The Daily Cash Flow Break-Even Sales Point By Chris Hunter | May 23, 2013 After creating the business development plan (outlined in my previous post), the second thing I believe the smart business owner must come to grips with is the daily cash flow break-even sales point. No rocket science here. If a business is [...]
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Part 1: What Every Successful Business Owner Should Know About Their Business
The Business Development Plan By Chris Hunter | May 17, 2013 A client recently asked me a very good question: What are the most important minimum basics she must keep in mind if she’s going to be building a better business? What a great question! Here’s my best shot at the answer and it boils [...]
Read more »WESST Business Consulting: How it Works
One service WESST offers to small business owners is one-on-one consulting. Whether you have the beginnings of an idea for a small business start-up, or have been in business for thirty years, we can help you with information and resources to help you create strategies, solve problems, and move your business forward. Here are answers to some common questions about WESST’s consulting services.
Read more »5 Cautionary HR Lessons from “House of Cards”
I recently got drawn into Netflix’s new original series, House of Cards, and watched every episode avidly until the cliffhanger conclusion (and now can hardly wait for the next season to be released!). In addition to providing great entertainment, the show provided a great lesson for managers on how NOT to handle a problem with an insubordinate employee. Watchers of the show will know I’m referencing the way that Claire Underwood, the super-stylish, calculating nonprofit director, handled the insubordination of her pregnant employee, Gillian Cole.
Read more »Why a Social Media Strategy is Important
At WESST, when consulting with clients on business and marketing planning, we recommend: strategy first, tools second. What that means is that you have to understand what it is you want your business to accomplish before you go out and start engaging in different tactics (such as advertising, setting up social media channels, etc). It’s important for every business to have an overall strategy/plan, from which the marketing plan would flow from which the social media plan would flow.
Read more »A Monumental Celebration in Taos
On March 25, 2013, President Barack Obama signed a proclamation establishing the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument just north of Taos. This past Saturday, a standing-room-only crowd of enthusiastic Taoseños gathered at Taos Mesa Brewing to celebrate alongside some of the political dignitaries who helped make the historic designation possible.
Read more »Directory of Women’s Organizations in New Mexico
There are numerous associations and organizations based in New Mexico that support women in achieving their personal and professional success — whether through their jobs and careers or small business ownership.
Read more »GenQuest Donates Fitness Challenges Winnings to WESST
On February 13, 2013 GenQuest, Inc., participated in their 1st annual fitness challenge with Menicucci Insurance Agency. GenQuest and Menicucci competed in 6 different fitness categories: plank, jump roping, calf raises, crunches, wall-sit, and push-ups. Each organization agreed to pay the non-profit of the winner’s choice $100 for each category that they won.
Read more »Wanted: Developers, Designers and Entrepreneurs
Startup Weekends are intensive weekend-end long events that immerse aspiring entrepreneurs in the process of moving an idea from concpet to market. Teams of developers, graphic designers, marketers, startup enthusiasts and entrepreneurs work together…
Read more »Universal Truths for Small Businesses
Small businesses are remarkable in their diversity. The products small businesses sell, the way those products marketed, the business models, the owners themselves – there’s exceptional variety. However, there are some things all small businesses have in common – some “universal truths…”
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