Planning to start up a business - try the business model canvas

Are you in the process planning to start up a business or are you wanting ideas to grow your business to the next level. While some businesses start up and grow organically without a formal business blueprint or strategy, most start up business owners have a spent many hours constructing a business plan. So, if you are wanting to know where and how to start planning to start up a business the business model canvas may be for you. What is does is to force you to think about you business

Planning to start up or grow a business - try the business model canvas

Don't let it get you down, learn from mistakes made in business

Great entrepreneurs are good at failing. That's what caught my attention in an article by Rhonda Abrams in USA today. Don't let it get you down, learn from mistakes made in business. After all we all make them! And that is what I call success, taking those failures, turning them around and applying those lessons to move forward. Rhonda covers Fail Forward, Fail Fast, Fail Smart, Fail Cheap, Fail with Integrity.

To read Rhonda's post in full

Don't let it get you down, learn from mistakes made in business

Is cash flow management a problem? perhaps accepting prepayments could be an option

Is cash flow management a problem for your small business? Having enough cash to pay suppliers when due is a common issue, especially in times of

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growth when you could be building up inventories. In her article No substitute for cash in the till, Dianne Buckner shares one company's success with accepting prepayments as part of their business model and strategy for cash

Is cash flow management a problem? prepayments could be an option

Good Customer Service Skills - it will mean sales

If you are an on-line business or bricks and mortar store, good customer service skills can mean all the difference when closing a

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sale.

Building a good rapport with customers can also mean that they will be back! I came across a great reminder of good customer service skillsin an article written by Lisa Marie as a guest post on GrowWithStacey.com. Lisa Marie shares 5

Good Customer Service Skills - it will mean sales

Twitter Tips for business from an expert

Sorry to say Twitter still confuses me. I don't see would people be interested in short messages, but anyway they

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are and I have to catch up. So if you are like me and want to know more here's a couple of places to start.

These twitter tips for business from an expert, Steve Strauss, who has 10,000 followers is worth listening too. Also below the article link is

Twitter Tips for business from an expert

Tips for making big bucks from selling your business

The word is out Facebook has paid a BILLION for the purchase of Instagram, and this is not the first company to be brought out by the

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big boys. So how do you follow on from Instagrams success and set up your business to do the same. What are the tips for making big bucks from selling you business? I came across this informative article, written by Ronda

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Does your small business need a mobile friendly website?

Does your small business need a mobile friendly website? You are probably aware of the issues faced by

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iphone and smartphone users. How having to scroll and pinch the screen to try and read the website just causes frustration for what could be an important part of your customer base. But are you aware of how big the numbers actually are? How much

Does your small business need a mobile friendly website?