for entrepreneurs to develop a successful start-up business that will last more than a few years, it is essential to produce a written business model, or plan. There are several key steps that must be considered when developing this document. These critical steps are essential to develop a competitive edge in the market and help to improve innovative strategy.

Why People In Arab Culture Commit Escalation Of Commitment Error To Save Face?

The objective of this paper is to explore the reasons behind people in Arab Culture who commit the error of escalation of commitment just to save face. Several middle managers from government, power and banking sector were interviewed.

Spray and Pray: The Substitute for Strategic Planning

Strategic planning is a proven and solid business strategy. However, many business owners substitute the actions of spray and pray to catapult their businesses to the next level. Are you one of them?

Marketing a Thriving Business for Succession – Best Dollars Ever Spent

In this article I am not speaking to the new business owner; I am writing for the business owner who is well established, and seeking a successful succession plan upon retirement. If you want your firm to be known as an established value, worthy of a buy in, buy-out or merger, you need to dress it in the equivalent of elegant, custom-tailored suits.

Distractions: How Costly Are They?

When was the last time you completed the six most important activities for that day? With this simple tool, you can easily do it on a regular basis and you will be amazed at how such a simple idea can make an enormous impact on your auctioneer business.

Sun Zi Art of War - A Critical Point to Note for Strategy Planning

In Chapter Seven, Sun Zi mentioned about rushing troops to battlefields and what is the results of it. Inside those sentences lies a very critical point about Strategy Planning? Want to know what it is? Read on to find out more.