Lists Aren’t Just For Santa.
The 100-day plan is a tool that helps organize, describe, and assign responsibilities for your most important tasks. It is a checklist by which you can stay focused, measure and communicate your progress to your team, owners and …
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The Art Of Making The Impossible Possible.
Management is the coordination of activities to achieve a goal. It can include the synchronization, blending together, integration or organization of resources. It is incumbent upon the manager to provide direction, control processes and feedback to the various …
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Have An Umbrella For A Rainy Day.
Liquidity are the resources available to pay your bills. Usually it’s cash; it always needs to be something you can easily convert to cash. Liquidity risk is the number one issue to manage, and the lack of liquidity is …
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Don’t Put Out More Than You Take In.
Expenses are the costs to your business as a consequence of money spent. Some are directly related to your products and some are not. The indirect expenses are also called overhead because there is no direct relationship between …
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Make Sure The Price And Quantity Are Right.
Revenues are your receipts: the cash collected from your sales. They are the top line results of your company and are based on both price and quantity. A revenue-starved start-up doesn’t last very long so it is very …
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Get Your Mind On Your Money.
Financial means monetary, fiscal or related to money (dollars and sense). It’s all about the numbers. You don’t need to be an accountant to read financial statements. But as an entrepreneur, you do need to know what the …
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Don’t Try To Boil The Ocean.
Priorities are the tasks and duties that you assign the most importance. They are the items that sit at the top of your list because your business will be at risk if you don’t do them. They take …
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Your Status Should Not Be A Secret.
Status is the current condition of the activity you are managing. Having an accurate read on the status of your key items is no easy task. It is always helpful to be from Missouri (show me) when it …
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