Tag Archives: business strategic plans
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
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
The Basics Still Grow Your Business
Sometimes in the search for the latest and greatest new idea to help businesses grow for freedom and cash, we can stop focusing on some basic growth strategies Continue reading
Who Will Buy Your Business?
Across North America, baby boomer small business founder-owners will have a business transition in their near future – Only about a quarter of them have a plan. Continue reading
Succession Planning Advice
In doing succession and estate planning for businesses, it is important to work through various scenarios and timing of life events and plan for each of them. Continue reading
Implementing Change in Business – Understanding the J Curve
Many businesses striving to make a change, abandon the effort early on because ‘the plan didn’t work’. The reality is, ‘the plan didn’t work – yet’. 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
Vacation – Tax Deduction?
Wouldn’t it be great to take a winter vacation and get a tax deduction too? The first person to convince is your tax advisor and the second review could be by the income tax authorities. Here are some tips to assist you. Continue reading
Now is the Perfect Time to Start a Small Business
Entrepreneurship is not for everyone. However, if you are planning to venture into the business world, you may be waiting for the perfect time. Besides waiting to build sufficient financial strength to properly capitalize your venture, the closest to the perfect time is now! Continue reading
