planning
How to Build a Lean and Efficient Business Plan
Your business plan must be ready to accommodate rapid changes so that your company can follow suit. Here are five ways to make your business plan as lean and effective as possible.
7 Ways to Weigh Your Start-Up Risks — and Reduce Them
Starting up is obviously a risk, which can make jumping right in scary. Here's how to minimize those risks to boost your entrepreneurial rewards.
Critical Factors for Successful Meetings Management
Strategic meeting management (SMM) is defined as a disciplined approach to managing meetings in order to achieve business objectives in line with corporate goals and visions. SMM has become a key concern as the economic downturn has forced businesses to …
3 Reasons Business Plans are Obsolete
According to the Google AdWords Keyword Tool there are approximately 1.83 million searches each month for "Business Plan." Â This data would suggest that there are probably more entrepreneurs writing business plans now than ever before, which means it has never …
It's 2011… On Your Mark, Get Ready — GO!
Go? Go where? Well, that's what many businesses are trying to figure out. Where is 'there?' What does that look like for your business brand? And how do we get there from here? Some of us are still reeling from …
The Case for Not Having a Clear or Planned Vision
Many companies that are successful today are successful because they didn't have a plan. They just went with an idea, took it as far as they needed it to go, and then ended up on the front page of business …
Hiring 2.0
Hiring decisions can make or break a business. Great hires can take a business to new heights: bringing expertise, enthusiasm and increased profitability. A terrible hire, on the other hand, results in wasted time, money and effort. It can result …
The One-Page Business Plan – It Might Be All You Need
One of the common things you'll hear from people when you say you're going to start a business is that you need to write a business plan. And there is no doubt that planning is a vitally important part of …
