Running a business Skills & Experiences
What is business?
Business management is common sense Business success comes from productivity, productivity comes from focused goals.
What is running a business all about? Set your goals Communicate your goals Achieve your goals
Set your goals Budgeting & Financials Customer Service Expansion & Innovation
Budgeting & Financials Revenue$500,000 Cost of Goods Sold- $200,000 Gross Margin= $300,000 Operating Cost- $200,000 Profit$100,000
Customer Service
Expansion & Innovation “Look for what is missing. Many know how to improve what’s there; few can see what isn’t there.” – Swanson’s UnWritten Rules of Management
Communicate your goals Building relationships: Employees Clients Partners
Employees
Communicate your goals in writing Be the boss to whom your employees can tell it like it is
Clients
Partners
Achieve your goals Product Sales & Marketing Operations
Product
Marketing
Operations Seamless system Easy – to – use Store environment
What is running a business all about? Set your goals Communicate your goals Achieve your goals Questions & Answers