WHY KNOW YOUR BREAK-EVEN POINT?
Navigating the Break-Even Point for Entrepreneurs For entrepreneurs, the idea of aiming for a break-even point might raise eyebrows. Isn’t the goal to make a profit, rather than just breaking even? It might sound like a setback or even a hint of failure. However, understanding the break-even point is a game-changer for your business decisions. At […]
GROWING YOUR BUSINESS ONLINE
Creating a strong online presence, as we all know, is critical for today’s small business. However, it is daunting to navigate through its unfamiliar terminology and complexities. The following is a simple roadmap that explains the key elements and how your online approach should fit together: Develop an outstanding website! This is the hub of everything. Make […]
Leadership – Part 2
In last month’s blog (Leadership – Part 1), I identified four key traits great leaders possess; Authenticity, Empathy, Vision, and Resilience. My source of reference is from the book ‘Great Ted Talks – Leadership’ by Harriet Minter. As with the previous blog, I have ended each section with questions so you use as a planning tool for guiding your business.. This […]
Leadership part 1
LEADERSHIP -Part 1 For this newsletter, I turned to ‘Great Ted Talks – Leadership’ by Harriet Minter. In it, I identified four key traits that great leaders possess; Authenticity, Empathy, Vision and Resilience. My suggestion is you treat this as a workbook and use it as a planning tool for your upcoming year. The questions […]
Do I need a Business partner?
In our ASE Advisory meetings we often come across this comment from businesses we advice. “I need a partner”. Sometimes so frustrated is the client, that I believe they simply seek an accomplice they can blame. Other times the comment is valid. Work load excessive; Skill sets missing; such partners fill gaps in resources such […]
De-risking the Technology Procurement Process
The digital ecosystem is here to help meet the potential and growth of your business. The process can better help manage and integrate the important parts of your business with IT technology software applications meant to help your business run more efficiently and knowledgably. IT strategy [information technology strategy] is a comprehensive plan that outlines […]
THE RIGHT TIME TO HIRE
THE RIGHT TIME TO HIRE Is your business so hectic that you can’t accept new orders or new clients? Or do you even have time to deliver what you’ve already promised? Should you expand the business but you just don’t have the time or energy? Do you just hate doing some parts of the business […]
Password Overload!
As technology begins to demand greater part of our lives, we are all in the process of constant learning, The pandemic has only enhanced our dependencies on technology. Passwords are ubiquitous. From signing into our Banks, investments accounts, e-Business transactions as well as routine emails and the essential APPS such as zoom. Passwords are also […]
Developing Vision, Mission and Core -Value Statements
Developing Vision, Mission and Core -Value Statements -November2020 Newsletter To inspire an organization and bind it together with purpose and direction, business managements have developed purpose statements. They may be labeled differently in different institutions, however in this letter we will continue to call them by their most traditional names: Vision, Mission, and Value Statements. […]
Value of seeking experienced mentors
Small Business and the 21st Century ……. business Face to Face Value of seeking experienced mentors There is an incredible paradox about the small business environment looking into 2020. In the past 20 years or so, much of the personal contact a business owner had with customers, suppliers or other businesses, has moved from ‘face to […]