Remember: One day, you will leave your business.
Avoiding Disasters in Inside Ownership Transfers
If you think that an inside ownership transfer your business to your children or management team is inherently risky, you’re right.
Characteristics of Bonus Incentive Plans
To retain key employees, the best business owners install Employee Incentive Plans that motivate them to stay. Here are the four keys to success.
What to Expect from Your Year-Ending Board Meeting
It’s the end of the year, which means you’re about to manage your fiscal year-end board meeting. Here’s what you should expect.
How to use social media during the holiday down time
Even though your prospects may disconnect from the day-to-day emails and calls during the holidays, their social media accounts remain alive and active.
How business owners can master their financial statements
Reading and interpreting financial statements can be a daunting task for the spread-too-thin business owner. Here are a few steps to get you started.
How Business Owners Increase and Maintain Market Value
An NFL prospect’s value is determined by his potential to help his prospective team win. Similarly, your company’s value is determined by the potential and predictability of its cash flow. The more potential and more predictable the cash flow, the larger the multiple of cash flow a buyer will pay for your company. Sometimes, but […]
Seven Steps for the Proper Care & Feeding of Your Banker
In the competitive world of other people’s money, it’s a requirement that business owners treat their banker as a critical member of their growth team.
Why Social Media Marketing is Important for Your Business
Social media marketing has lowered the barriers to communicating directly with your audience. These five tips will help you and your business uncover where to begin and where to extend your brand through social media.
It’s February … and You Don’t Have a Budget?
It’s possible to run a business without an annual budget. Too bad it costs much more to run it that way. Here are five reasons why a well conceived budget will help you build a better business.