If there is one reason why farm succession planning should start sooner rather than later it’s because the decisions made early on can have a dramatic impact on everyone involved. One effect is psychic, it makes us all feel better, more assured, and confident when we know as much as possible about what’s in store [...]
The United States Postal Service has announced the possible closure of as many as 3,200 of their nearly 33,000 locations. The official USPS statement blames a decline in mail volumes, citing email, online bill paying, and the recession as reasons for the closings. As volumes have been dropping the USPS top-line higher fuel prices have [...]
Chess is a great metaphor for business. Success in business and Chess are both determined by the strength of your strategy. I used to believe that great chess players were good because they were able to strategize by thinking far into the future. I had heard from many people that it was important to think [...]
Why write a mini business plan over a long drawn out thirty page document? Because it’s easier and you are more likely to do it! Think about things you would rather do every day. Email – you respond to emails that are easy to get out of the way. Phone Calls – you call the [...]
In my latest audio program, Conquering Your Market with a One Man Army I detail hundreds of ways that a small business can Maximize its marketing efforts. Of all the strategies included perhaps none is more powerful than the concept of forming strategic alliances with other businesses. The purpose of such alliances is to tap [...]
What is SWOT analysis and why is it important? You have probably heard people talking about SWOT and wondered what all the fuss was about! SWOT analysis is a means of looking at your business and determining the factors which will have the most impact on it. It is not a one off process, but [...]
Everyone knows importance of creating a business plan; which is to get investment. But what many people don’t know is how to create an attractive plan. You might have a great business idea, but that’s something millions of other people have also. Many businesses in the past were started on the basis of great business [...]
As the nation faces the daunting challenge of economic recession, the development of a Green Economy is widely promoted as the answer to turning our fortunes around while simultaneously addressing the urgent issue of global climate change. The major hallmarks of a Green Economy are energy and resource efficiency, which to a large extent require [...]
