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11 Practices for 2025 from the Business Black Belt

You may want to laugh when you read what I’m going to suggest, but these things are exactly what you need to do, and they will help you build your business. 1) Take a deeper interest in your customers. A much deeper interest. Their success is required for your success. The more you can help…

How to write a persuasive business plan and how my success evolved into the BizPlanBuilder software system.

A lot goes into writing a good business plan. Before you even get started, here are a few important considerations that will make your business planning and presentation more successful.

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What Are You Going to Do Next?

Excerpted from the book on mindful business management, Business Black Belt. “You know exactly what to do. You just don’t do it fast enough.” ~ Robert Petersen, CFI, Flight Instructor You really do know what to do… One afternoon I was flying my airplane home with my instructor. As we flew into the San Francisco Bay…

3 Curious Things I Learned From One of Our Investors

The other day, I got a call from one of our investors / advisors… Rob Kramarz at Intelliversity.org He had a question about using one of our 5-year financial model templates with a client. (As an investor himself, Rob also helps entrepreneurs raise capital.) And he uses Business Power Tools and our BizPlanBuilder to get…