by admin | Aug 8, 2016 | Back to Basics, Blog, Business, Economy, Finance, How It Works, Uncategorized
Business owners are all too often facing repercussions from conditions beyond their control, yet the ritual of planning has to go on – Looking at the future with a bias of the present. Plan – Strategy – Review is the mantra I encourage as discipline to balance...
by Step-Up Finance (Business) | Apr 5, 2011 | Blog, Business, Economy, Finance, Financial Markets, Market Update, Miscellaneous, Monthly Musings, News, Newsletter, Noteworthy News, Uncategorized
Question Time Your starter for 10 – Can you describe your business in one sentence? 1. As a business owner, do you understand what your defining DNA is? 2. Do your customers or clients understand it? If you can’t describe your business in one short sentence,...
by Step-Up Finance (Business) | Jun 9, 2010 | Blog, Business, Economy, Finance, Financial Markets, Management, Miscellaneous, Uncategorized
‘Pile it high and sell it cheap’ is the well known model for Tesco founder Cohen and, when the market changed, they changed their model, and kept on changing. Further changes, arguably in response to consumer demand after Sir Terry Leahy arrived, continued. Such...
by Step-Up Finance (Business) | May 25, 2010 | Blog, Business, Economy, Finance, Miscellaneous, Outside the Box, Uncategorized
Mooo-ve Over: Business Strategy. Stand still and silently watch the world go by – and it will. A wonderful thing to do but ill advised for businesses as, to be able to stand on your own two feet, business needs to keep moving. By complementing the core, the...