Posts belonging to Category 'Competive Marketplace'

Running Your Small Business Like a Well-Oiled Machine

I’ll never forget it. I had started a company, and one by one we grew it until we had thirty employees. So there I was, speaking with one of the managers about some daily documentation. I had noticed there were some redundant entries. Clearly a waste of our precious time. “Why are you doing it [...]

Operating a Scaled Maid Service Enterprise

We started a house cleaning company in Denver five years ago with zero maid service customers and zero maid service employees. Denver Concierge has since grown to become one of the largest purely residential, independently-owned, maid service companies in the US. We avoided becoming mired in mediocrity, because we ignored the house cleaning industry’s babble, [...]

Build on the Business Model Solutions You Provided First to Expand Your Strength

Almost all business people work long hours and are dedicated to their work. Yet some achieve great benefits from their efforts while others are simply holding the line. What are the lessons of this differential success for those who are working on business model innovation?
Let’s start with an analogy. Have you ever watched water break [...]

Small Business Funding Tips and Ideas

When you’re ready to start a small business, the best first step you can take is to find funding for that business. One of the biggest reason 95% of businesses fail in the first one to five years is due to lack of funding. So getting funds from somewhere can be critical to your small [...]