The worst thing about your business not being efficient is the opportunity cost the loss of other things you could be doing with the time. If your business is inefficient, you are effectively wasting time doing things that could be done quicker, this time could be spent on a myriad of [...]
It's lonely at the top – running a business is not a common position. In their work-life, most people have a boss or a manager who can guide them and give them the benefit of their wisdom. When you are the owner and manager, there isn't anyone there to bounce ideas [...]
How often do you stop and ask yourself where your business is going? If it is regularly, then you are in the minority. So many business owners plod along doing the same thing without ever actually taking the time to think about where the business is going. Many business owners don’t [...]
We know of lots of small business owners that live their work. That isn’t a shock. When you are the sole person responsible for making sure that your business is doing what it is meant to be doing, it is very hard, if not impossible, to switch off. And can you [...]
A simple fact of life – good things happens to the organised, bad things happen to the disorganised. Have you ever noticed that the best tables in the restaurants, the best seats at the cinema and the best days out are enjoyed by the people who get organised, who book it [...]
Most business owners are motivated to run a business because of the money. They want to provide for their families, build a better life and put away something for their retirement. The businesses finances are key to everything; the numbers need to add up to make it work. The problem arises [...]
It's quite difficult for us to get a handle on what business owners think of their accountants, but over the years, we have picked up on some general themes. Many business owners think of their accountants as either: The police/headmaster making sure you don't do anything wrong Mentors or guides to [...]
Cash is a problem for any business. The two main issues are either a lack of It or too much of it. If you are suffering a lack of cash in your business, you probably think having too much is not a problem, but it is still a problem just a [...]
Growing businesses need people. You only have 1 pair of hands, and unless you want to spend all of your time bogged down in admin and firefighting problems, you will need people (whether employees or subcontractors) to do all of the things that you either do not have time to do or [...]
It’s become quite the business buzzword, “VA”. But what exactly is a Virtual Assistant? In simple terms, they are multi-skilled, solution finding administrators who have ninja-like skills when it comes to multi-tasking. They are flexible, they are skilled, they are efficient, and they are virtual. So not only can they serve [...]
