WITH PROPER CARE, YOUR EMPLOYEE WILL BLOSSOM
by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog
No matter what business you think you are in, you wind up in the personnel management business. Your first hires will require a great deal of your time and energy with no guarantees. Your way may conflict with their previous way of doing things. For the most part,... SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS-TO-BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS ARE BASED ON YOUR CLIENT’S SUCCESS
by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog
We often hear, “Oh, we’re B2B (business-to-business), so we don’t have to worry about customers at the general public level.” The fact is, you do. It is an erroneous assumption that B2B is somehow insulated from the source of most income, the general public. If your... PLAY YOUR CARDS RIGHT!
by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog
With all the challenges your small start-up faces, you still hold some impressive cards. If you play them right, you can have the winning hand! You face all the challenges of cash flow management, distribution management and personnel management, not to mention the... YOUR BRAND HAS MORE THAN ONE PURPOSE
by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog
By focusing on your customer, and not your big time competitors, your small start-up has the opportunity to address the market with creative and relevant products. In this series we have examined some of the powerful advantages of being small, undercapitalized and... MAKE YOUR SIZE WORK FOR YOU
by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog
This is the second installment in a four-part series designed to encourage small start-ups by recognizing some of their inherent advantages. Small start-ups face a myriad of challenges. They are undercapitalized, unproven and have no market traction. They are up...