Success in business hinges on a range of key business skills. Without them your progress in the face of ever increasing competition will be held back and your frustration will increase. It is true to say that if you compared two businesses in the same market doing the same thing, the difference in…
Everyone who has done it, knows that success lies at the end of a series of business lessons and learnings; some easy some hard. If one were to analyse these lessons, you would likely find that most business owners will have made many of the same mistakes. Most could have…
“I want to take my business to the next level” is a phrase one often hears from people in their own businesses. We talk about “levels” of business, but what do we actually mean? What is the next level? From the business owners point of view, this is significant because the “level”…
Occasionally interchanged, business owner and entrepreneur are two different beasts. Two different mindsets. An entrepreneur concerns him/herself with creating the future; synthesising an enterprise from a concept using their smarts, their ability to impress, motivate and sell. The entrepreneurial mindset is about creating, building, innovating and organising, in the determined hope of overcoming the inherent risks…
I don’t think anyone would argue that success in business requires a high degree of mastery. Mastery over your environment. Your success will be in no small measure dependent on the dimensions and extent of your mastery. The Free Online Dictionary defines mastery as “full command or understanding of a…
Business Growth in a Nutshell By Evan Rubenstein Nowadays, businesses in all fields face unprecedented levels of competition. A business without a growth strategy will find itself falling further and further behind simply because of increasing levels of competition. So what does one need to have a business growth strategy?…
Amongst small business owners, mastering the essential business finance concepts is a perennial issue. What is in fact relatively straight forward, is perceived to be very complicated and the domain of accounting experts only. The instrument panel of business is its finances. Ever tried to drive a car without instruments?…
