Improve your approach to the business and people. Strengthen and add skills and best practices. Maintain focus on getting the right things done. Learn the power of saying "No". Get the most out of meetings. Manage the business by the numbers and stay fact-centered. You will learn to be a better manager.

Learn more about how you can improve your management skills here.

Plans for use to seek funding from Friends & Family, Banks, Equity. Or, a plan to get everyone on the same page to drive the business forward.

Build models - Pro Forma Profit & Loss, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow, Pricing, Sales Forecasting. Simple, powerful tools for planning and progress reporting. Retool existing data to be more useful in managing your business.

Creating your first, or next, product or service requires a team effort and as much direct customer input as possible. Getting these inputs with as much focus at the very outset of conceptualizing the product or service cuts down on the time and money required to build the initial minimal viable product.

The methodologies available to structure and control product development are well developed. But, they need to be deployed, otherwise your development process will be chaotic, expensive and time consuming on the way to frustrating experiences with customers.

Develop clear market and target customer objectives. Create a compelling value statement and brand. Structure your sales process to capture more sales. Be sure never to loose any of your existing customers through lack of attention.

Creating and maintaining the core team is a critical task in any business at any phase: start-up, small, medium, and large.

Launch a campaign to attract the right amount of money from the right sources at the right time.

Build sound business processes that are in control, provide the right qualities, and at the right cost.

In the end, the people who work for you are your most important resource. Selecting and developing your employees is your most important task, the critical variable that you can control. On occasion you also need to know when it is time to prune.

Most businesses require supplies and support from numerous 3rd party companies. Selecting, developing, and managing these relationships is always important, sometimes critical to the success of your company.

Fortunately there is a wealth of best practices that can be applied to assure that vendors and suppliers meet your needs in cost, quality and timeliness.