Small Business Management

The success of a business endeavor involves a concerted efforts of financing, strategic planning, product design or service positioning, marketing, sales, and customer support. One of most important aspects of doing business is the people you deal with everyday - your employees, your partners and your competitors. Whether you are a small business owner or a human resource manager of a large corporation, you want to make sure that you hire responsible employees, you deal with trustful partners, and you may even want to learn more about your competitors.

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What makes up proper business meeting etiquette? How do you have a meeting everyone can leave feeling good about? Meetings have become an inevitable part of doing business for almost every business owner. There are meetings with clients, meetings with employees and meetings with peers or associates.

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Analyzing the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) of a business is a well-established tool that is widely used by academics, consultants, and advisors.  Although it is a simple concept, business owners often struggle when trying to use it because it is so broad. It is difficult to determine where to start, what questions to ask, and where to focus. The obvious problems get attention while many other important issues get overlooked. SWOT analysis is a great tool, but its effective use requires additional structure.

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We believe that there are 3 factors that drive the success of small businesses.

1. Acquiring start-up capital
2. Finding customers
3. Accounting for, budgeting and controlling sales and expenses

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If you are having trouble growing your small business as fast as you want or not making all the right moves to success, this article can help you find out whether you are using the right form of energy. There are two types of business enery: head energy and gut energy. Read more »