Hiring can be a stressful event for any business owner, but maybe even more so for small business owners. The business is so small that every hire has to be the perfect fit, or you risk a culture shift in your organization. Ultimately, you want to prevent problems before they happen. It’s so crucial to…
Are you the type of person with all the ideas? It’s like you have an idea fountain in your brain that keeps ideas pouring forth. But are those ideas working for you? If you’re a business owner, chances are you’re great at coming up with ideas. It’s what you do. You have five amazing ideas…
If you’re like the rest of us small business owners, this is what your day at work looks like: You answer emails. You set up meetings with your clients. You write a pitch for a new prospect. You track down outstanding payments from clients. You make calls to vendors you’re working with. You work on…
A lot of us need to delegate and don’t, and when we do we’re not always as effective as we should be. Sometimes it’s the fear of someone not being able to do the task the “right” way (which is actually key for not doing it “your” way). Sometimes it’s not know what you need…
Some tasks are just not worth it for you to do yourself. Not in your business, and not in your life. If the alternator goes out on your car, chances are you’ll take the car to the shop to have an expert work on it. If one of your kids falls and breaks a bone,…
Everyone who’s followed me at all knows that I love to talk about delegation. But before you can delegate anything, you need to have systems in place so your team members know what to do and how to do it. On this episode of The Sassy Strategist, I’m talking to Melissa Morris, a business operations…
You were sick of being trapped in a corporate 9 to 5 with nothing to look forward to but two weeks of vacation a year and missing out on milestones in your own kids’ lives. You decided you didn’t want to spend the prime of your life building someone else’s dream. Instead, running your own…
“Niche down” is advice a lot of business coaches give their clients as a way to find more clients and build a solid business. It’s also advice that scares a lot of business owners. By definition, to “niche” is to identify a specialized area to focus on–a very specific segment of their industry. This smaller…
Before we dive in, I want to note that we’re updating and refreshing The Sassy Strategist as we head into the fourth season. No longer are we simply listening to business owners’ stories. Instead, we’re diving deep into specific topics to provide you value and education with every episode. Expect insights, strategies and helpful tips…
Passion… drive… a desire to fill a need. Wanting to be your own boss, freedom to be creative, and a natural instinct towards entrepreneurship. Cash flow projections, business plans, and financing. All things needed to start, run, and grow a successful business. But no matter how much of a fire you may have in your belly, or how…