The best companies are so efficient, they’ve analyzed their business down to the tiniest degree, and they’ve made it as efficient as possible. Fax to email services are a sign of this kind of efficiency. These owners know how to make every dollar count.
Another sign of successful businesses is a business plan. Studies have shown that businesses that don’t have a business plan in place before they do business are more likely to fail. Yet it’s a common mistake for many small business owners to skip this vital step. Why is this the case?
It’s a common trait of many small business owners to want to get to work and not spend too much time playing around with plans. One time I was managing a store for some small business owners. I completely renovated their entire store operations and I sent them an outline of the plan. They sent me an email back saying, “Wade, this is very impressive. But who was taking care of our customers while you were typing this up?”
I assured them that our customers were being taken care of. And I further assured them that this plan would help me and future managers run their store better than it had ever been managed. Because the more organized and efficient you are in your operations, the more opportunity for making the sales.
See pt. 2 for a continuation of this discussion about business plans.
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