Show value before you sell
Whether you’re an established Nashville mom-and-pop-shop or an up and coming web-based startup, you’re losing opportunities if you’re not focusing on your presales game. If there’s one thing our operations consulting firm knows firsthand, it’s…
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Be informers not enforcers for your clients
Trust is at the basis of any good relationship, and it’s no different in the business world of clients and vendors. If you can build a great relationship with your customers and communicate well with…
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Why your startup should be using key performance indicators
If we’ve learned one thing as a consulting firm in marketing a startup company, it’s this: your startup business can’t reach goals that it doesn’t set. Having vague goals usually leads to one An endlessly…
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Build. Grow. Stabilize.
With the digital age upon us, entrepreneurship has never been more accessible to the average American. According to an article by NPR, by September of 2020, applications for employer identification numbers (EIN) had surpassed 3.2…
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What is operations consulting?
As a consultant who runs an agency that offers business, marketing and operations consulting, I and my team are seeking to help your business in three ways: Putting together a plan to help your business…
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Scope creep is killing your service-based business
Project pitfalls for small, service-based businesses Owning and running a small business is hard work, no doubt about that, but it can also be deeply gratifying. In a single week, a hundred different things can…
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Your business should be flexible
Adding flexibility to your business plan As operational consultants, at Take the Stairs, we know that nothing moves quite as fast as business. Whether it’s consumer tastes, technology, the competitive landscape or the economy, if…
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Your business isn’t using a PM tool?
Project management tools can improve your business If you run a small business, chances are that your ship doesn’t always sail smoothly. Your job as an owner or manager is to plan and execute projects…
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How integrity benefits your business
What is integrity, anyway? Integrity is a word that gets thrown around a lot – but what does it actually mean to you and the success of your business? At an individual level, integrity is…
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Are you running your business or is it running you?
Do you feel trapped in the weeds? If you’ve ever dreamed of owning and running your own small business, you might have had glorious thoughts of building a wonderful culture with like-minded, go-getting, dynamic people.…
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