Strategic Planning - Keeping it Simple

Consultants, strategists, business advisors, etc. use a myriad of tools, resources and methodologies to help you become a better business owner, and to drive focus within your business to achieve profitability and alignment with your goals.  As a small business owner, do you need a formalized, rigid business strategy system to accomplish this?  Not really.

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Do You Have a Great Idea for a Product or Service? Awesome! Now Focus and Prepare Yourself

Small and micro businesses are represented by mom and pop operations, entrepreneurs, stay at home moms and dads, etc.  No matter how small your business, there are some fundamental questions you need to address.  For an improved chance of success, take time to reflect and document your plans for strategy, execution, and growth.

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Thinking of Starting a Food Truck?

The food truck industry in North Carolina is growing in popularity and gaining momentum.  Everyone thinks they can operate a food truck.  However, the hard work and efforts to start and maintain a successful food truck business can be greatly underestimated.

If this is not your first rodeo, make sure you, at a minimum, address the following areas before you drive up and open your window to the first customer.

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Want to be creative and innovative? Think with your child mind.

When we were kids, we had grand visions of being stronger than life and acting as if we were superheroes.  We could leap across the widest creeks, run faster than our friend's bicycles and scooters, and pick up and toss the mightiest of rocks.  Our creative minds, unhindered by preconceived limitations, allowed us to imagine the impossible and convince ourselves we actually accomplished those feats.  

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The Power of the Cloud!

Another typical desktop application horror story was written this week.  A small business owner lost her accounting records due to a desktop software application crash, resulting in data file corruption.  (Problems: backups were not regular, nor maintained; software was outdated and not on the current version).

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