At F.O.C.U.S. Resources, our expertise is business process and systems. Our experience with over 500 businesses (large and small) and non-profit organizations is incorporated into the C.O.R.E.™ Business Transformation System. Want to start a business? Or grow your existing business? We can guide you through all the decisions. Need funding? Our clients have raised over $500 million in government and private sector funding.
Through education, coaching, training, and consulting, we guide you to business success. If your goal is financial independence through business ownership, we work with you to take your idea and make it a business. If you are passionate about a cause and want to start a non-profit, we are there to guide you through the process.
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- 10 Elements of Successful Businesses - While every business has elements that are unique to it. Every successful business shares common characteristics with other successful businesses. Concept The first element of a successful business is a clear concept of what the business is and does. This concept is more than the idea for a product or ...
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- Food Trucks, Technology and Foosye’s Ray Chow - Host Lea Strickland talks with Ray Chow of Foosye about the transformation of the food truck industry with new business models and technology. Ray has been in the restaurant Business for 20 years. Ray was on our show in June of 2015 and shared insights and experiences with the food ...
- Customer Satisfaction and Social Media for Small Businesses - Guest Nancy MacCreery of Broad Reach Marketing Services: Broad Reach develops practical, effective marketing solutions that ensure local businesses attract, engage and retain customers. She's worked with both large and small organizations, developing successful market strategies, directing groundbreaking market research, and distilling compelling messaging for interactive campaigns. Additionally, Nancy has ...
- Donate Buy Real Estate - Do you have a favorite Charity? Are you buying or selling a home? What if you could donate to your favorite charity or non-profit simply by listing them as a beneficiary of your home buying or selling transaction? Wouldn't that be great! Leigh Roberts and Team Roberts at Century 21 ...
- Chris Heivly: Startup Communities – Taking Ideas and Building Businesses - Chris Heivly of the Start-up Factory and LaunchBox Digital is the featured guest. Chris shares insights on entrepreneurs, start-ups, and what's next for him. He shares lessons learned, insights from his book, Build the Fort (available on Amazon.com) and the need for entrepreneurs in our communities. Listen Now Chris Heivly ...
- Crowdfunding: What You Need to Know for Your Business - Crowdfunding Information and Insights from the Regulatory Perspective Guest: Leo John Leo John is the Investor and Business Outreach Legal Specialist at N.C. Department of Secretary of State, Securities Division. The state agency registers legal entities, administers and enforces state securities laws, administers the state trademarks database and performs various ...
Books by Lea Strickland
from Lea Strickland
10 Minute Success: Goals
10 Minute Success – Goals is the answer to the question I am asked on an almost daily basis: “How do you get so much done?!”
from Lea Strickland
The ABC’s of Biblical Change
The ABC’s of Biblical Change: Lessons from the Pentateuch walks readers through the lives and lessons of various Bible characters and examines some key concepts that span the lives of these characters.
from Lea Strickland
SBIR Basics: The Numbers
This book is for the SBIR recipient. It contains the building blocks of the concepts for accounting, financial and administrative requirements that are associated with federal funding.
from Lea Strickland
Out of the Cubicle and Into Business
This isn’t “theory”, but practical insights, questions, and information on the realities of starting your own business and laying the foundation for success.
from Lea Strickland
Marketing Strategies That Really Work!
No matter how good your product or how strong your promotional offer, if you fail to get that information into the marketplace where potential customers can see it , success will forever elude you.
from Lea Strickland
One Great Idea Can Revolutionize Your Business
