Tag: control
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Eight things you can do to make your business more profitable
We all know they key to being a successful business is to sell more. But we’d be wrong. Most business owners are pouring money down the drain. Here are 8 things you can do to make your business perform better and make more profit. Each can make a substantial difference to your business’s performance. Taken…
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“Planning is a waste of time!” – Type B
I’ve spent much of the last few years working with small business owners. I have found it immensely fulfilling and a real privilege to work with so many dynamic and decent people who have achieved so much. At the same time we know it can be very lonely running your own business. There are very…
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Is running a business a bit like playing tetris?
You can learn quite a bit about how well a business is run by how well it copes with those inevitable bumps in the road. It may be something that is beyond our control: a key supplier goes out of business or stops selling a critical component, an important customer insists on new terms or switches…