Business Topics and Counselor Advice
by Julianne Raymond
When individuals and colleagues decide to start their “own” businesses, there is a euphoria that sets in. As would-be entrepreneurs, they naturally get excited about the product or service they’ll sell, and actually often visualize themselves standing in their store or office before they’ve figured out how they’ll get there. Yet, if enthusiasm is an important ingredient to realizing your vision of a successful company, the process of creating a sound business plan is absolutely essential.
A Potpourri of Advice from Business Owners
As the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) marked 22 years
of service to entrepreneurs in Wisconsin, it asked the business
owners its staff has worked with to share their best "success"
tips. Hundreds of owners and managers responded. They sent
words of advice that came from months, years or decades of
nurturing an enterprise. These included exhortations to work
hard, to be patient, and to treat others fairly.
Can you Conduct your own Orchestra?
by Julianne Raymond
The owner of new business start-up needs to visualize
himself or herself somewhat like the conductor of a symphony
orchestra. To direct and control the melody and harmony coming
simultaneously from several dozen musicians, you need to be
keenly aware of what each instrumental section is supposed to do
and how best to communicate with them so they do it.