by Lea Strickland | Jul 31, 2014 | Budgets and Financial Tools, Business Articles, Business Management, Small Business, Start-up
So many businesses are started by the seat of the pants, and with only the basics of knowledge about how to organize and run them. The businesses start spontaneously, with its founders’ limited exposure to various types of organizations and bits of information that...
by Lea Strickland | Jul 31, 2014 | Budgets and Financial Tools, Business Articles, Business Growth, Business Management, Capability, Entrepreneur, Marketing, Sales and Business Development, Perspectives, Resources, Small Business, Start-up, Strategy
For businesses of all sizes, the credit and banking industry issues of the last decade have raised questions of how to build and sustain organizations with less dependence on external sources of capital (debt and equity) and more from internal resources, such as funds...
by Lea Strickland | Jul 31, 2014 | Budgets and Financial Tools, Business Articles, Business Growth, Business Plans, Small Business, Strategy
Understanding how to get the most out of your strategic plan is important. A robust strategic planning process includes translating the strategic and operational objectives into pro forma financial results. These financial results, like the strategic plan, typically...
by Lea Strickland | Jul 31, 2014 | Budgets and Financial Tools, Business Articles, Business Growth, Business Management, Small Business, Start-up
Regardless of the size of your organization, software is a tool when it comes to running your business. It is not an answer. Software enables you to do more with what you have, IF (and it’s a big IF) you make the right selection. Making the right selection when it...
by Lea Strickland | Jul 31, 2014 | Budgets and Financial Tools, Business Articles, Business Growth, Human Resources, Non-Profit, Small Business, Start-up
Payroll is one of the “simple” business tasks that we often think that anyone can handle. After all it is just math, right? For those of us who aren’t either experienced in payroll issues or payroll professionals trained in the complexity of complying with local,...
by Lea Strickland | Jul 31, 2014 | Budgets and Financial Tools, Business Articles, Business Growth, Business Management, Capability, Entrepreneur, Leadership, Small Business, Start-up
Businesses are usually started because of the founder’s belief in the “product”. The founders are innovators in a technology, a physical product, a service, or a process. These entrepreneurs know their “product”. They may or may not know how to do business. Some of...
