Strategic-Planning  

Business counseling fees can be extremely expensive and not knowing where to turn for business advice can be a significant waste of valuable time. That is why there are 80 Business Information Centers (BICs) in the United States and over 1,100 Small Business Development Centers (SBDCs). Not only do they ...read more

On 1 January 2007 all BVI companies formed under the Old Act (International Business Companies Act (Cap 291)) will be automatically re-registered under the New Act (BVI Business Companies Act 2004). There is an opportunity to re-register under the New Act during 2007. This means that it will ...read more

In an age of mass differentiation and low cost chic, there has never being a worse time to be stuck in the middle. Consumers are abandoning mid-range products in their droves, often opting for cheaper alternatives and saving up to buy the occasional luxury. At one end of the scale ...read more

Potential clients need to be evaluated for their ability to become steady clients. It's ok to pick up clients who you will see once or twice a year. When you are starting out, however, you need to build up a clientele of steady customers. These steady customers will ...read more

There is nothing linear about growth. We like to think of it that way when we do our planning; we look out over the next five years and think about how we can push the growth rate from 5% a year, where it is now, to 10% a year, or ...read more

Lead generation is the lifeblood of any small business. Without leads you don't get new business. Without new business you go away. It's as simple as that.

Being the best at what you do does not counts for very much if you don't know how to consistently generate new leads. Think ...read more

It’s not easy to get detailed, updated information about your competitors: their strengths, weaknesses, and current practices; or about organizations that are engaging in certain endeavors that are relevant to what you think you may be doing in the future.

You can speak to their former employees and pore over every ...read more

A consultant is a professional who provides expert advice in a particular area of expertise such as IT, management, marketing, or finance etc. Consultants identify companies' marketing or business needs, and they help companies improve their performance and profitability by analyzing existing business problems and developing future strategies. They help ...read more

Problems with staffing and retention may not be due to bad hires or a low unemployment rate. In fact, they may be related to poor management insight by not recognizing your employees as a core competency in your business strategy. Although employees may not fit the strictest definition of a ...read more

I recently completed 2 weeks of jury service and it’s an interesting and fascinating experience. Obviously I can’t tell you about specific cases but I do have some thoughts on the process of being part of a jury.

In my first week, I was the foreman of our jury and that ...read more