How To Kick Start Your Business And Double Your Profits

Written by Clifford Mee


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- Duringrepparttar breaks you'll find new ideas, thoughts and strategies will surface in your mind. The brain often makes new connections as you relax after a very focused session. Make sure you jot them down to record them. You'll find them invaluable. Don't neglect to do this, an unrecorded idea is usually lost forever.

(5) Set yourself a weekly income target. When you reach it, reward yourself how you like. You don't need to do any more prime action hours forrepparttar 103915 rest ofrepparttar 103916 week. Revise your weekly income target upwards at least every 90 days.

- Having a weekly target gives your prime action hours a specific goal to achieve. Purpose isrepparttar 103917 most important ingredient when it comes to action.

Remember you need to concentrate on other aspects of business like meetings, staff interaction, emails and phone calls etc. In some businesses it's realistic to do a maximum of five prime action hours each day without impacting too much onrepparttar 103918 other necessary parts ofrepparttar 103919 business.

Some people will only manage one prime action hour each day. That's okay. Over a year this will still amount to an enormous difference in income generation.

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Be Prepared When Business Investors Look Beyond The Numbers

Written by Michael Elia


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3) Manufacturing

* Outdate methods and processes. Your manufacturing and service methods and processes provide a quick indication of your ability to compete inrepparttar markets you serve and shift gears ifrepparttar 103914 business doesn't go as planned. Even if you're a start-up, business investors will want to knowrepparttar 103915 methods and processes you plan to use to manufacture your product or providerepparttar 103916 services you plan to offer.

* Rejects. If you are already in production, investors expect you to know your reject rates,repparttar 103917 problems causing them, andrepparttar 103918 quality controls you have in place. How you handle rejects is an important issue to business investors. Remember, rejects are not limited to only production rejects. They also include missed service calls, late deliveries, and other process failures.

* Just in time (JIT). Inventory is oftenrepparttar 103919 first place business owners and entrepreneurs get into trouble. Too much of it and you can quickly run out of cash; too little and you'll quickly start missing deliveries and losing customers. How well you manage inventory and understand it is a key strength business investors are looking for inrepparttar 103920 management team.

* Sales per employee. The measure of overall productivity is a good, simple benchmark investors can use to measure your historical or projected performance against other companies in your industry. Questions like: What is it that you plan to do differently than your competitors to allow you to userepparttar 103921 number of employees you use or plan to use? Why do you think you can earn more or less per employee thanrepparttar 103922 average for your industry?

4) Marketing

* Market share. Be ready to compare your expected market share or changes in it to your competitors. Remember to only measurerepparttar 103923 relevant markets you serve. Also, avoid justifying your market share by taking small percentages of extremely large markets. "Our projections only assume we get 1% of this billion dollar market" is one ofrepparttar 103924 most meaningless statements a business owner or entrepreneur can say.

* Trade shows. Investors will be interested inrepparttar 103925 activity and interest your company's booth generates at trade shows compared to your competition. Some may even want to attend and observerepparttar 103926 next trade show you attend. Be sure to take pictures, videos and conduct customer surveys to demonstrate and supportrepparttar 103927 interest and activity surrounding your booth.

* New products. What isrepparttar 103928 percentage of new products or services that generate future sales? How often will new products or services need to be introduced to maintain your market position? What is your success rate with new products and services?

Business investors are constantly trying to sniff out symptoms of trouble. It's important that you never mislead or deceive them. Most investors have extensive business experience and regularly see or have seen many different businesses and industries. The questions they ask often stem from their real world experiences. That's why it is important not to get defensive by their questioning.

Smart business owners and entrepreneurs takerepparttar 103929 time to tap into repparttar 103930 knowledge and questioning business investors have to offer to improve their business and prepare for other investor meetings.



Mike Elia is a chief financial officer and an advisor to venture capitalists and leverage buyout specialists. His business plan manual "Business Plan Secrets Revealed” (http://www.business-plan-secrets-revealed.com/business-plan-manual.html)shows how to make your business the most appealing investment choice. His free business plan guide is available at http://www.business-plan-secrets-revealed.com/free-business-plan-guide.html.


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