Strategic Planning
Why Customers Have a Love/Hate Relationship With Your Business
From Blaine Millet If I showed you a picture of a really tricked-out car with a big spoiler with a lot of fancy (and expensive) equipment on it, would you rave about it or find it annoying? Would you drool over it and want to know more about it and die if you could actually…
Read MoreHow To Manage A Difficult Project
From Jon Allo Project management is a necessary part of running any type of business. Whether you have a service-based or a product-based business, there are inevitably a variety of projects that you will need to plan. But, you don’t have to make it too hard for yourself. In fact, you can make project management…
Read MorePrice Only Matters When This Happens
From Blaine Millet The Internet has turned everyone into “price conscious consumers” since it has become so easy to compare products and services from different businesses. Before the Internet, it was much more difficult, if not impossible in some cases, to compare one product or service against another one without a great deal of effort.…
Read MoreBecome “REMARK”Able by Rewarding the “Right” Customer
From Blaine Millet What has happened to businesses today… why are so many choosing to “reward” the WRONG customer instead of rewarding the RIGHT customer? Allow me to define “wrong” and “right.” The “wrong” customer is the “new customer” that is acquired primarily by marketing and promotions. And the “right” customer is a “new customer”…
Read MoreWhy You Want (and Need) to Become “REMARK”Able… Starting the Journey
From Blaine Millet For those of you who have heard me speak or read some of my blog posts and other musings, this will be an emphasis for you and a deeper dive into what I believe is perhaps the biggest thing that can change your life and/or your business in the New Year. I…
Read MoreThe Nuts and Bolts of a Business Plan
From Lee Lister Do you need investors? Looking for a loan? Do you want to apply for a grant? Or has the time just come to do a self-analysis of your business? Are you expanding your business? Looking for new markets? Seeking the next level in your business? These are all times that you need…
Read MoreAll the Ws of a Business Plan
From Lee Lister A business plan is a written description of the future of your business and more importantly, how you are going to get there. It is a document that explains what you are going to do to make your company profitable and how you are going to achieve this. It defines both your…
Read MoreThe Structure of Your Business Plan
From Lee Lister Your business plan is vital to establish the structure of your business, its aims and objectives, strategies, products and staffing. It is used to plan and manage your business, apply for funding or show to potential investors. It has ten main parts and these are: 1. Cover and index Sounds a little…
Read MoreAlign Your Heart With Your Vision
From Linda-Ann Stewart Do you sometimes want to change a habit, achieve a goal or cultivate a talent, but something holds you back? It may be something that you think you should want. Or it’s something you really do want, but your beliefs don’t accept it. Many people have this problem. They have a vision…
Read MoreEco-Efficiency in Policy Analytics for Program Management
From Michael Vargas Although many people might see protection of IP as being counter to the ideal of a university’s mission to educate, nothing can be farther from the goal or truth of IP protection. Protection does not mean that others do not learn about the invention or discovery, it simply does allow the developer…
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