Everything you need to know about setting up, managing and growing small businesses. Veterans, as well as newbies share their stories and valuable lessons.
Jeff Oddo, President, City Wide Maintenance Onboarding quality franchisees is essential for building a successful franchise system. One of the ways to do this is to attract and find the right franchisee who can help the organization grow more quickly and efficiently. Experienced, proven franchisees can help promote franchise lead generation, increase overall franchisee satisfaction, […]
It’s been said that the strength of America is its entrepreneurs. But, the statistics of those starting new businesses is downright disappointing. Have we lost our entrepreneurial spirit? Are we not paying enough attention to our young people and helping them develop the skills they need? According to Gallup, there are “nearly 30 million students
When comes to what is important to small business different sources come up with different answers. They are all valid, just different. When the National Small Business Association asked small business owners about the number one concern the response was taxes followed by access to capital. Seems reasonable and having just returned from NSBA’s Washington
Craig A. Whitfield, Author, “Guess Who’s Eating Your Profits…” It goes without saying that the quickest way to a profitable business is to bank all of the day’s proceeds. However, the economic health and profitability in the food and beverage industry is continually under assault. Business environment unknowns, including fluctuating food costs, benefits, minimum wages
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There is currently a lot of enthusiasm for the concept of employee engagement. This is because of substantial amounts of credible research showing a strong positive correlation between higher engagement levels and better business results. Things like “research” and “business results” sound like solid, respectable things to deal with. But here’s the dirty little secret
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The traits that triathletes have and need are basically key contributors to success as a CEO. While triathletes and CEOs come from different backgrounds, range greatly in age and often take completely different approaches to training and working, they are all cut from the same cloth. That’s why there’s an instant camaraderie among us as
It’s the week that we celebrate small business, but something about it is bittersweet for me. Business owners are expressing more confidence in the economy. Small businesses are creating jobs. And we are even getting credit from Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen who said it was our small businesses that powered our recovery after the
If you want a good demonstration in how not to lead served up in a convenient, 43-minute package, just watch an episode of Gordon Ramsay’s Hell’s Kitchen.
It seems that the constant push and pull between large and small businesses is alive and well. I call it a love-hate relationship. I was quoting some recent job figures during a speech and noted that small business created 86% of all new jobs in the country in March when the representative of a large business
The word “innovation” is such a constant in meetings around the world that it has almost become a contender for “corporate buzzword bingo.” Although it is often over-used it is not always well understood in terms of how it should be implemented into organizational culture, or even how it might be best used as a
