Family businesses are great. You get to do what you love surrounded by the people you love. This can create a beautiful sense of community and closeness, which is often difficult to achieve in a traditional corporate environment. Family businesses…
There are many ways you can become your company’s own biggest choke point, but one of the most common ways is insisting on command and control. One of the hardest things to do as a company founder or visionary is…
Mentorship is a powerful tool that can be used to help entrepreneurs and business owners effectively grow, scale, and delegate. A successful mentoring strategy can provide countless opportunities for growth within an organization and will help the members to become…
Are you running the kind of business that is creating so much value that an outside buyer would give you an above market offer? Are you running the kind of business that you would buy if you were in the…
According to the Harvard Business Review, only 3% of new consumer packaged goods exceed the benchmarks set for a successful launch. Lack of a successful launch strategy for a technology company can reduce your profitability by as much as 35%.
From an outbound or downstream marketing perspective, the biggest problem with a new product launch is education (sometimes referred to as enablement). Of course, I’m assuming you’ve already done the important inbound/upstream marketing:
Are you going to crush it this year? Or are you going to crush yourself and everyone around you? The start of a new year is always an exciting time for most entrepreneurs and business drivers, as it provides an…
The holidays can be a stressful time for entrepreneurs, with the added pressure of competing goals: making sure to keep business running optimally while also taking time off to relax and recharge. Increased workloads, last minute sales negotiations, tight deadlines,…
It's that time of year again. Time to reflect on the past twelve months and set our sights on the coming year. If you're like most company leaders, you probably have no shortage of new ideas and goals for your…