98% of small business owners don’t know the worth of their business. You don’t plan for retirement a few months before you retire. So why wait until a major life event to plan the future of your business? It is...
Trying to figure out where we are so we can plan out where we're going with the business. Up to now, I didn’t have a strategy and I didn’t know my percentages in finance. I didn’t know how things added...
A colleague asked if I was interested in buying the business. My curiosity is piqued, but I’m not sure. She wants to keep working to help ensure a successful transition and to have income for the next few years. While...
After taking time off from business, I had to come back in on Friday to do payroll and check on things. That was instead of staying on vacation for the second weekend. Someone suggested I try to take off for...
If I haven’t learned anything else about managing sales, I’ve learned this: If you want people to help develop business, they have to have skin in the game. We’ve made mistakes along the way with how we’ve paid people for...
We just got clobbered by a risky client who went under, taking our receivables with them. We’ve gone from having tons of money in the bank to being very thin. Since this was a sizable account, it’s going to be...
Big clients aren’t especially happy with us these days. We have been struggling with the big accounts. Not understanding their needs well enough? Or profitable enough? Sometimes not on time or coming in over budget? How do I prevent...
I need your help evaluating a networking group that I recently joined. As a small business owner, I know I need to be out more, meeting more people, but how do I know if this is the right place to...