Posts Tagged ‘business’

Hope you had an awesome weekend! What a better way to start the new week than by choosing your attitude. Attitudes are infectious and something that you have full control over. Check out this article at “Blog Business World” and have blessed week — Brian

“Attitude change: Declare a Positive Week”

Business owners and managers experience much doom and gloom in the course of a working day. Confronted by the news with tragedy of every sort, finding marketing and other business problems of all kinds, and facing the usual employee frustrations, many entrepreneurs and managers want to throw up their hands and surrender. Instead of falling into dismay, it’s time to declare a company Positive Week.read more…

“The plans of the diligent lead to profit, as surely as haste leads to poverty” — Proverbs 21:5

It’s absolutely amazing how many small business owners I’ve spoken with over the years did not have a business plan, much less a marketing plan; unfortunately many of them are no longer in business. A business plan is much more than a “packet of information for the bank.” A well researched and written business plan is a road map on how your business is going to turn a profit. Your business plan should include, as a minimum:

• Strategic Plan
• Marketing Plan
• Financial Plan
• Executive Summary

There are a plethora of resources and templates for writing a business plan, but they are only as good as the research that you put behind them. One of the best resources I have found is the local community college. Many of them offer classes, such as Entrepreneurship, which focus on developing a business plan. — Brian

Brian Parton
Owner/Publisher
Coffee News of So. Mississippi