FacebookTwitterLinkedinPinterestPrintemailNot everyone is a natural salesperson. Salespeople come and go in companies because they will either sink or swim. If you love sales, are able to stay organized, believe in your product and are urgent to make that sale happen, then you’ll do well. The salespeople that are lacking these qualities tend to fail miserably. […]
Growing a Business
These Are the People You Need on Your Startup Team
FacebookTwitterLinkedinPinterestPrintemailNew ventures, especially tech startups, have a character of their own. Often the leader is brilliant and quirky and the team is passionate and driven. This is one reason that the Zuckerberg centered movie “The Social Network” made more than $200 million. Neither stereotype nor formula, putting together a team with the right personality traits […]
Seven Steps to Start a Consulting Business
FacebookTwitterLinkedinPinterestPrintemailThe baby boomer generation has been discussed, dissected and debated since its emergence in the mid-1940s. Seventy-six million strong, the group was the center of a new youth-oriented America with changing social norms, new suburbs, and growing modernizations and opportunities. Boomers have also dominated the American workforce. As they reach the winter of their careers, […]
Coming Soon from Chart Your Course: Build Your Business Boot Camp!
FacebookTwitterLinkedinPinterestPrintemail Build Your Business Boot Camp My new Build Your Business Boot Camp will cover a comprehensive list of ways business owners, consultants, trainers and entrepreneurs can begin building and growing their business. As a BOOT CAMP participant, you will learn how to: Create a brand and choose the right business framework Generate leads and […]
Four Ways to Grow Your Business
FacebookTwitterLinkedinPinterestPrintemailWhile many economic indicators have pointed to the economy’s recovery, small businesses are still feeling the pinch. According to a May 2013 survey from email marketing company Constant Contact, 59 percent of small businesses say running their business is harder today than it was five years ago. Plus more than half say the bad economy […]
Futren’s Strategies for Employee Retention
FacebookTwitterLinkedinPinterestPrintemailBusinesses in the hospitality and food and beverage industries face many challenges. They ride the ups and downs of the economy more closely than the healthcare, government, or high-tech sectors, and average two to three times the rate of employee turnover, according to 2012 numbers from the Society for Human Resource Management. One small business […]
