http://www.content4reprint.com/profile/flashpoint-20729.xml Articles at Content for Reprint en-us http://www.content4reprint.com/business/entrepreneurship/growth-topics/longer-view-focus-critical-now-remember-the-buggy-whip.htm http://www.content4reprint.com/business/entrepreneurship/growth-topics/longer-view-focus-critical-now-remember-the-buggy-whip.htm Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:37:39 +0000 Remember the buggy whip? Some would say the buggy whip business didn't last because the buggy whip became obsolete when the automobile was introduced. But that's not why they went out of business. http://www.content4reprint.com/business/entrepreneurship/growth-topics/planning-with-a-purpose-is-key-to-success.htm http://www.content4reprint.com/business/entrepreneurship/growth-topics/planning-with-a-purpose-is-key-to-success.htm Tue, 17 Feb 2009 02:41:44 +0000 I believe strategic planning is not all it's cracked up to be. In fact, pick up a copy of the January, 2006 Harvard Business Review and you'll find that strategic planning sometimes only serves as a mechanism to ratify decisions that were made months before. http://www.content4reprint.com/business/entrepreneurship/growth-topics/communicate-delegate-and-release-formula-for-growth.htm http://www.content4reprint.com/business/entrepreneurship/growth-topics/communicate-delegate-and-release-formula-for-growth.htm Tue, 27 Jan 2009 23:40:47 +0000 Knowing when to delegate both responsibility and authority is hard for the owner of a growing business. The question that looms in your mind is: what if they (an employee) mess up? http://www.content4reprint.com/business/entrepreneurship/growth-topics/ignite-your-companys-intelligence-hire-professional-managers.htm http://www.content4reprint.com/business/entrepreneurship/growth-topics/ignite-your-companys-intelligence-hire-professional-managers.htm Tue, 27 Jan 2009 03:03:41 +0000 An experienced manager will come to the table understanding the need for operational processes and more importantly, how to implement them. This is the time to surround yourself with capable people who will share your vision, your passion and bring a different expertise to your company. http://www.content4reprint.com/business/leadership/follow-these-rules-of-the-road-as-you-ramp-up-for-growth.htm http://www.content4reprint.com/business/leadership/follow-these-rules-of-the-road-as-you-ramp-up-for-growth.htm Wed, 21 Jan 2009 11:07:28 +0000 You are stranded on a desert island and you only have 30 seconds left on your cell phone battery -- could your second-in-command back at your office tell you in those 30 seconds how well your company was running? http://www.content4reprint.com/business/entrepreneurship/growth-topics/predicting-how-your-company-will-grow-starts-with-understanding-the-stages-of-growth.htm http://www.content4reprint.com/business/entrepreneurship/growth-topics/predicting-how-your-company-will-grow-starts-with-understanding-the-stages-of-growth.htm Tue, 20 Jan 2009 19:09:49 +0000 The foundation a leader builds by recognizing the different stages of their company's growth and adapting their own leadership skills to what is required, will pay off in spades as they face economic downturns or the myriad of other challenges that lay in wait for anyone who runs a successful company. http://www.content4reprint.com/business/small-business/how-to-get-beyond-the-start-up-stage-of-your-company.htm http://www.content4reprint.com/business/small-business/how-to-get-beyond-the-start-up-stage-of-your-company.htm Sat, 17 Jan 2009 06:03:51 +0000 The honeymoon is over. You have your start up capital, you ramped up to 4 -- 6 employees pretty quickly and now the fun begins. Getting out of the gate with a new company isn't easy but it's a cake walk compared to creating a consistently profitable business that you can run and not have it run you. http://www.content4reprint.com/business/leadership/zero-in-on-your-companys-profit-zone-and-zero-in-on-profits.htm http://www.content4reprint.com/business/leadership/zero-in-on-your-companys-profit-zone-and-zero-in-on-profits.htm Thu, 15 Jan 2009 10:10:47 +0000 Think about specific activities in your company that help you make a profit. Of course there are the sales. And there is generating cash flow. And there is the pricing of your products or services. Would it surprise you if I told you there are 9 activities in any company that help you drive profitability? http://www.content4reprint.com/business/management/organizational/5-sure-fire-ideas-to-help-good-employees-become-great-employees.htm http://www.content4reprint.com/business/management/organizational/5-sure-fire-ideas-to-help-good-employees-become-great-employees.htm Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:46:05 +0000 Here are five ideas to help you take a good employee and help them become great employees. After all, that's what you want and that's what your employees want isn't it? http://www.content4reprint.com/business/leadership/10-smart-moves-a-ceo-can-make-today-to-stay-profitable.htm http://www.content4reprint.com/business/leadership/10-smart-moves-a-ceo-can-make-today-to-stay-profitable.htm Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:26:55 +0000 Anyone can run a company during good times. When you are making money, it's easy to overlook some of the deeper issues that are lying beneath the surface just waiting for an excuse to move to the top of your company's list of challenges and create havoc. Paying attention to these ten proven concepts will help your company weather today's storm and make sure the next one won't hit you so hard.