by Suhas | Jun 25, 2015 | Blog, Developing Your Business, Starting Your Business
A Step-by-Step Approach to Surviving and Thriving By Caron Beesley Entrepreneur and founder of The Body Shop Anita Roddick once said: “Nobody talks about entrepreneurship as survival, but that’s exactly what it is and what nurtures creative thinking.” The...
by Suhas | Jun 17, 2015 | Blog, Developing Your Business, Starting Your Business
By Caron Beesley The United States loves small businesses – it’s official! That’s according to a survey by the Pew Foundation which found that 71 percent of Americans view small business more favorably than any other institutions, including religious organizations....
by Suhas | Feb 8, 2015 | Article, Blog, Developing Your Business, Oetken, Starting Your Business, Thinking about Business
“The customer is always right.” “We have to take care of the customer no matter what.” “The customer focused business is a successful business.” We’ve all heard or probably said those things. Have you ever had a customer that you were always happy to see and were...
by Suhas | Jan 20, 2015 | Article, Blog, Developing Your Business, Oetken, Starting Your Business, Thinking about Business
Scientists studying habits in people have noticed some interesting things. If a person repeats a behavior over the course of 3-4 weeks the behavior becomes ingrained as a habit. While we form habits somewhat unconsciously in most instances, there is usually a loop of...
by Suhas | Dec 15, 2014 | Article, Blog, Developing Your Business, Oetken, Starting Your Business
Entrepreneurs are optimists. Otherwise, why take the risk to go into business? The downside: when the entrepreneur is planning her business, the optimism translates into the classic “hockey stick” explosive growth that few businesses can hope to achieve. Growing a...
by Suhas | Nov 24, 2014 | Article, Blog, Developing Your Business, Oetken, Starting Your Business
The goal of every business leader is to grow the business or organization. Right? Sales solve all problems. Right? If I could just increase sales by 10% or just find that next big contract all my problems would be solved. Right? Well, maybe. What many business leaders...
