Planning and Managing for Growth
Three Years to Freedom: Building a Successful Exit/Options Strategy for Business Owners in Three Years
Guest Article by Ryan Lewis of Flagline Strategy and Opportunity Knocks Board Member It’s 2023. If you are 40 or older like myself, we’ve had quite the professional career. 3 recessions, 1 pandemic, countless innovations that have turned industries upside down, and so many other externalities have made stability a
How to Know When It’s Time to Rebrand: A Case Study of the Rebrand of Rooted Homes
A brand is the face and personality of a business, and because “you never get a second chance at a first impression,” it is important to nail down your brand identity and make a lasting impression on your audience from the first interaction. But what if you don’t nail it?
Eight Traits of Strategic Thinkers
Strategy. It’s coming up with a plan, and then choosing to move forward with it. What makes it “strategy” is the follow through–turning a wish list or a vision into actionable items that can be achieved. We know from experience that strategic planning means making goals that are SMART (Specific,
Let go and grow your business
In this article by OK facilitator Eric Meade, learn what it means to be a true leader in your company. “As your company grows and matures, only through awareness, letting go, delegating and monitoring will it actually thrive.” Click to read more…
Essentials for Successful Annual Strategic Planning
Every company should have a clear road map of where it is going. Does yours? This blog articulates clearly how to set-up strategic planning for success, define your non-negotiables and how to put it all into action. Read more….
How to get what you want, when you want it!
Welcome to 2016! This is YOUR year! What do you want to accomplish this year? In reflecting upon the past year, how can you do things differently for a better outcome this year? These are some of the questions I anticipate on New Year’s Eve and I’m eager to answer
Does Your Community Have an Entrepreneur-Friendly Ecosystem? Mine Does.
Fifteen years ago the State of Oregon hired me to start nine “peer advisory board” organizations for small business owners in various communities around our state. Over the course of the following two years I coaxed 60,000 miles out of my trusty Jeep, met a lot of interesting folks, and
Who Needs Cloud Computing?
If you develop and test your own applications, provide a web-based service, or host customer websites, you need a server. But, building your own server rack can be daunting—and expensive. Hardware costs alone can be astronomical. Power and cooling costs can quickly skyrocket out of control. And, once you purchase
