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As a business owner, you know what it’s like to lie awake at 2 a.m. Maybe it has happened when you are excited and full of new ideas for your business. More often, it’s because you are worried about issues you will face the next day. Sometimes, it’s because you just woke up with the solution to a problem. I’ve experienced all those emotions about my businesses over the years. Awake at 2 o’clock? is where I share them with you, and hopefully help with answers that will let you sleep.
John F. Dini
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Your business is your life’s work. What comes next?
Your Exit Map: Navigating the Boomer Bust, combines humor and real owner stories, to help you understand your exit options, protect what you’ve built, and plan your next chapter.
How prepared are you to exit your company?
The Assessment breaks down the four major categories of exit readiness; Finance, Planning, Operations and Revenue/Profit.
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Why a Coach?
I had a special session with my business coach yesterday. That’s unusual. Typically we meet just once a month to cover my goals and objectives, and see if I am on track. This time we met for the specific purpose … Continue reading
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Instant, perfectly targeted marketing.
I’m finalizing my speaker panel for our Fall seminar series. This season we are concentrating on marketing and sales. The recession is over, but no one can feel the “recovery.” If you are waiting for things to be busy again, you … Continue reading
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Whose fault is it?
In small business, we tend to give out titles with aplomb. You can be a manager. You’re a director. You are a vice president. When there are few levels to differentiate between, it seems meaningless to attach a lot of … Continue reading
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Mission, Vision and Values: Weighing in on the Definition War
The other day during a continuing education class, the old argument came up again. “These are the kind of things that belong in a company’s Vision Statement,” the instructor said. “I thought they were Mission Statement kind of things,” replied … Continue reading
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As a business we have explored all of these as well …and most recently, like Monday revisited them. We mused about listing our values and principles on our website…and then there is part of us that says Actions speak louder than words…In the South it is popular to decribe someone and note that they are a "good christian". This always struck me as odd, in that if you have to proclaim it all the time, it must not be clear or in alignment with the persons actions. I think is is great to write all of this down and to reflect on it and review it for alignment but I am not so sure these statements aren't just glossed over by the public as propaganda/marketing machine …I will have to experience it for myself.
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I Guess I are One…Finally!
I just read Malcolm Gladwell’s book “Outliers.” Like The Tipping Point and Blink before it, he gives a very readable and fresh insight into things you thought you knew, or kind of thought you knew but never really applied logic to, … Continue reading
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I have to wonder whether 10,000 hours really is the magic number. Each of us has a different hunger for knowledge and a varying commitment to learn and grow. Some get 5,000 hours of experience and will truly become proficient at their task whereas some will get 1 hours experience 10,000 times and never master anything.
Really great info, i like what i read.