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Q4 Strategic Planning Guide for Entrepreneurs: Navigating Common Pitfalls and Setting Goals for Small Business Success
Embrace the Season of Reflection for Strategic Planning Q4 is a great time of year. That's when everyone starts to slow down and prepare for the winter holidays. If you're a business owner, it's the opportune time to start dedicating some time and energy on your...
Bots for Business: Leveraging AI tools for Small Business Planning in 2024
With so many artificial intelligence tools available, strategic business planning for your small business is more fun than ever before. As fall descends, businesses are wrapping up Q3 and finalizing their year-end strategies. Now's the perfect time to reflect on past...
90-Day Plan: Benefits, Planning, and Potential Pitfalls
90-Day Plan: Benefits, Planning, and Potential Pitfalls Have you reached a milestone in your business where you’re unsure where to turn next? Maybe you have an idea of where you want to stretch but aren’t sure how to get there. Now is the time to get out a fresh...
7 Steps to Planning Your Business for the Year
A new year is upon us - time for planning your business! This is the time of year when people set big goals and dreams and are super excited about all of them, and completing all of it. But it's important to remember that a dream without a plan is merely a wish....
How to Run an Easy Year-end Post-Mortem for your Businesses
As the year comes to a close it's a great time to pause and do a post-mortem on all that we've accomplished, all that we want to continue, and what we're willing to let go of. A simple Start-Stop-Continue exercise is a great way to kick off your Q4 post-mortem and set...
3 Easy Wins During Your Small Business Review
We are continuing our theme in the month of June talking about your mid year business review. Already we took a look at how it's performing and what goals might need to shift those of you who followed along in January. And you know, we did an annual planning exercise...
The 3 Step Mid Year Review for your Small Business
It's June, and we are continuing our conversation about the mid year review process for your small business. Those of you who follow online on the She Runs It group for women of color entrepreneurs may recall that earlier this year in January we did a deep dive into...
How To Turn Big Goals Into Baby Steps
When Annual Planning Gets Real I know leading into the new year, and all through December, we were talking about goal planning. We were getting ready for the new year, quarterly planning, setting those 13 week goals, 90 day plans. All that strategery. Now we have to...
Mastermind: Positive Professional Peer Pressure
Mastermind: Positive Professional Peer Pressure When you’re sitting in a coffee shop simultaneously working on your finances, social media campaign, and editorial calendar, doing it alone can feel like too much. Your promises to your business coach last week and the...
How to Recession-Proof Your Small Business
With the word recession trending in every other business publication, small business owners may feel a bit itchy. Shifts in your revenue cycle are just a part of doing business. These cycles make it easier to predict how your business will perform. Companies that...
Entrepreneurship Myth: Top 5 Lies They Tell You About Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship myth: Top 5 lies they tell you about entrepreneurship What is your vision for entrepreneurship? Did you imagine jet-setting around the globe to hit various stages to impart your vast knowledge? Maybe you clung to images of invitations to the chef's...



















