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Do you manage your business based on your financial information?
Financial management is, for most business owners, something that is never done well or at all. Knowing your numbers has been the take home lesson for a lot of the contestants on the Mnet Shark [...]
Questions to ask your accountant
As a business owner, how often do you chat to your accountant about the financial management of your business? When you do, what do you chat about? Here are some key questions to ask then at your [...]
Show me the Money
We see too often how entrepreneurs and business owners are tripped up in their presentations when asked about the money side of their business. We just do not seem to have a good grip on [...]
How Legal is your Business?
If you were asked today to produce all your companies registration papers, latest Tax certificate, staff contracts, health and safety compliance and a BBBEEE certificate, how long would it take to get these copied and [...]
The 3 P’s of your back office
Getting your business defined is not just about the products and sales pipelines: you also need to define very clear processes, procedures and policies that will govern how your business is run when you are [...]
Do you have an effective sales funnel?
This is week 8 in the 90-day business sprint and this week we speak all things sales and marketing. Last week we chatted a bit about the internal marketing and getting the message right inside [...]
Internal Marketing
What do you do to market your business internally? Marketing your business always starts from the internal. It always starts with how you view yourself and how you view your business. Your business starts with [...]
Building your Strategic Network
We are not able to run and rule the world alone: not even our own lives. We do need others who offer support, counsel, and services to areas that we are not proficient at. These [...]