Tag Archives: business strategic plan
Business Plan vs Business Model Canvas
A Business Model Canvas is a more visual, dynamic, action focused and activity driven tool for business owners than the traditional business plan. Continue reading
Determining the Market for Your Business Versus Customer Development
Many new businesses focus on determining their market. It is better to drill down in the marketplace and discover the specific groups of customers based on their needs and frustrations. Continue reading
Understanding Your Customer Segments
A business growth strategy that is focused on a particular customer segment is the opposite of the ‘one size fits all’ strategy. It’s important to learn how to define each segment. Continue reading
What Type of Startup are You?
There are two radically different types of startups – one type is a known business model, and the other type is an unknown model. What type is your startup? Continue reading
Shareholders Agreement – Advice
A good shareholders agreement is one you hope you never have to use. Any corporation with more than one shareholder should have one in place. Continue reading
Reducing the Dependence on the Business Owner – Succession Planning
When business owners start looking to the future of their business and succession planning, there are some common issues that arise… Continue reading
The Importance of Aligning Your Business and Personal Goals
As a business owner, do you ever feel like you are sitting in the back seat and your business is driving your life from the front seat? This happens a lot. We call this an alignment problem. Continue reading
Business Strategy – Hope or Hypothesis
Do you use the ‘hope’ strategy in your business? It goes something like this: Let’s try something new and HOPE it works! The hypothesis strategy is a more scientific approach. Continue reading
Implementing a Change in Your Business
We all want to implement positive changes in our businesses but making it actually happen is not easy. Here is a practical tip to send the message that “this time it’s different”! Continue reading
Happy Anniversary to Us!
April 21, 2012 is the one year anniversary of launching of our website and blog! This is a great time to reflect and revisit our purpose in the digital world. Continue reading
