Entries Tagged 'Business Tips and Advice' ↓

Pitching is something an entrepreneur has to do quite a bit, so it can’t hurt to practice your pitch while exercising some great tips. With that in mind, take a look at this long but very informative blog post by Bill Reichert titled The Entrepreneur’s New Year’s Resolution: “I Will Fix My Pitch”.

Bill is part of Garage, a venture capital company, so he’s probably heard many pitches and knows what he’s talking about.

Business Intelligence Lowdown has posted an article titled Lessons from the Lemonade Stand: 101 Common Sense Management Tips. It’s a constructive read for improving your management style, not just of other people but of yourself, too.

Anita Campbell gives us a concise breakdown of a report done by Six Disciplines (PDF) on the top five traits of successful small businesses. These traits were collected by surveying 314 businesses, each with between 10 and 100 employees. A graph is included to demonstrate the point.

Many of these “secrets” are fairly obvious - it’s a no brainer that a strong business needs traits such as strong leadership, quality talent, and a disciplined approach to their business. One that did catch me off guard, however, was “effective use of trusted relationships.” Read Anita’s summary or the report to see what that means.

Regardless of whether or not these traits are obvious, the Six Disciplines report provides some tips for increasing your performance in these areas. Perhaps some of these tips can help improve the way you do business.