Business 300

Business 300
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Hello and welcome to Business 300. With weekly 5-minute episodes, Business 300 is a show to equip and encourage entrepreneurs and business managers. Owning and managing a business is good work. But it is hard work. It can feel like you’re drowning with no time to get help. Perhaps these bite-size nuggets can be of assistance.

  1. 4D AGO

    Ep. 286 - You Need a What and a How

    A strategy is not a vision or an aspiration. A strategy is not a list of goals pinned to a whiteboard. A strategy is a plan - a concrete description of what you intend to accomplish and how you intend to accomplish it.

    4 min

  2. 6D AGO

    Ep. 285 - Maintenance Is Part of Doing Business

    Maintenance isn't a separate activity from doing business. It is part of doing business. The work of upkeep is as real and essential as the work of production.

    4 min

  3. APR 22

    Ep. 284 - Revenue, Profit, & Cash

    If you ask a business owner how his company is doing, he'll almost always give you the same answer: revenue. The number rolls off the tongue because it's the one he knows best, the one he tracks most closely, the one that feels like the scoreboard. But revenue is the most misleading number in business.

    4 min

  4. APR 20

    Ep. 283 - Have the Nerve to Confront Conflict

    Every organization has an emotional climate. Everyone who works there feels it. It's the unspoken rules about what gets said, what gets ignored, and what everyone pretends not to notice. That climate is set by what the leader is willing or not willing to confront.

    4 min

  5. APR 15

    Ep. 282 - Great Employees Don't Need Motivation

    There are employees who are motivated, and those who aren't - employees who care, and those who don't. Usually, business owners leave the motivated employees alone since they're not a problem. And they spend a lot of their time and energy on the unmotivated ones, trying to get them to care. But no matter what you do, trying to inspire your employees to care more, work harder, and perform better doesn't work. Either they already want to win, or they don't.

    5 min

  6. APR 13

    Ep. 281 - Work and Sleep Like a Calvinist

    "God will provide" is a comfort when you're facing uncertainty. A reminder that you're not in control, that God is sovereign, and faithful. There's a common misstep when Christians use "God will provide" to justify inaction. But that's not faith. There's a big difference between faith and abdication.

    5 min

  7. APR 8

    Ep. 280 - When You Can't Raise Prices

    Your costs are up. Supplies cost more. Labor costs more. Everything costs more. Your margin is shrinking. The obvious answer is to raise prices. But what if your customers are price-sensitive, and your competitors haven't moved? You're worried that raising prices means losing the business entirely. So you're stuck. Costs rising, prices frozen, margin compressing. You need a way out that doesn't involve hoping things get better. Hope dies last.

    4 min

  8. APR 6

    Ep. 279 - 'Buy Local' Is Virtue-Signaling

    If the only reason to buy from you is that you're local, why should anyone buy from you at all? Unless proximity is part of the value, local doesn't really matter. "Buy local" is a marketing tactic that avoids the real question.

    4 min
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Hello and welcome to Business 300. With weekly 5-minute episodes, Business 300 is a show to equip and encourage entrepreneurs and business managers. Owning and managing a business is good work. But it is hard work. It can feel like you’re drowning with no time to get help. Perhaps these bite-size nuggets can be of assistance.

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  • Creator
    Business 300
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2026
  • Episodes
    285
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Show Website
    Business 300

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