People with goals succeed because they know where they're going. —Earl Nightingale I don't typically start my day off on a mathematical note, but a date of 12/12/12 is hard to ignore. Add into the mix, the approaching season of resolutions and goal-setting, and suddenly 3, 6 & 9—all divisors of 12 and standard monthly intervals—popped into my head. From there it was an … [Read more...]
Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg Shares 3 Big Tips to Build a Business
Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg has played a part in growing two of the biggest brands and businesses in the world -- Google and Facebook. Recently, she sat down with Michal Lev-Ram of Fortune to discuss business growth. During the discussion, Sheryl shared her three tips to build a business: 1. Think big Sheryl explains that leaders like Mark Zuckerberg who have big and … [Read more...]
Providing Value through your Technical Solutions
Web-based companies, or those providing digital opportunities, are the ones that can most easily "scale" and provide value to a wider community of clients and customers. If you are a service provider, what ways can you offer a technical component to your work. For example, if you only do written reports, is there a way to offer a digital option, a web-based form, or a "lite" … [Read more...]
5 Proven Strategies to Accelerate Business Growth
Guest Post By Sylvia Browder, founder of National Women on the Rise and CEO of Browder Consulting Group (Learn more about Sylvia at the end of this post) If you are like most women in business, you are looking for new strategies to stimulate growth. Whether solutions to better communicate or how to best manage employees, here are 5 Proven Strategies to Accelerate … [Read more...]
How Does Private Equity Investing Work?
Guest Post by Elle Perkins, contractor with Platinum Equity (Learn more about Elle at the end of this post) When starting or running a business, there are many ways in which to invest in the business. There are a number of business loans that can be taken out for start-up expenses or established business to expand. If it is a non-profit company, there are thousands … [Read more...]
Are proposals worth it?
As a professional services firm, I spend an awful lot of my time preparing and submitting proposals. They are time consuming, sometimes costly and not immediately effective. So why submit them? Well there are a million reasons against them, but here are my top 5 reasons for them. They introduce your company and your ability I am not a formal person, but I do know what I know … [Read more...]
Why are you important?
As we create our businesses more often than not we get caught up in the day to day firefighting strategies. What we don’t do because there isn’t enough time in the day, no one has figured out how to clone ourselves and/or we don’t see the immediate value is define a future strategy. It’s easy to spend so much time in our businesses that we don’t work on them, so here are a few … [Read more...]
Finding Your Customers
As entrepreneurs many of us realize that we aren't salesmen, so we hire business development managers to find our customers. The thing is though as CEO's we are the best business development managers available. We know this company inside and out and we know what the company can do, so even if you have a business development manager here are a few tips for developing new … [Read more...]
Starbucks, Blogging, and Making a Difference
Have you ever tried blogging at Starbucks? I love it. There is so much juicy content that you find to write about. Across from me right now is the perfect ideal of the corporate woman. Flawless hair, dressed like a man, and sitting perfectly stiff. She’s completely organized and the person we need to be running our corporate business models. Over in the corner is the … [Read more...]
How To Use A Blog And Social Media To Make More Money!
Great news! You can make more money by using social media and blogging together. Warning—Typical Excuse From Busy Women: I don’t have the money and I don’t have the time! What I am about to share with you can change the scope of your life by saving you time and making you some well-deserved passive income. In fact, this post explains how women are happier working … [Read more...]