CEO, Owners

4 Steps To Successfully Bring A Product To Market

For a small business, it can seem like a dream come true when a major retailer says they want to stock your product on their shelves or list it on their website. Part of making this dream a reality is the process of uniquely identifying those products for trade on a mass scale.

Often The Small Things Make a Big Difference

While Americans celebrate thinking big in business, it is often the “small” things that bring success.

John Oechsle, President and CEO of Swiftpage offers a few “small” tips every small business can incorporate or build on that are not only simple but are easy to implement on a budget: 

Small Business Leaders Need To Remain Open To Possibilities

“The future belongs to those who see the possibilities before they become obvious.”

To learn how small business leaders can devote part of their working day to this task, John Sculley, former CEO of Apple and Pepsi, has written a book offering a step-by-step approach.

The book, “Moonshot!” assists in the eye opening of possibility seekers.

Sculley has been an entrepreneur for over twenty years since his leaving Apple. He says now is the most interesting time to be an entrepreneur, due to the era of major technologies, analytics, internet, cell phones, etc.

A Mask For Ill-Occasions Offers Protection, Style

Achoo! In the airplane, the bus or around the new baby, it is the sound of germs spraying out of the mouths of the sick onto innocent bystanders.

In most cases, there are no tissues or masks in sight; no means of protection.

Jody Vitelli, CEO and founder of Tutem Mask, says “she felt passionate and indignant about the lack of movement to change this, so she took matters into her own hands.

As she explains, “beginning in 2012, I set out on a mission to develop and manufacture a fun-looking mask that would diminish the stigma behind wearing it.”

Five Steps For More Effective Family Business Transitions

“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.”

According to Stephen Sayre and Mark Weisbard of law firm Dykema, this well-worn adage applies in spades to successfully exiting or transitioning a family-owned business.  Whether an owner is considering a sale or intergenerational transfer in the near or distant future, there are five important steps every owner should take today to make the transition -- whenever it ultimately occurs – smoother and more profitable:

Online Rental Application Program Reduces Time, Costs, Errors

Surveys have shown that accepting and screening rental applications is one of the most time consuming parts of managing a commercial real estate enterprise.  It is even more time consuming for smaller "mom-and-pop" operations with less than 20 rental units.

Selling Your Small Business Requires A Different Set Of Management Tools, Focus

Business owners should stick to what they know best – running their businesses – and leave it to the professionals when trying to sell their enterprises.

Inventors Can Showcase Products, Ideas On New Website

Showcasing an invention or idea while still protecting the intellectual properties from theft is a continuing problem for smaller firms.  A possible solution is being offered on new web site that helps inventors protect their ideas from theft, while at the same time showcases their creations to potential investors and buyers.

The Top 11 Issues Facing Small Business Leaders In 2011

The New Year ushers in a series of new regulatory, compliance, and legislative changes that affect every small business. Paychex, Inc., a provider of payroll, human resource, and benefits outsourcing solutions for small- to medium-sized businesses, offers these 11 issues that they believe small businesses need to know about in 2011.

Four Keys to Extracting Maximum Value From Consultants

Every year, billions of dollars are spent on consultants that organizations hire with the goal of achieving greater levels of business performance.

Too often, these consultants produce underwhelming results for overwhelming fees.

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