Plan where you are going before you start!

One of the most important things you can do as a business owner is to plan where you are going. Don't wait until you have a new company, division or project up and running to decide your goals. It is like skiing...you need to know where to point your skis and plant your ski poles, or you are going to need the ski patrol to fix you up.

Guerrilla Marketing Ideas

I can remember the first Guerrilla Marketing idea I ever used, and this was in 1976 long before the term was first used. I was a university student promoting my first company, Canadian Wilderness Adventure Ltd. We were running canoe trips on the Churchill River in Northern Saskatchewan and cycling tours between Jasper and Banff. I had called the Edmonton Journal and asked them if they wanted to do an article about the new company, and they said they needed something special for a picture to go along with a short news article. I had to think on my feet and I said, "What if you could get a picture of me cycling down the street with a canoe on my back?" The reporter didn't even have to think - he replied, "You're on." I had no idea whether I could do it but later that day I portaged an aluminum canoe onto my shoulders and cycled a short block for the camera. That one picture made the company. It was carried all over North American and we had the publicity to start our first summer. Bob Phillips

The Guerrilla Marketing Guru, Jay Conrad Levinson, serves up 93 examples of unusual, quirky, and downright effective ways you can catch people's attention. Guerrilla Marketing

Financial Fitness for Entrepreneurs

As we travel North America many of our clients want to know the most important financial things they should be doing right now. Brad Feld, a well-respected venture capitalist and Managing Directory at Mobius Venture Capital lays out the fundamental financial tenets that all entrepreneurs should know by heart. Financial Fitness

Evaluating your Team

One of the biggest problems business owners have is the problem of how to evaluate their managers. Do you know how to evaluate your team? And how does your team evaluate everyone that reports to them? For some ideas check out The Talent Myth Are smart people overrated? by Malcolm Gladwell.

The Road Less Travelled - Bob Phillips

Fellow business owners and consultants this is the start of a new adventure for all of us. Please use this site to help improve your business and let us know what is succeeding for you.