1. Finding Your Most Valuable Customers
Discovering your most valuable customers
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Increasing business with MVCs
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2. Setting Fees and Prices
Setting prices for services and products
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Knowing when to raise or lower prices
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3. Solving Problems
Identifying areas for improvement
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Solving problems with the SAM Cycle
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4. Working with Family and Friends
Establishing guidelines with family and friends
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Managing family and friends
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5. Creating a Business Plan
Exploring the elements of a simple plan
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Reviewing and using a single-page business plan
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6. Starting a Hobby Business
Considering the leap from passion to business
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Making the transition to full-time business owner
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7. Discovering Your Most Valuable Service or Product
Finding your most valuable service or product
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Dropping your least valuable service or product
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8. Bootstrapping Your Business
Launching a business with little or no money
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Operating on a shoestring budget
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9. Creating Culture
Determining your company vision
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Building company values
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10. Getting Organized
Managing your time
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Tracking expenses and receipts
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11. Marketing with Social Media
Deciding on your channels
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Crafting a multi-platform message
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12. Business Entities and Compensation
Business Entities and Compensation
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Determining your pay as owner
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13. Small Business Accounting
Understanding small business accounting
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Reading a financial report (P&L and Balance Sheet)
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14. Finding Your Marketing Message
Refining your message
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Testing and tracking performance
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15. Documenting Business Systems
Leveraging documentation to increase efficiency
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Creating single-page documentation
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16. Balancing Work and Life
Focusing both at home and at work
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Rewarding yourself along the way
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17. Increasing Sales in Your Business
Understanding the role of sales in small business success
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Developing your sales system
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18. Testing Whether You Have an Idea or a Business
Separating ideas from viable business opportunities
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Testing your business concept
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19. Hiring Service Providers
Finding the right tasks to outsource
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Selecting and hiring vendors
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20. Hiring Employees
Crafting a job and pay range
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Interviewing candidates
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21. Motivating Employees
Discovering what truly motivates people
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Developing people and paths
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22. Seeking Capital
Crafting your pitch
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Finding funding opportunities
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23. Working With Difficult Customers
Working through complaints
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Helping customers who aren't right for your business
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24. Letting Employees Go
Determining when to part ways
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Making a smooth transition
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25. Generating New Sales Leads
Generating sales leads offline
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Generating sales leads online
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26. Maintaining Focus as a Business Owner
Staying productive each day
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Avoiding opportunity traps
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27. Thinking Like An Entrepreneur
Adopting an attitude of abundance
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Getting rich your own way
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28. Dealing with Competition in Business
Viewing your competitors productively
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Making the most of business competition
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29. Avoiding Blind Spots
Using the entrepreneur's mirror
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Getting guidance outside of your business
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30. Creating a Customer Experience
Seeing your business through your customer's eyes
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Using the five senses to create an experience
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31. Networking for Small Business
Understanding the power of networking
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Making the most of networking opportunities
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32. Building Accountability into your Small Business Culture
Understanding the basics of accountability in small business
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Correcting employees when needed
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33. Dealing with Business Failures
Embracing the challenge of entrepreneurship
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Moving past business failures
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34. Improving Sales Systems
Working with scripts to improve sales
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Utilizing best practices to close more deals
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35. Giving Back
Understanding why charitable causes are critical for business
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Determining which cause is right for your business
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36. Setting Goals for Small Business
Simplifying the goal-setting process
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Measuring your success
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37. Channeling Your Motivation
Why you deserve success
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Maintaining confidence as a business owner
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38. Building a Small Business Exit Strategy
The importance of an exit strategy
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Exit strategy options
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39. Building Customer Loyalty
The role of customer loyalty
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Building a customer loyalty strategy
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40. Building Employee Loyalty
Understanding the role of employee loyalty
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Building an Employee Loyalty Strategy
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41. Structuring a Small Business
Building a basic organization chart
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Avoiding common small-business-structure mistakes
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42. Branding Your Small Business
Crafting your company story
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Getting publicity with the authority ladder
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43. Dispelling Big-Business Illusions
Filtering the big-business perspective
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Competing with big businesses
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44. Understanding if Entrepreneurship Is Right for You
Avoiding common pitfalls of entrepreneurship
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Assessing your entrepreneurial readiness
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45. Managing Remote Employees
Understanding the costs and benefits of a remote workforce
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Leading from a distance
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46. Crowdfunding Your Business
Understanding crowdfunding
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Using best crowdfunding practices
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47. Cultivating Entrepreneurial Curiosity
Asking yourself powerful questions
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Enlisting employees and customers in innovation
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48. Growing into a Mature Business
Considering future leadership needs
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Putting it all together
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Customer_Experience_Walkthrough.zip
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Authority_Ladder.zip
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Organization_Chart.zip
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Entrepreneur_Mirror.zip
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Five_Senses.zip
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Most_Valuable_Position.zip
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Position_Agreement_Template.zip
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Harvest_Worksheet.zip
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Templates_For_Systems.zip
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Finding_Your_Marketing_Message.zip
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Company_Vision_And_Values.zip
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Most_Valuable_Customers.zip
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Most_Valuable_Service.zip
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Single_Page_Plan.zip
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Solving_Problems_SAM_Cycle.zip
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