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Five Actions to Avoid in Business Planning

While there are many areas to be considered in a business plan, there are also some traps that should be avoided. Being aware of the five most critical, we can take steps to limit their effects.

Strategic Planning Must Connect Human Capital ROI to Time Management to Maximize Business Results

Strategic planning is about how you manage your human capital to maximize your business results or profits. Managing people must include time management to deliver those results. Do you know what unproductive time by your human capital is costing you? Probably not!

Dealing With Powerful Customers

Robert Bradford talks about eight key ways to make money when your market is dominated by a few, powerful customers, especially when your customer is much larger than your company is.

New Perspectives on Tough Strategic Decisions

When the stakes are high, and you are struggling with tough strategic decisions, it may be time to look at the situation from some new perspectives.

The Easy Way to Innovate is - the Hard Way!

Robert Bradford discusses how innovation creates competitive advantage and how you can think about your innovations to create a more solid market position.

An Alternative Way to Conduct a SWOT Analysis

Conducting a SWOT Analysis can be quite a challenging task when you are not so experience. this article is written as an alternative way to conduct a SWOT Analysis. It illustrates the What? When and How? It can be done in a simplistic way.

Federal Business Grants

The government is more than willing to award federal business grants especially with an economic condition that still remains unpredictable and has a need for more development.

Strategic Planning - Who Is Missing from Your C Level Executive Team

Do you think you have everyone that you need on your C Level Executive Team in developing a strategic plan? The answer to this question may surprise you.

Strategic Planning - Understanding the Competitive Value of your Brand

Robert Bradford discusses the strategic value of branding and how to evaluate your brand, plus ways that you can increase the value of your brand.

International Impacts on a Business Plan

Business plans are complicated when operating across international borders. Four critical things must be considered and are high-lighted in this discussion.

Your Computer and Opportunity

Because the Internet has grown so quickly, opportunities to make money within its framework have increased as well. If you have a computer, an internet connection, and perhaps a few business ideas, you can make money on the Internet. There are a variety of ways you can go about this, but if you are just starting out, you might consider becoming a freelancer.

The Inside-Out Business Plan(tm) -- Your Small Business Plan in 10 Easy Questions

Writing a business plan for your Solo Entrepreneur business doesn't have to be a daunting project. If you can answer 10 straightforward questions about your business, you can be ready to go.

Top 3 Strategies to Boost Your Perceived Value

Three ways to boost your perceived value are: deliver unexpected value, ensure your client's success and toot your own horn. Learn steps in how to do all three and keep clients coming back.