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22+ Reasons Your Small Business Is Keeping You Up at Night

May 30, 2022 By Jan Triplett

Owners are often insomniac. Photo by Olivia Townsend.

Owners are often insomniac. Photo by Olivia Townsend.

News 8 reporter Harlan Schmidt interviewed me about why Austin is a good place to start a business in 2010. I told him it was Austin’s “can do & it’s ok to fail” culture. And it is also about the fact that we have a highly educated population which means we can learn from our mistakes. I would still say that.

Then he asked me what needs to be done to improve our ability to sustain businesses. After all, it is not about starting — anyone can start one. It is about keeping it going — although not necessarily growing as large as, say Dell. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Business Improvement, Business Management, Growth Readiness Tagged With: administration, Austin, bookkeeping, business bloopers, business challenges, Dunkin Donuts baker commercial, environmental issues, financial management, fiscal management, government, healthcare, marketing, News 8, operations, owner responsibilities, planning, records management, regulatory compliance, Sales, small business, small business mistakes, startup business, sustainable business, vision

Jan Triplett Speaks About Success at CoFounders Austin Meetup

July 11, 2016 By Jan Triplett

Business Success Center CEO Jan Triplett will be the guest speaker at the July CoFounders Austin Meetup. She will be sharing 7 characteristics of success & how to do your own self assessment that you can use to find partners, employees, and the right customers.

Tagged With: business challenges, Business Success Center, Owners self assessment

The True Value of 1st Quarter Financials

March 29, 2013 By Daniel Diener Leave a Comment

Evaluate your 1st quarter financials to get higher profitability going forward. Image by Photosteve101 from flickr.com.

Evaluate your 1st quarter financials to get higher profitability going forward. Image by Photosteve101 from flickr.com.

The true value of 1st quarter financials goes way beyond just the raw numbers. Because of that, your monthly close out is more important and there are do’s and don’ts that are unique to this quarter.

Completing the prioritized tasks gives the owner or manager a perfect opportunity to refine their vision for the year. Using the resulting information can make the last three quarters more productive and more profitable. This will keep you out of the weeds and create the 40,000 foot owner/investor perspective you need to make a better future. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Growth Readiness Tagged With: 1st Quarter Financials, 40, 40K foot view, business challenges, Closing Out Books, Cost Accounting, Financial Projections, Journyx, Profitability, True Value

Overcoming 5 Business Challenges in Tough Times

September 9, 2011 By Jan Triplett Leave a Comment

Business Challenges: What Goes Up Must Come Down

Sir Isaac Newton statue from Trinity Chapel. Photo by Harlequeen.

Sir Isaac Newton statue from Trinity Chapel. Photo by Harlequeen.

Sir Isaac Newton proved it. David Clayton-Thomas wrote about it in the “Spinning Wheel” song. BS&T (Blood, Sweat & Tears) and Dame Shirley Bassey covered it in their albums.

Songwriter & singer Dame Shirley Bassey.

Songwriter & singer Dame Shirley Bassey.

How many ups and downs has your business experienced? Since we started our business, we have been through seven ups and downs – oil, banking, real estate, savings and loans, dot.com, Wall Street, and now real estate again. It has caused us to refine and redefine our business at least that many times.

If it’s a part life, it does not make sense just to try to survive this one. Another wave is coming. If you own a business, the wave that could take you under could be something global like this “Great Recession” or something unique to you and your business. So be watchful; be prepared for those business challenges that are out there.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Business Management, Leadership, Planning & Vision, Pricing, Sales, Small Business/Entrepreneur History Tagged With: Albert J. Bernstein, Austin, Blood Sweat & Tears Band, business challenges, Business Success, Business Survival, Business Ups & Downs, Confidence, Dame Shirley Bassey, Downturns, Great Recession, If poem, Informed Leap of Faith, Jataka Tales, Little Red Hen, Neanderthals at Work, planning, Platinum Profile Customers, Radio Active Waste Customers™, Rudyard Kipling, Sir isaac Newton, Spinning Wheel Song, Sydney Craft Rozen, Texas, Trust, vision

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BSC Wisdom Webinar, 3rd Thursday monthly, 11-Noon Central. This is always a mentoring and work session with input from attendees.
Leader: Jan Triplett, Ph.D. CBTAC
Coming
May
• May 5 BSC Success Forum, 11am Central: Framing Your Project: Leverage Context Before Creating Action Plans
https://meet.goto.com/685053101
Or dial in: United States: +1 (312) 757-3121
Access Code: 685-053-101

Dave Nave, Dave Nave & Associates, and Licensed Clinical Psychologist Dr. Ann Sigafoos team up to tell you what to do BEFORE you start a project to improve your success
(Forums are held on the 1st Thursday of the month, 11am Central)

• May 19 BSC Wisdom Webinar, 11am Central: Sell Right, Part 2: Consumer vs Business Sales Strategies, a comparison and recommendations.
https://bit.ly/consumercommercialsales

The purpose of this webinar and practical work session is to focus on the differences in these two sales strategies. Share your experiences and expertise. Walk away with ideas and connections. You don't have to have attended the first session to get a lot out of this webinar.

Work session leader: Jan Triplett, Ph.D., CBTAC, and CEO of BSC, author, entrepreneur, advocate, speaker, and inventor.

June
• June 2, BSC Success Lean™ Forum, 11 am Central.

Suggest a business topic or question for the group to work on, help choose this month's discussions, provide feedback, and make connections. Led by Dave Nave & Jan Triplett

• June 16, BSC Wisdom Webinar, 11am Central. Sell Right, Part 3: Direct vs. Indirect Sales Strategies, a comparison and recommendations. https://meet.goto.com/291097373

Work session leader: Jan Triplett, Ph.D., CBTAC, and CEO of BSC, author, entrepreneur, advocate, speaker, and inventor. You don't have to have attended the other webinars in this series to benefit from this one.
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