Over the past few months I have been able to go to a few the webinars because I wanted to use the time as a way to gauge how start-ups and growing businesses where getting funding, what were the sources, and how the landscape is changing for companies in the growth cycle. It was time...
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The 7 Stages of Business Life
As any business owner who is also a parent will tell you that your business goes through similar stages of business development to the ‘cycle of life’ for humans. Parenting strategies that work for your toddler cannot be applied to your teenager, and this also applies for your small business. Over time, your business will...
Grow your IT business (well any business really)
Without client sales there is no profit and without profit there is no cash to pay salaries, bonuses, dividends, or invest in your and your business’ future. There are many ways to grow your IT business by turning sales into profit growth and cash in order to fund your future and prosper, even in bad...
Search for Hidden Assets = Intellectual Property
As a business owner would you not love to find that in your business you have some assets below the surface that are extremely valuable often under used but left unprotected by their owners. Well there you have it; most businesses I work with initially do not understand that they have these assets, how critical...
62 Insane Facts about Bitcoin – Infographic
Let me start by saying that even though my background is in IT and the majority of my business life has been building and supporting systems in the financial industry, my knowledge of the facts about BITCOIN and the associated technology was very limited until the middle of last year. Its birth came out of...
Grow your Software Business – by giving your product away for Free?
Should you give away your software for free – maybe it is a way to grow your software business. Economists have proven that in any efficient market, the cost of a good will be driven down to its marginal cost of production. If you’re one of many producers selling widgets then consumers will shop around...
Why Keeping the Sales Funnel Simple Works Best to Grow Sales Leads
One of the biggest mistakes many businesses make is trying to grow sales is to go directly from initial contact with a prospect directly to making the first sale. Can it happen that way? Yes. Does it happen that way most of the time? No! Just like a budding romance, the prospect has to be...
So What Is The Profit Improvement Process?
Profit improvement occurs when revenues are increased, costs are decreased, or preferably both. Profit improvement is frequently not as difficult as it may first seem. And it can bring huge rewards in the cash flow game. There are quite a few people out there who believe that the operating costs of most businesses contain waste...