EMyth on CNNMoney.com
Ask the Fortune Magazine experts for guidance about how to handle small business growth and what will they say? They'll tell you to read the E-Myth Revisited.
Business Systems
The right systems set your company up to thrive—even when you're not there.
The technician's addiction
This EMyth notion of "working on it not in it" has to be – by far – the most unanimously embraced concept and seemingly, the most elusive. I would go so far as to say that it is the number one reason business owners from around the globe attend a training here in the Sonoma wine country to work on their business ...
A client's perspective
Several times a year, we offer public seminars for small business owners ready and willing to work strategically on their business in a supportive environment here in the Sonoma wine country. I have been involved with these events the last few years and am consistently inspired by the entrepreneurs I meet. Their d...
How to design a sales process that converts
What’s more important to you? A one-time purchase, or a customer with a long-term relationship with your business? Customers-for-life is the strategy and the hope behind all great brands.
How to view your business as the product
My client, Terry, always had a hard time finding the right time for our meetings. No matter when we scheduled our calls, Terry was anxious that five people would be sitting around doing nothing if he wasn't available to take sales calls and assign them. There were only so many hours in the day. Those hours transla...
Is your business built to sell?
If you ever want to sell your business, you need a plan. Depending on the size of your business, proper strategic exit planning can take anywhere from 1 to 7 years to do right.
The secret perk of being a business coach
I've been working with a client who was struggling with self-organization and time-management. After our last meeting, he took it upon himself to create a weekly list and make note of all of the different projects, initiatives, conversations, and people that he was avoiding in his business that built up during the...
UPS makes the right turn
On any given day, UPS delivers 15.8 million packages and documents around the world. Their delivery fleet consists of 93,637 package cars, vans, tractors and motorcycles. Those signature brown UPS trucks are everywhere! You can’t help but notice them on the road. But here’s something you may not have noticed: UPS ...