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 | Business Articles, Business Management, Small Business
Every day we read more about the credit crisis. First came Wall Street and the banks; now credit card companies and small business credit lenders are in the news, asking for bailouts, requiring loans, or closing down. Because of this many small, credit-dependent...
by Lea Strickland | Jul 31, 2014 | Business Articles, Business Growth, Business Management, Competitiveness, Customer, Entity, Marketing, Sales and Business Development, Opportunity, Small Business, Small Business, Start-up
While big businesses (especially those traded on public stock exchanges) get the press, the real news—and arguably the differences in day-to-day life and the economy—rest in the small business, in this country and around the world. The majority of existing and new...
by Lea Strickland | Jul 31, 2014 | Business Articles, Government Funding Compliance, Small Business, Start-up
Every venture begins with an idea and the resources of the founder(s). Then come other sources, including MCDV (the credit card companies) and our friends, family, and acquaintances. Once we’ve tapped into all those we know well and not so well, we begin to expand...
by Lea Strickland | Jul 31, 2014 | Business Articles, Business Management, Business Ownership, Execution, Leadership, Non-Profit, Small Business, Small Business
You may be the owner of a business, but do you OWN the business? Are you taking on the roles and responsibilities of making things happen? Are you stepping up to understand what’s happening, what’s supposed to happen, and most—if not all—the requirements of running,...