by Lea Strickland | Sep 28, 2009 | Business Articles, Business Growth, Business Management, Business Plans, C.O.R.E. Business System, Commercialization, Leadership, Small Business, Small Business, Start-up, Strategy
Business—Not Rocket—Science Powers Innovation Have you ever had someone tell you how easy business is? That it “Isn’t rocket science”? Maybe you’ve had someone say to you that “Business is kind of like teaching; those who can’t do something more...
by Lea Strickland | Sep 28, 2009 | Business Articles, Business Growth, Business Management, Small Business, Small Business, Start-up, Strategy
Building a Better Business The better business is as much about the business itself as it is the product, service, or technology provided. Without a sound business model, the ability to produce, sell, and deliver the product to the customer—consistently and with...
by Lea Strickland | Sep 28, 2009 | Business Articles, Business Growth, Business Management, Capability, Small Business, Small Business, Start-up, Strategy
It would be nice if the capacity to innovate came with the inception of the organization, if it could be encoded in the genetic material of the building blocks of the components you assemble. Wouldn’t it be nice if it were as simple as, well, walking? But wait:...
by Lea Strickland | Sep 28, 2009 | Business Articles, Business Growth, Business Management, Business Plans, C.O.R.E. Business System, Commercialization, Leadership, Small Business, Small Business, Start-up, Strategy
Business Plans: Not Fill-in-the-Blank Often, it seems that anyone and everyone doing business plans are filling in blanks or using templates. For many organizations, the creation of a business plan is an exercise that gets put in the drawer or on a shelf to be...
by Lea Strickland | Sep 28, 2009 | Business Articles, Business Growth, Business Management, Small Business, Small Business, Start-up, Strategy
Boing! Bounced Checks and Other Check-Writing Practices In good times and bad, but especially in tough economic times, it seems all to tempting to get—shall we say—“creative” with the checkbook, by pushing the timing and other aspects of writing checks as far as you...
by Lea Strickland | Sep 28, 2009 | Business Articles, Business Growth, Business Management, Business Plans, C.O.R.E. Business System, Commercialization, Leadership, Small Business, Small Business, Start-up, Strategy
Call Me Have you ever had this happen? You are at an event or are introduced to someone seeking business. It may be someone wanting advertisers. It may be a service provider or someone with a product to sell and you are interested. You hand them your business card...
