The business plan is dead. Long live the business plan!

Avatar Posted by acowan under Strategy
From http://www.alexandercowan.com 4174 days ago
Made Hot by: Llewellyn on June 30, 2013 5:00 am
Excitement abounds about the death of the business plan. Yet the techniques that supposedly killed it, like Lean Startup, Design Thinking, and the Business Model Canvas, are very much about purposeful, coherent planning. This post is about what comes next. Read More

Getting The Right People On The Bus

Avatar Posted by Sian Phillips under Strategy
From http://tweakyourbiz.com 4172 days ago
Made Hot by: ObjectOriented on June 29, 2013 3:37 pm
By William

What does it mean to “get the right people on the bus”? According to business consultant, author, and lecturer Jim Collins, it is all part of the “First Who, Then What” concept based on company growth and sustainability. Essentially, the concept is about first getting the right people Read More
Some entrepreneurs are more successful than others. Experts attribute their success to their well-honed skills, smarts, and years of experience. But there's one factor that plays a huge part to many successful business owners, and that is: networking. Read More

What exactly a LADRT is, and what can do for my business?

Avatar Posted by tathan under Strategy
From http://takisathanassiou.com 4177 days ago
Made Hot by: DMDdistribution on June 28, 2013 1:58 am
A Limited Accountability Design Response Team is a group and a operation, that can assist creatively and in an out-of-box way to the development of a new business. Read More

3 Tips for Growing Your Small Business Blog

Avatar Posted by sophia2 under Strategy
From http://socialspark.com 4172 days ago
Made Hot by: problogger78 on June 26, 2013 11:32 pm
You’ve probably heard that you’re supposed to have a blog on your company website. Maybe you’ve even installed WordPress and written a few posts about your Christmas party and the Employee of the Month. But somehow, no one’s reading. Maybe you could use a few tips. Here are three that will help you Read More
In this brief video I’ll share with you the powerful tool I discovered, that we should all be leveraging to grow our business. It’s probably not what you think! I’ll share with you my personal first-time experience with a mastermind group...
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A Remarkable Guide To Innovation [Book Review]

Avatar Posted by ynvent under Strategy
From http://www.steamfeed.com 4178 days ago
Made Hot by: justretweet on June 25, 2013 8:26 am
Business Book Review: Innovation is no longer just about scheduling brainstorming sessions and believing you can turn on and off the flow of your creative juices. Kaye shares personal experience and other businesses’s failures and success on things form chocolate to water filters to pet food to bar Read More
Risk management is often the overlooked part of strategy, particularly for smaller companies who focus on growth but do not consider the effect of “worse case” scenarios such as the loss of their largest client, product liability, or just plain bad decisions. Read More

Inspire Your Employees to Work 12 Hours on a Saturday

Avatar Posted by dhennessy under Strategy
From http://experts.allbusiness.com 4176 days ago
Made Hot by: ObjectOriented on June 24, 2013 12:33 pm
Does your business have a rainy day project sitting on the back burner that you never have time to tackle? Why not schedule a weekend shift where employees and management work together to knock out pie-in-the-sky projects? Yaniv Masjedi admits it sounds crazy but here's how his company makes it wor Read More

Business development as a Sudoku puzzle

Avatar Posted by tathan under Strategy
From http://takisathanassiou.com 4179 days ago
Made Hot by: OzCorp77 on June 24, 2013 7:58 am
Business development can be a lot as a sudoku puzzle. As in sudoku, in business you also have some indications, and some rules to follow for making a success. Read More
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