Seen that? - Five Business Success Indicators

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Five Business Success Indicators at Biz Plan Hacks

While there is no magic bullet to ensuring your business will be a success - here a few observations I have made, hope they help. The following list was created as a result of helping a client get focused in order to write his business plan. There are five crucial areas that will increase your odds of success. 1) Narrow Vision: less is more. Specializing and focusing on a limited [...] Read More


Starting a business? Five Success Indicators at Biz Plan Hacks

The following list was created as a result of helping a client get focused in order to write his business plan. There are five crucial areas that will increase your odds of success. 1) Narrow Vision: less is more. Specializing and focusing on a limited scope of products and services allows you to concentrate your limited time. A new business has a limited capacity. orange juice diluted with water tastes [...] Read More


Journey to Success... at Biz Plan Hacks

There are some days that it is so hard to get motivated to write. This week has been a very long one and every time I would sit down to write something I just could not get into it. This is usually when I will head over to the likes of the Zen Habits or Positivity blog to get motivated to write. Today the Positivity Blog has seven ways to [...] Read More


Business Indicators and Warning Signs at Bizinformer

Do you employ a method to determine the pulse of your business? How many times have you ask or heard someone say; "How did we get in this situation"? When you go to the doctor, he usually will ask a lot of symptomatic questions to help him sort out the possibilities, to determine what brought you into his office. Why then couldn't we use the same approach to managing the [...] Read More


Manage for Business Success at Small Business Unplugged

Industry Canada has a great resource called 'Strategis' that has numerous free resources including "self-assesment tools, articles and resources for "owners and managers of small and medium-sized businesses who need sources of practical information, tools and advice for just-in-time solutions to their management challenges." I looked over their "Manage for Business Success" section and found that it contains a heft directory of information including Finance, Marketing and Sales, Human Resources, Administration, [...] Read More