Think Strategically For Business Success Hi reader’s Suraj here, with a chess piece in my hand, it's a king. The chess piece reminds me of how important it is for us to have a strategy in how we run our business. I like to play chess and I always look for opportunities to do it, but you know, every time I ask somebody "Would you like me to play me a game of chess," the answer's almost always the same,...

What Do your Customers Want I wanted to share with you a thought about who decides whether or not your business succeeds. Is it you? Is it your employees? Is it the product or service that you provide? It's really not any of those. They all contribute, but ultimately, success in your business is determined by your customers, as to whether or not you've served them in a way that they want to keep coming back. Your customer decides whether...

Knowing When to Cut Your Losses Hi, reader’s. I was working with a client the other day who has a number of small businesses, but this one business in particular wasn't doing very well. In fact, it had lost money every year since virtually it started ten years ago. I said to them: "Let's end this one. Let's cut our losses and move on from this one. There's just no way that it's going to work." It was just a...