Week of January 16th Tips, Information and Strategies

BriefCase Radio Workshop

January 15, 2012

Food for Thought:  Recipes for Success

Resource & Topic:  Plotting Your Plan for the New Year

Chef Casey Jenkins
Darker Than Blue Cafe

Entrepreneur's Mindset:  self improvement strategies to help us become better entrepreneurs

Resource & Topic:  Boosting Your Self Esteem in Business

Dr. Stan Cosby
Cosby & Associates Training Worldwide

E employ rituals; train  your dreams
S self confidence
T team building  time and task master
E ethics
E execute and evaluate
M mindset

Balanced W.O.M.E.N.
Resources to help women entrepreneurs and women in leadership positions develop winning outcomes!

Resources:

Betty J. Hines
Business Builder LLC
http://www.bettyhinesbusinessbuilder.com

Marsha Firestone, PhD
Women Presidents' Organization


The Game Plan

Next Week's BriefCase Radio Workshop includes strategies and information from our segments:   Psychology of business, Government Business and Entrepreneurship in the Community

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EBA (Entrepreneur's Business Advice)

Random Entrepreneur's Tips

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Your Wants vs Marketplace Needs

Calvin Harris Jr., CPA

Harvin Consulting

www.harvinconsulting.com

Using this tip

1. Conduct a survey on your current customer's needs                    www.surveymonkey.com & http://www.checkbox.com/forums/seeking-survey-assistance/19-12-tips-conducting-effective-surveys.html  
2. Read
   What Customers Want: Using Outcome-Driven Innovation to Create Breakthrough Products and Services by Anthony W. Ulwick
3. Determine whether you need to modify current product offers with your internal and external team 

Let us know how you are using Entrepreneur's Business Advice.

Do you have tips that other entrepreneur's should know?

Send email to omar@improveandprogress.com

 

Idea Bank for the Week

Record keeping

What did you do with the last receipt that you paid, lets say, gasoline?  Did you file it away in a box with other receipts, record the transaction (only for business purposes), or did you even get a receipt?  Record keeping plays a major part in building the financial reports for your business.  These reports (balance sheet, income statement, payroll) can play a major role when reporting to federal, government and local taxing authorities. The Entrepreneur Network http://www.tenonline.org/art/bsr.html is a good resource for understanding record keeping for entrepreneurs. Quickbooks http://quickbooksonline.intuit.com/ offers free online accounting software for businesses.

On the Web

http://www.entrepreneur.com/calculators/cashflowcalculator.html

Keep Tabs on Your Cash Flow

This cash calculator shows you how sales, credit and collections, payables and receivables, carrying inventory, and rapid growth can absorb your business' money.

 

BookShelf

 

The Invisible Touch: The Four Keys to Modern Marketing by Harry Beckwith

This is a business book, but one that everyone who works for a living should read. Pick any page, and you'll find insights that could make you a better teacher, a better salesperson, a better employee in any trade. Beckwith drives home the idea that we're all in the business of marketing ourselves, and we're in that business every waking hour.