Why Six Sigma Will Work in Healthcare

If ever there were an industry where we want zero defects, it's healthcare. Patients, medical professionals, and healthcare administrators all want mistakes eliminated and quality and efficiency improved. Although most industries have undergone some type of data-supported, systematic, quality-improvement process, healthcare still has not. Medical and technological advances continue to... Read More

Financing Business Expansion for Your Small Company

How you finance the expansion of your business is important. Borrowing and understanding the consequences of borrowing for your financing is extremely important. If you are going to borrow the money to finance the expansion of your business, you need to make sure that you are not going to get... Read More

The Power of Strategic Thinking: Creating Meaningful Success

Too much goal setting and strategic planning can leave you feeling like you're working against the forces of nature; too little and you end up where you never intended to be-with a life or business that is bigger, smaller, or different than what you genuinely desire. Though getting you and... Read More

During the election we heard about Ohio?s Economy

Much of what we heard in the mass media about Ohio and the down and out economy was the fiction of spin-doctors of politics who wanted to oust the current sitting President. On further review and first hand observation and experience Cincinnati has people moving in and economic expansion. It... Read More

What is Your MSP?

For many consumers and producers, MSP is an acronym for Manufacturer's Suggested Price. Today, I would like you to consider a different definition for these commonly used letters ?Marketing, Sales and Profitability.In a previous article, "Do You Know and Plan for the 3-R's for Your Business" ( Ezine Article.com directory... Read More

Your Business: Will It Have A Happy Ending?

"Begin with the end in mind," says Stephen Covey in his book Seven Habits of Successful Living. Those who have created a successful business know it does not happen without planning, hard work, and a little luck. Yet most have no plans for leaving their business, ever.Entrepreneurs are optimists, but... Read More

In Business Planning, Competition is Good

When developing the competition section of your business plan, companies must define competition correctly, select the appropriate competitors to analyze, and explain its competitive advantages.To start, companies must align their definition of competition with investors. Investors define competition as any service or product that a customer can use to fulfill... Read More

10 Ways To Make Your Business Unique

1. Largest Selection -One way that you can make your product or service stand out is to offer the largest selection of products, services or programs. Example: Home Depot, E-Bay, Staples, Amazon.com2. Innovative Product -If you have a new product with a patent covering it or a service that others... Read More

Cost-cutting Essential to Maintaining Profits

Why cut costs now? Efforts are multiplying to cut costs wherever possible in order to achieve or preserve high profits. The resulting benefits for all of a company's employees should be obvious.It should be obvious, but sometimes it is not. One of the lessons of the Dot-Com debacle is that... Read More

Succession Planning for Business - 10 Key Points You Must Know

By cranking up others development to meet your business needs, big or small, not just for right now, but for the future, you will find payoffs, big-time. Here are a few ideas to get you started.Building Relationships By ensuring that you have informally built good relationships with every one of... Read More

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Business Plan Descriptions of Computer System

Entrepreneurs often give little if any consideration to their computer... Read More

Business Plan Financial Projections: Stop Worrying About Being Right...

Business plan financial projections seem daunting because they are so... Read More

Parking Business, the Details on Increasing Lot Revenue

If you are in the parking business and own or... Read More

Creating a Vision That Achieves Results

How important is a vision statement to your company or... Read More

Online Promotion: 10 Ways To Use Focus Groups To Ignite Your Profits

A focus group is a group of employees or current... Read More

Fail to plan... or Plan to FAIL??

Running a business, whether it be an offline multi-billion dollar... Read More

Is Your Company Growing Fast Enough for You?

Are you frustrated by the lack of growth in your... Read More

Urban Flight in Ohio

Many of Ohio's downtown areas are in need of upgrading... Read More

3 Ps of Planning - Prepare, Personalize, Pilot

Here's a really simple way to make sure your plans... Read More

10 Critical Facts to Put On the Cover of Your Business Plan...

In most business plans, no matter how striking the idea,... Read More

The Magic Of Exponential Business Growth

Is there a 'magical' way to exponentially grow your business?It's... Read More

5 Strategies That Will Boost Your Business Productivity Today! - Part 1

Building a dynamic small business is a constantly evolving, increasingly... Read More

Are You Aware of Planning in Business?

Human beings are rational agents. Rationality endorses one to take... Read More

Building a Better Brick-and-Mortar with the Billion-Dollar Web

More than $117 billion passed hands from Internet shoppers to... Read More

Breaking the Growth Barriers in the Information Technology and Software Sector

There's nothing automatic about corporate growth, particularly in the information... Read More

Attributes of Companies You Dont Want to Buy!

There are no "rules of thumb" in the pursuit of... Read More

Ten Steps To A Great Strategic Plan

Ask a small business owner about their strategic plan and... Read More

3 Undercover Ways to Make Big Profits from Your Competition

You have heard that there is extra money on the... Read More

Getting Started with Succession Planning: Part II

Succession planning requires the owner of a small or medium-sized... Read More

Resilience

I. INTRODUCTIONThe term resilience, which is of frequent use in... Read More

Strategy Without Tactics is Futile

From time to time there seems to be a flurry... Read More

Financing Business Expansion for Your Small Company

How you finance the expansion of your business is important.... Read More

Consolidation in the Software Industry is Hardly New: Obsess About It or Risk Losing it All

Some analysts credit [Larry] Ellison with anticipating the consolidation in... Read More

Rules to Setting Business Goals and Objectives: Why and How to be SMART

We all know that nothing runs without a plan, and... Read More

Invalid Excuses for Poor Business Results - Rising costs

Note to Northwest Airlines ? It's not about fuel costsFor... Read More

ERP Role in Selling Your Mid-size Business ? Microsoft Great Plains and CRM Example

If you own the mid-size business and actively work in... Read More

Pressure Washing Entrepreneurs Can Help With Government NPDES Permits

If you own a pressure washing business one of the... Read More

How Good Is a Business Plan To Your Business?

You know you need a business plan. You probably realize... Read More

What is a Shared Vision?

So what makes a vision successful? Everyday companies try to... Read More

Dotcom Business Plans Archive Project

One of the most important initiatives in the domain of... Read More

Turning On The Lights

Fun From The StartFor those with the will to start... Read More

Thinking Like A Farmer

One of the difficulties we face in our industrialized age... Read More

8 Ways to Earn More Without Working Harder

Conventional wisdom has it that there are only three ways... Read More