Strategy, Analysis & Business Development
September 2008 Archive

Strategy Matters: 6 Ways To Be A Better Leader

September 25, 2008 | All of us may be leaders of ideas, but many of us also are leaders of people. It's important that we prepare ourselves for both roles and understand our power and responsibilities. Unfortunately, few of us have been trained about the choices and decisions we must make as leaders.
By Nilofer Merchant, CEO of Rubicon Consulting

Q&A With David Allen: How Growing Businesses Can Get Things Done

September 22, 2008 | Renowned productivity guru David Allen shares his insights about working smarter and tips to help managers promote a culture of productivity and accountability within a department or across an entire company.
By Naomi Grossman

Get In The Driver's Seat

September 19, 2008 | Keeping an eye on your growing business' critical operational factors can contribute to its success. Now, a new service provides that dashboard view of your company's metrics -- and they'll do it for free.
By Mike Hogan

Strategy Matters: 5 Structural Elements Of Strategy

September 11, 2008 | Strategies fail over and over again for the same reason: businesses ignore the 5 key structural elements of strategy. Miss one and your strategy is doomed to fail.
By Nilofer Merchant, CEO of Rubicon Consulting

Q&A With SBR's Gayle Kesten: What Small Businesses Need To Know

September 10, 2008 | Small businesses are like all businesses -- they want to use tech tools to do things better, faster, and cheaper. SmallBizResource's Gayle Kesten has the lowdown on the best tools for small businesses, including the ones that eventually will level the playing field.
By Naomi Grossman

Mid-Market Heroes: Avante Gardens' Sales Bloom With SEO

September 8, 2008 | A smaller business can really level the playing field against larger competitors by optimizing its Web site for search. That's what Cathy Hillen-Rulloda did for her small florist business, Avante Gardens, and now the search engines are giving her business the attention it deserves.
By Naomi Grossman

Network Marketplace M&A Thins Competition

September 4, 2008 | The ongoing consolidation craze in the networking market coincides with many small and midsize businesses moving to converge their wired and wireless networks. Looking ahead, growing businesses need to brace themselves for more changes as established providers and startups jockey for market position.
By Paul Korzeniowski

Q&A With Anita Campbell: The Top Tech Trends For Growing Businesses

September 2, 2008 | From tech tools to social media to online marketing, there are significant trends of which growing businesses need to be aware. bMighty spoke to small biz trend expert Anita Campbell about current tech trends to understand which are significant, which will help smaller businesses succeed, and which ones can be ignored for at least a little longer.
By Naomi Grossman