As I discussed in two prior articles, I was recently talking to Peter, who is one of our small business planning clients and he told me that one of the best thing about his business is that he is happy with his business. As I reflected on his statement I realized that so many business […]

As a small business planning firm a tool that we found invaluable in assisting a small business owner to ferret out the initiatives that will truly be beneficial to them is to identify a business’ Critical Success Factors. In the article How to Use Your Small Business’ Limited Resources Wisely I discuss the fact that […]

In a previous article I shared that I was recently talking to Peter, who is one of our small business planning clients and he told me that one of the best thing about his business is that he is happy with his small business. As I reflected on his statement I realized that so many […]

I was talking to Peter one of our clients recently and he told me that one of the best thing about his small business is that he is happy with his business. He has operated his small business for many years and as I reflected on his statement I realized that so many small business […]

From an overall standpoint the top reward for engaging in planning for your small business is that you are able to operate your business as a fully systematized factory versus a fruit-stand business. The specifics of this are that you: 1. Reach more customers 2. Generate greater revenue 3. Serve your customers better because your […]

In providing small business planning services we regularly assist people with starting a business and I would like to share a recent example of someone who was starting a new business. A couple weeks ago Terri, a new client of ours called me to let me know that she started a new business. She is […]

As the owner of a small business planning firm let me tell you about a friend of mine, Jeff who lives on a teeter-totter. He does not literally live on a teeter-totter, but his business makes him feel like he does. Jeff is an engineer who works by himself in a “fruit-stand” type business. Jeff’s […]

In my previous article, Small Business Planning Steps for Growing Your Business I discussed various small business planning steps that you can use to grow your business. I mentioned that in having worked with over 1,200 businesses in the past 15 years I have found that there are basically two ways in which a business can operate, […]

One of the more common questions I am asked when I begin a small business planning session with a client is how to substantially grow their business.  I share with them a story about my friend Ron. Ron, a business broker told me how he recently noticed that of all the business owners he meets with […]

With regards to a recent article in the Atlanta Journal and Constitution, the entire area of Independent Contractor versus an Employee in a Small Business involves a number of issues. Below is overview of the basic issues and pitfalls that relate to this area: – While it is less expensive to engage a person as an independent […]