We find that maybe five out of 100 customers fit our “best client” criteria. Our goal is to have 80 percent fall into that category, but we can’t just get rid of everyone else. How do we get more…
There is not enough money going into the savings account for the company overall. I need more money. The bank account is low. I have backed myself in the corner by not paying attention to the books and recognizing…
Have an inexperienced team of people. They’re eager and want to learn, and they are picking stuff up quickly. That said, I need to get them ready for a big seasonal push that’s coming within a few short weeks.…
We have a couple of people who are really important to the business. We call them our key employees. It’s no joking matter – I worry about it all the time - if one of our key employees were…
We are out of room. We need to decide if we’re going to stay here or move. Staying as we are means picking up additional space, which I think is going to be expensive. Our other option would be…
It feels like lately we’re dealing with a lot of unreliable people that work for us – a constant battle – and I keep having to play clean-up. I find that when people screw up they do say, “I’m…
We’re not going to get as much growth this year as we needed. The goal was a pretty conservative multiple of last year’s number. Our customers are mostly doing better this year than last, so I was pretty sure…
If I am going to build my company into what it truly can be, I need to work on structure, managing, taking on more difficult tasks: creating reports, thinking instead of reacting, being more proactive than reactive. That seems…
We don’t have any diversity in the company. That’s something we should be paying attention to, but we’re not. How do I get this going? Thoughts of the Day: What kind of diversity do you want or need, and…
Our staff is working to full capacity and we need more staff – but we can’t afford that. How do we get over this hump? Thoughts of the Day: Unfortunately financing staff isn’t like financing equipment. Having the funds…