Are you REALLY managing your small business? Feb 17, 2010
I’d like to ask you what might be a difficult question: are you really managing your small business?

Managing Your Business
Life can be pretty hectic as a small business owner, right? You spend all day out with your clients and “doing your thing” and then only have a few hours in the evenings to catch up on emails, do a little marketing, and check in on your accounts. Maybe you work an extra day here and there to do special projects. The process repeats itself each week, so there just isn’t a way to squeeze in much more, or to evaluate and change course where appropriate.
- Thrive based on knowledge, instinct, and luck
- Make decisions made on facts and solid information
- Keep one eye on the horizon and one eye on the road ahead
- Survive based on luck and hope that “it will all work out in the end”
- Make decisions based on adrenaline and “winging it”
- Manage things day-to-day
Only about 40% of small businesses manage to be profitable in the long term; most fail with in the first 2-3 years. What will your statistics be?
Manage Your Business Better
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