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Overcoming Your Fears
Identify your personal shortcomings and acquire the knowledge & skills needed to overcome your fears. Personal improvement makes you successful..
The Drug Dealer's Mindset
Successful entrepreneurs know that it is not revenue or sales that count, but the gross margin you can produce from your sales. Without a healthy gross margin, your sales will not produce enough gross profit to cover your operating expenses and return ...
Key Partners
When considering key partners, you must consider the following questions: - Who are your key partners and who are your suppliers? - Which key resources are you acquiring from key partners and suppliers? - What key activities do your key partners and su...
Plan Then Execute vs. Plan And Execute
The mindset of “execute the plan” should be more accurately stated as “Plan as you execute” to reinforce the idea that businesses need to test assumptions.
Tacit vs. Explicit Knowledge
One of the problems with obtaining any kind of knowledge, especially when it comes to business, is that while some kinds of knowledge can be easily codified and articulated to others (Explicit Knowledge), there are also some forms of knowledge that are...
Key Activities
The ultimate goal when defining your key activities as part of your Business Model Canvas exercise, is to help you discover what activities you need to address in order to differentiate your product or service from your competition.
Key Resources
A company's key resources allow it to create and deliver its value proposition, reach its target market and maintain a quality customer relationship with them so that the business can earn revenue. For a company to produce a product or service,
Cost Structure
A company's cost structures represent the specific costs that the business will incur while operating under a particular business model. Through understanding the key resource, key activities, and its key partners,
Revenue Streams
When it comes to defining your revenue streams, especially when you are developing a business model canvas, there are many factors that you need to consider that affect your potential income source. Will you use a fixed or dynamic pricing mechanism,
Management vs. Leadership
Leadership and management are both essential elements of business success. Leadership is closely aligned with the role of a CEO and Management to the role of the President. Even though there is a difference between leadership and management most peopl...