How big is your dream for your business? And how big is your dream for this year? When I ask most business owners and entrepreneurs this question, their answers are rarely very big. Typical answers go something like this … I’d like to grow by maybe 10% this...
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How to Design a Killer Strategic Planning Process for Your Business
Strategic planning is one of those tasks that every business owner/entrepreneur/CEO knows they’re supposed to do, but few take the time to actually learn how to do well—which, of course, leads to the result that most “strategic plans” aren’t...
read more3 Keys to Positioning Your Business For Rapid Growth
The good news is you want to grow. The bad news is your prospects don’t seem to know that you and your business are all that different from your competitors. I call it, “The Chinese Restaurant Problem.” Most owners of Chinese restaurants think their...
read more5 Huge Mistakes Business Owners and Entrepreneurs Make When Scaling Their Businesses
The good news is that you want to scale your business. The bad news is that you’re going to make some mistakes along the way. If you’d like to make the same mistakes that most business owners and/or entrepreneurs make don’t watch the following video....
read moreHow to Outthink Your Competition To Scale Your Business Faster
Do you ever get frustrated that your business isn’t that differentiated from your competitors? Or that people in your target market don’t seem to understand why they ought to choose you and your business over every other option in your market? If you do,...
read moreIf Your Business Isn’t Scalable, It’s Not a Real Business
Now, before you react too negatively too quickly to that statement, hang with me for a moment. My full statement would be, If your business isn’t scalable, you don’t have a real business, you have an incorporated career (or another way to put it would be “you...
read moreAre You Focused On The Right Dials To Drive More Rapid Growth
As a business leader, there are a thousand and one things to distract you on any given day from driving growth in your business. Just think through all of the different options you’ve faced in the past week. My guess is that you’ve probably had to deal with issues and...
read moreThe Number One Secret to Creating a Great Strategic Plan For This Coming Year
Have you ever wondered what makes the difference between a great strategic plan and one that isn’t? Business owners and entrepreneurs like you create plans all the time (whether they’re written down or not is irrelevant—a plan is a plan whether it’s intentional or...
read moreHow to Tweak Your Business Model To Make It More Scalable, Part I
If you want to scale your business, your starting place should always be your business model. Why? Because your business model is the foundation for all scalability. Simply put, if your business model isn’t scalable, by definition, you can’t build a scalable business....
read moreAre You Dreaming Big Enough?
As you look at your plan for this year, how big is your dream? Does it excite you? Scare you? Or totally underwhelm you? If you’re like most business owners and entrepreneurs chances are your plans are closer to the underwhelm side than the excite side. Note: while...
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