by Lea Strickland | Mar 25, 2015 | 12-Steps to Start, C.O.R.E. Business System, Focus on Business Radio Show
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by Lea Strickland | Jul 31, 2014 | Business Articles, Business Growth, Business Management, C.O.R.E. Business System, Commercialization, Competitiveness, Concept, Entrepreneur, Funding, Leadership, Marketing, Sales and Business Development, Non-Profit, Small Business, Small Business, Start-up, Strategy
To know whether or not you have a viable business concept, you have to comprehensively define (on paper) your thoughts, ideas, and vision. You also need to gather information related to those ideas: market size, competitors, pricing, and so on. With that information...
by Lea Strickland | Jul 31, 2014 | Business Articles, Business Growth, Business Management, C.O.R.E. Business System, Commercialization, Competitiveness, Entrepreneur, Execution, Leadership, Marketing, Sales and Business Development, Non-Profit, Resources, Results, Small Business, Small Business, Start-up, Strategy
The successful organization – one that is both productive currently and viable long term – has integrated the vision, strategy, and structure of the organization to enable financial success. The ability of an organization to achieve every iota of success...
by Lea Strickland | Jul 31, 2014 | Business Articles, Business Growth, C.O.R.E. Business System, Commercialization, Competitiveness, Customer Relationships, Entrepreneur, Small Business, Start-up, Strategy
When it comes to getting things done, missing the timeline may mean a deadline missed—with an emphasis on the DEAD line of business or opportunity. At times, people mistake courtesy and diplomacy as a signal that it is okay to miss a deadline. I’m not advocating being...
by Lea Strickland | Jul 31, 2014 | Business Articles, Business Growth, Business Management, C.O.R.E. Business System, Change Management, Commercialization, Competitiveness, Entrepreneur, Execution, Leadership, Non-Profit, Small Business, Start-up, Strategy
One of the biggest mistakes businesses—or any organization today—make is a failure to allow time for working on the business itself. Current business practices have created a mindset that has every worker (theoretically at least) working every moment in the business...
by Lea Strickland | Jul 31, 2014 | Business Articles, Business Growth, C.O.R.E. Business System, Commercialization, Competitiveness, Entity, Entrepreneur, Execution, Leadership, Non-Profit, Small Business, Start-up
Innovation is the new quality initiative. Everyone is “into” innovation. It is the new revolution that is going to revolutionize declining industries, markets, and businesses. And it can—if it is more than rhetoric and becomes an integrated systemic capability in the...