This is the first part of a 3 part series on Cash is king! – Planning, funding and managing your cash flow for your business

Busines planning for small business

In business and in personal life, cash is the life line for everything we do. There are many sources of funding that a small business owner and or an investor can turn to fund their new business, and or mange the growth of an existing business.

Managing cash is not just raising cash for your startup or growing business. Cash flow management is beyond funding. Read more »

Hiring for your small business

I know that the title above might seem a bit alarming to some folks. No, I am not espousing that you treat your people like disposable assets. As people are really the most important assets (and occasionally liabilities), that any business has, it is important that due prudence and diligence is given, when hiring key employees for your small business. Read more »

Take the Bull by the Horns

As a small business owner or investor, you have started a business for various reasons. These could range from your need to follow your dreams, seeking financial or career independence, to pursuing your hobby or passion in life, to making it in the big league of the business titans – the ones who adorn the covers of well known business magazines. Read more »

Have you often heard folks say things like “ I wish I didn’t work here” or “I cannot stand that customer” or even stuff like “I wish that the other teams’ in my company are not successful in that project” or stuff like “”I wish I don’t have to pay so much for my employees”.

These are real expressions that I often hear from employees or business owners working in small and large companies. Just take a moment and think about the specific comments above.  I am sure some of those comments above were done by folks at the spur of the moment or were inadvertent. Read more »

Achieving business breakthrough by accentuating your virtuous cycles and avoiding a bust by disrupting your vicious cycles

Executive summary
Have you heard about the concept of virtuous and vicious cycles? If so, have you  ever really given much thought, as to how it affects your personal life, career or business?
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This is the second of a 2 part series on marketing to women. In the first part, I wrote on why it is important for SME owners and small business marketers to focus on marketing to women.

Please click the link here to read part 1 of this 2 part series on marketing to women.  The art of marketing to women – part 1 – why should SME marketers make marketing to women a core part of their business strategy?
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