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The Best Strategy – Turning Passion into Profit
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The Best Strategy – Turning Passion into Profit

By Alissa Bryden|2021-10-24T09:53:18+00:00March 28th, 2017|Uncategorized|

Many small business owners get involved in the day to day operations of their business and fail to step back and consider their strategy. This can lead to additional stress, overwork and reduced profits. Strategy is the key to success in both “big” and “small” business. At some point you of course have to jump in and "do" but make sure you step back to ensure that you are "doing" the right things for you and your business. What is Strategy? Michael Porter, a Harvard business professor, and a reputed “Strategist”, often explains strategy as “how the organization is going to [...]

Top 5 Reasons to Have a Business Plan

By Alissa Bryden|2021-10-24T09:53:19+00:00March 20th, 2017|Business Coaching|

A business plan is a written document that explains what the business is, how it operates, what it’s goals are and how it plans to achieve those goals. Many think that only those seeking financing need a business plan. They consider the business plan a necessity for the bank – that’s it. They could not be more wrong and here are five reasons why. 1) Benchmarking – A good business plan identifies what are called Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) for the business. A business can then use these KPI’s to measure its success moving forward. This can help when you are looking at specific [...]

What is a business coach?

By Alissa Bryden|2021-10-24T09:53:19+00:00March 9th, 2017|Uncategorized|

What is a business coach and why do I need one? When you start a business you hear a lot of recommendations to get a business coach. I have run into a lot of independent business coaches in my years as an Accountant. Many business owners do not really know what they do and thus I have decided to explain a little bit about business coaching (at least how I see and do it). As a business coach, I help business owners take their ideas and put them into practice. We define steps they can take and ways to measure those steps. I also [...]