business goals Archives

6 Reasons to Consider Hiring a Business Coach

This is the year. This, you have decided, is the year you skyrocket your business to great success. Congratulations! It’s a worthy resolution for the new year. But I’m here to make sure that instead of...

bySusan Guillory

June 27, 2022

How to Build Your Dream Life and Crush Your Business Goals in Just 90 Days

Twenty years ago, Teneshia Jackson Warner had a cushy project manager job at IBM. In 2003, Warner left that job to found EGAMI Group, a multicultural marketing and communications firm. With her unmatched tenacity and...

bySusan Johnston Taylor

January 21, 2020

3 Bite-Sized Goals You Can Set (and Achieve) in January

If there’s one thing entrepreneurs love doing, it’s setting goals for their small business. This list is often long and detailed at the start of the year. After all, a new year means new business!...

byMyCorporation

January 2, 2020

Conducting a Year-End Review: What Did Your Company Accomplish This Year?

Before we start going crazy thinking about New Year’s resolutions, let’s take a beat and reflect on the past 12 months. I find that most entrepreneurs spend a lot of time looking forward to what...

bySusan Guillory

December 11, 2019

4 SMART Goal Examples: Learn Exactly How to Set Targets for Your Startup

Chances are, if you are an aspiring entrepreneur, you’ll have heard of the term “SMART goals.” Despite its inclusion in the hall of fame of buzzwords, SMART goals are an objective-setting system that should be taken...

byStuart Hearn

November 7, 2019

Where to Start When Creating a Fundable Business Plan

If you need finance for your startup, you’ll need to create a business plan that convinces lenders that you’re a good risk. Writing a business plan also helps to confirm your goals and ideas, and...

byJeff Barber

March 1, 2018

5 Ways to Refresh Your Business Plan for a Successful 2018

A new year is the perfect time to get a head start on refreshing your business plan. It’s also the perfect time to reflect on the passing year, consider triumphs and failures, and craft new...

byBrian Colling

December 29, 2017

13 Fundamental Lessons to Improve Your Content Marketing Strategy in 2018 (and Beyond)

We’re mere days away from turning the page on 2017. It’s been a fun year for me and hopefully my articles here on StartupNation have provided some knowledge about how to put together a successful content...

byTyler Hakes

December 26, 2017

What a Successful Content Marketing Team Looks Like

Content marketing remains one of the smartest investments a startup can make in the growth of their company. However, it’s not necessarily “cheap," as it takes a large investment of time and/or money to be effective....

byTyler Hakes

November 21, 2017

Why Creating a Company of Owners is Smart Business

A company of owners is a company of engaged individuals. Company culture has been an increasingly important focus of startup businesses over the last decade. In fact, a study led by Columbia Business School showed...

byStephanie Breedlove

November 14, 2017

Rich20Something Shares the Secret to Small Business Growth

The following is excerpted from "Rich20Something: Ditch Your Average Job, Start an Epic Business and Score the Life You Want" by Daniel DiPiazza with the permission of TarcherPerigee, an imprint of Penguin Random House. Copyright...

byDaniel DiPiazza

May 2, 2017

5 Steps for Building a Simple Content Marketing Framework

The year 2017 is now underway and many startups are looking for new ways to bolster growth and increase engagement within their communities. We’ve seen time and time again that content marketing is an approach that...

byTyler Hakes

February 1, 2017

SMART Goal Setting for Your Business

New business owners hear it again and again: set goals. Goals provide us with targets to aim for; they codify our aspirations. You can’t achieve something that you haven’t defined. Unfortunately, it’s much easier said...

byMichael Georgiou

October 24, 2016

The Hidden Goal of the Smartest Business Owners

What are your business goals for the year? If you’re like most business owners, you have a profit goal you want to hit. You may also have a top line revenue number that’s important to...

byJohn Warrillow

July 18, 2016

Planning For Growth: Setting Business Goals

Any experienced business owner will tell you that planning for growth and setting business goals is an essential part of successful business growth. Whether you’re just thinking of starting a business or you’ve got an...

by Jayneberinger64

October 9, 2014

What’s Your Excuse? Do it Now!

I just returned from a visit to Detroit. My Aunt Margaret died unexpectedly, and I wanted to pay my respects to this wonderful woman who touched the lives of everyone she met. It just goes...

byMelanie Rembrandt

September 23, 2008

Help your business startup today: Set goals

It's good to have daily goals. They add up to support your weekly, monthly, annual & life goals. One of my goals today ... Goal setting!! I received an e-Newsletter this morning from my friend...

byJoel Welsh

April 21, 2006

Small business advice: You answer to yourself when you’re an entrepreneur

It's a typical Monday morning in my world. I've been an entrepreneur for 21 years and I've found that Mondays are the most critical day of the week for me. Monday morning is when I...

byJoel Welsh

February 20, 2006