Consider part time instead of full time workers
Ready to hire your first employee? Or maybe due to expansion you are eying the possibility of hiring more. Steve highlights the benefits of using part-time help.
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“Steve, what if you could do it all over again?”
A struggling Alabama carpet cleaner asks Steve, “What would you do differently if you could rebuild and sell your business all over again”? Steve (of course) waxes nostalgic as he looks back over the last forty years …
WHO is your worst enemy? And WHAT to do about it!
As business owners we tend to “cherry pick” and only do the stuff we enjoy and avoid what we dread. Yet it has been well said, “Success comes to those who will do what others won’t do.”
What is the survival rate of new carpet cleaning start-ups?
A Maine cleaning professional frets about the survival rate among carpet cleaning start ups. Steve never did and explains why you don’t need to worry about other people’s “survival rate” else either …
Your greatest business challenge? ‘Displacement Activities’!
As an entrepreneur your most valuable business resource is your time … are you using it effectively? Steve helps you break down what this means.
Buying a business versus “starting from scratch”?
Believe it or not, many folks from “outside” think this is an industry worth investing in. Steve shares a little start-up advice with one budding carpet cleaning entrepreneur …
How your carpet cleaning or restoration company can not only survive but prosper with “Situational Awareness”!
Complacency, routine and arrogance have destroyed companies much bigger and (at one time) more successful than your cleaning or restoration operation. So how can you survive and even prosper in today’s extremely challenging business environment? Steve shares the concept of “S/A” …
How can I “step away” from my business?
This SFS graduate from Florida needs to get away from the day to day grind of his business. Is selling the company the only answer?
Why ‘not knowing something can’t be done’ can be a good thing!
HOW can you calmly make wise and balanced business (and life) plans going forward? Here’s 9 introspective points to ponder on:
Can I (should I?) start a restoration company again?
Should this restorer start a restoration company of his own? There are no easy answers. Steve invites all cleaners and restorers to first establish goals.
Never give in! – Part 1
How to work through adversity and stay on the path to success and sustained growth
Business Bullies – Part 1
Any business (regardless of size) can close the “bully gap” by recognizing the things that make a company UNIUQE are what make a company GOOD.
Escaping Groundhog Day Management – Part VII (Discipline)
We’ve discussed the first two sub-categories of discipline: 1) The ability to execute and 2) to hold yourself accountable. Now let’s finish up with this last characteristic – the ability to get out of our own way!
Escaping Groundhog Day Management – Part VI (Discipline)
When we realize how little we can accomplish on our own and recognize the tremendous contributions others have made to our success, it’s easier to move beyond a “me” focus.
Escaping Groundhog Day Management – Part IV (Focus)
Owners that constantly change direction and don’t follow through on any of the plans get the company in trouble.