Writing business plan...

Please see how to write a business plan. When it comes to writing business plans, the No. 1 rule is simple: It’s not a one-person (or one-group) job! Make sure someone who isn’t involved in your plans takes a critical look at what you’re doing, and make sure that person is willing to give you the advice you need, even if it means being bluntly truthful. You don’t want to end up...

Maximize the effectiveness of you busine...

Peer Review Groups Will Boost Your Business Administration Firms! Maximizing the performance and management of business operations is mission critical.  While a Masters of Business Administration or decades of experience will provide many of the tools to be a highly effective management consultant, there are tremendous opportunities to increase your consulting tool kit and strategies...

Contractors are building their businesse...

Peer Benchmarking Can be a Sturdy Foundation to Build On!!! Has the housing slow down hurt your business?  Do you have proven methods to keep the business coming in?  Many contractors in the remodeling, flooring, masons, plumbers, etc. became contractors because they had great skills and wanted to build a business.  Too often, we don’t know what we can or should do to improve our...

Successful entrepreneur...

For an entrepreneur, especially a serial entrepreneur, business success is easily defined as making money—preferably lots of it! But success is about more than striking it rich once (or even twice). Success is about consistently conducting your business or businesses in a way that makes the most of every profit opportunity. Entrepreneurship involves risk; some reverses are inevitable....

Trimming your sails to grow your boat re...

Peer Mentoring For Boat Rentals Will Put Wind In Your Sails Do you get caught up in the daily operations that you don’t take the time to chart your course to navigate your boat rental business to success?  Are you sailing alone and feel you could use some advising related to the management of your business.  There are many consultants out there, but real people with real experience...

Running your Detailing and Reconditionin...

Peer Mentoring For Auto Detailing Will Give Your Business That New Car Shine! Putting a great shine on your customer’s toy will create success for today.  Putting a shine on your strategic business plan will ensure growth and increased profits for your business. In the Detailing and Reconditioning business, one of the keys to success is ensuring you are efficient in your actions. You...

Growing your bottom line in the agricult...

Peer Mentoring Will Give Your Business Water To Grow! Technology has impacted every industry. Some of us have been on the leading edge, spearheading initiatives while others sit idly by while our competitors pass us by. The old adage, that “dinosaurs are extinct because they didn’t change” is a valuable lesson. Where to start? What should I change? Are my results good? Am I...

Strategy consulting...

A solid small business plan contains all manner of strategies—the long-term approaches designed to help your company meet its overall goals. It includes a marketing strategy; a growth strategy; and a business development strategy. All are designed to help you make the most of your company’s resources as you strive for business success. Creating the right strategy for your company...

Peer Benchmarking for Pharmacy Owners...

Peer Mentoring For Pharmacies Will Give Your Business A Shot In The Arm! As the politicians in Washington have told us endlessly, health care spending accounts for more than a sixth of our economy. That’s an absolutely huge amount of money—and a good chunk of it is spent on medications of one kind or another. With the baby boomer generation aging fast, the need for medications...

Strategic thinking...

If you want your business to be successful not just today, but in the years to come, there’s no substitute for strategic thinking: Thinking about not just where you want to go, but how you plan to get there. There’s no getting around it: Strategic thinking is hard work. It takes time and effort. To come up with an effective growth strategy or a business development strategy, you...