Tag Archives: small business success
Business Style: Family or Corporation?
One of the intangible assets of any small business is its culture or style. In developing your own style for your business, there is a big difference between operating it ‘like a family’ or operating like a large ‘corporation’. Continue reading
Minder, Grinder or Finder – Determining Your Business Preference
In business,each of us has a natural preference to be one of three business styles. The first step is to determine which type of work you naturally prefer. Continue reading
We Are Expanding into the UK Marketplace!
The teams at The Business Therapist® are excited to confirm our entry into the U.K. marketplace! Although we have performed services for U.K. business owners as early as October, 2003, we are currently marketing our services to this market once again. Continue reading
The Fish Rots From The Head Down
The more time I spend advising business owners, the more I witness that the actions and attitudes of the business owner (the head of the fish) impact every part of the business operations. Continue reading
Easy Refunds or Epic Battle
There seems to be two very different schools of thought on how easy it should be for a business to issue a refund, deal with a cancellation or honour a guarantee. Continue reading
Now is the Perfect Time to Keep Your Small Business!
More and more regions are waking up to the reality that supporting the existing businesses benefits the community as much trying to attract big new businesses to come to town. These incentives are one reason to keep your small business. 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
Differentiation by First Impressions
While you might not know if the products or services your business offers are better compared to your competitor, it is easy to know if you are cleaner. So clean often becomes the deciding factor. Above average on cleanliness can translate to above average expectations on price. Continue reading
Improving Business Owner to Banker Communications – 3 Tips
Bankers speak one language – business owners speak a different one – when they get together without a translator, the result is usually frustration. Here are some tips accumulated over 30 years of being a translator, (aka: accountant and small business advisor). Continue reading
Leadership in Business – More is Caught than Taught
Sometimes business owners preach the critical systems for their teams to follow, but then override the systems themselves. This is a request to business owners to sit back and reflect on their leadership.
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