Robert Gloer — October 22, 2019 Follow @IOUFinancial Your business’ budget should reflect the challenges and opportunities of the holiday season. The process starts with goal-setting: What volume of business do you want to achieve in the holiday period, and what expenditures should you make now to reach your goals? It’s easier to update your … Continue reading Get Your Business Budget Ready for the Holidays
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Struggling With Capacity in Sprint Planning
Olivier Ledru — October 15, 2019 CONTEXT Your Sprint is over. Your increment is “done”, you have coded cleanly, your unit tests and integration tests are bright green, you are proud of your work. The Sprint Review is running smoothly. The Sprint Retrospective allows the team to find 1 or 2 axes of improvement without … Continue reading Struggling With Capacity in Sprint Planning
3 Essential Topics for Your 2020 Strategic Planning Session
Susan Quinn — September 24, 2019 As we get ready to step into the final quarter of the year, it’s the perfect time to look ahead and plan your company’s growth strategy for 2020. Whether you’re leading or participating in the strategic meeting, it’s always helpful to “tap the brakes” and reflect on where you’ve … Continue reading 3 Essential Topics for Your 2020 Strategic Planning Session
4 Ways to Plan for Your Business in 2020 and Beyond
Personal Branding Blog — September 17, 2019 — September 17, 2019 In business, planning for the future is as difficult as it is necessary. Branding your business, just like building your personal brand, means you have to think about the long term. What works in establishing your brand today might feel stale tomorrow. It’s impossible … Continue reading 4 Ways to Plan for Your Business in 2020 and Beyond
How to Budget for Change in Your Strategic Plan
Jeanne Hardy — September 17, 2019 Follow @creativebizinc — September 17, 2019 rawpixel / Pixabay We’re quickly approaching budget season, which means many business leaders will spend weeks crunching numbers and forecasting for 2020. While many businesses do simple growth calculations to project their revenues and expenses for the coming year, the more successful businesses … Continue reading How to Budget for Change in Your Strategic Plan
5 Planning Tips for 2019 Taxes
Kurt Avarell — May 22, 2019 — May 22, 2019 This year was the first tax season both accountants and taxpayers saw the effects of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in action. Some taxpayers were happy with the changes they saw to their tax returns and some were not. If you fell into the … Continue reading 5 Planning Tips for 2019 Taxes
How to Build Time Off Into Your Business Plan
Kara Perez — April 19, 2019 — April 19, 2019 If the big business media outlets are right, every entrepreneur out there is working 17 hour days starting when they’re 16 years old. We live in a culture of hustle in the US. We’re surrounded by stories of super successful people who push themselves to … Continue reading How to Build Time Off Into Your Business Plan
Vision: It’s a Verb!
Julie Winkle Giulioni — April 15, 2019 Follow @julie_wg — April 15, 2019 For decades, leaders have been advised to generate missions and visions as a way to focus and drive organizations into the future. Countless workshops and books outline the “how-tos” associated with arriving at those just-right words that will galvanize teams and deliver … Continue reading Vision: It’s a Verb!
Where to Find Hundreds of Business Plan Examples
Larry Kim — March 12, 2019 Follow @larrykim — March 12, 2019 Whether you want to create the next unicorn startup or lay the groundwork for a successful and sustainable business, the process starts with your business plan. Every business plan should include the following elements: Executive Summary: Start off with an overview of your … Continue reading Where to Find Hundreds of Business Plan Examples
Comprehensive Planning for Your Business
Ken Thoreson — March 4, 2019 Follow @/KenThoreson — March 4, 2019 Planning for a successful business has distinct dimensions and you can do a better job if you tackle each of these separately. Firstly, you have to develop your general business idea into a viable business proposal. Secondly, you have to add specifics to … Continue reading Comprehensive Planning for Your Business
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