Tom Broughton is a banker unlike any other. For starters, bankers at his bank, ServisFirst make house calls. That’s right. They come to you.
Their entire premise is based upon providing banking services and experience designed completely around the small-business owner. What a concept.
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Tags: Entrepreneurship · Smart Start-Up · Finance and Fundraising
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Tags: Links and Updates
It’s long been reported that only 5% of businesses survive long-term, and the other 95% go under. If you’ve ever wondered what factors determined who rises to the top 5%, wait no more.
We’ve just launched our brand-new audio newsletter Better Business Bullets. It’s a monthly in-depth tell-all of specific, actionable things successful companies do, which you can model for your business.
Plus you’ll get to hear my goofy voice. Get the Bullets here.
Tags: General · Entrepreneurship · Leadership · Marketing Strategy · Smart Start-Up · Explosive Growth · Automated Operations · Meaningful Mission
From time to time, I’ll compile links to resources you can use to better plan, build, or run your business. This installment contains links of tools that can help you with Automating Operations, specifically communication.
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Tags: Automated Operations · Resource Links
Barry Moltz is a little crazy. As a serial entrepreneur and angel investor for the last 15 years, he’s seen a great deal of success and failure - and lived to tell about it. In his book, You Need To Be A Little Crazy, he debunks the myths of business startups by telling the truth; you have to be a crazy to start a business.
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Tags: Entrepreneurship · Books · Smart Start-Up
There are many start-up paths an entrepreneur can take when seeking funding, but I consistently recommend only 1…
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Tags: Entrepreneurship · Smart Start-Up
Most mission statements are completely useless. Complete with homages to all cogs in the wheel of commerce and insider industry jargon that most people cannot pronounce, much less understand, they make little sense and add nothing of value to the organization.
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Tags: Management · Entrepreneurship · Leadership · Meaningful Mission
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Some business owners refer to their companies lovingly as “2nd marriages”. When an entrepreneur hasn’t learned the ways of designing a self-sufficient business, the venture begin to take precedence over all else, and before long your business owns you.
For some people, their business is their life. They have become a slave to their creation, and they. Proper perspective on this problem is key to solving it.
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Tags: Uncategorized · Leadership · Books · Mindset Resets · Automated Operations
As, entrepreneurs, we spend much of our time envisioning ways to bring new ideas and solutions into the world. We spend considerable personal resources and energy to realize those visions. And we reap considerable rewards as our endeavors succeed.
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Tags: Meaningful Mission