The key to succeeding in business is being better than your competition, right? Well, maybe not.
Kelli-Rae and Lane have been talking about an article this past week about the danger of focusing on better.
A commonly unpopular part of business ownership is the numbers. Too many entrepreneurs avoid opening their bookkeeping and looking at their profit & loss or analyzing their margins or getting a clear picture of cash flow. This isn’t true for everyone, of course. But many small business owners aren’t the type who love digging into the numbers.
One of the harder things in business can be the difficult conversations you need to have once in a while. Some personalities really struggle with having to talk to employees, partners, or contractors about challenging topics. But, done well, these conversations open the doors to greatness.
When you have a new business, money can be tight. But marketing still needs to be done if you hope to be successful. So how do you market for cheap or free?
Every business owner seems to have a mentor (or two or three) these days. What’s the deal with business mentors? Should you have a mentor? What is a mentor?
An essential part of making a business able to grow, scalable, is having systems in place. Kelli-Rae and Lane talk about how to go about creating systems. Where do you start? What does a system look like?
Business owners are very familiar with being stressed and overwhelmed. It’s accepted as part of entrepreneurship. But maybe there’s something you can do to beat it!
There are many reasons someone might want to run their own business. Kelli-Rae and Lane talk about finding and knowing your why.
It’s presumed that every business needs to be on social media. But why? What is the intent? Kelli-Rae and Lane talk about what social media is good for.
Effective communication in business is so important. Kelli-Rae and Lane talk about when a text message or email can suffice, and when you should opt for something more personal.
