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When your business is underperforming, it comes down to the mechanics of the business. One or more of your business processes aren't working. Whether you are just getting started or have been in business for years, even decades, you need to address the mechanics and processes of the business. Which system is holding you back? Is it your sales engine? Or is it your...
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Government Small Business Grants (SBIR and STTR Programs)
In the early stages of developing an innovative new product or technology, entrepreneurs can struggle to find people to invest their high-risk endeavor. Yet we need these pioneering businesses to have funding. The United States government has small business grant programs...
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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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- Cryptocurrency, Blockchains, ICOs, and Fintech - Guests: Jim Verdonik and Benji Jones Listen Jim Verdonik and Benji Jones lead Ward and Smith P. A.’s Securities and Fintech groups. These groups include Crowdfunding Blockchain/COINS teams. We are also leaders of the Raleigh Blockchain Working Group of E4 Carolinas a networking group for new energy businesses. They have ...
- NC PACES Act: Intrastate Crowdfunding – Benji Jones - NC PACES ACT INTERVIEW LISTEN NOW My guest today is Corporate attorney Benji Taylor Jones. She recently joined the Raleigh office of Ward and Smith. She has been a trusted counselor to numerous private and public companies in a variety of corporate and securities law matters for nearly two ...
- iFundWomen - Listen Now to IFundWomen Podcast Guests: Corporate attorney Benji Taylor Jones and Concetta Rand is CRO of iFundWomen. Benji Jones Bio Benji has been a guest on the program before, but let me refresh your memory by sharing her bio. Benji joined the Raleigh office of Ward and Smith in ...
- 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 ...
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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
