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How to Prepare to Launch Your Start-up

Preparing to launch your start-up means more than simply making sure you have a viable product and potential customers. Here are five tips on how to prepare ...  Read more

5 Tips for a Useful Mission Statement

Too many company mission statements don't follow the few simple rules necessary to be truly effective and memorable. Here are five tips on writing one that w...  View slideshow

Creating a Company Vision

Do you have a vision of where your company will be in three years? In five? 10? Here’s a sure-fire way to get clear about the future you want.  Read more

Getting Started on a Vision

The 14 questions you need to ask when crafting a vision for your businesses success.  Read more

What is Your “Why”?

Happy and successful solopreneurs are most often in business for a reason larger than themselves. They know their "why", do you? Learn to find your why and d...  Read more

Marketing Your Mission Statement

The criteria for a good mission statement and a good marketing slogan are the same. Both should be clear in communicating the company's goals and proposition.  Read more

Developing Effective Mission and Vision Statements

When used properly, mission and vision statements can be very powerful tools, especially for new and small firms.  Read more

A Just Cause: Creating Emotional Connections With Customers

What does your company stand for? If it's largely to make more money than God and pay executives outrageous salaries and perks, don't count on customers, pro...  Read more

Let Us Now Pray ... for Accu-Fab

Three years ago Gregg Page and Dennis Zullig decided that spreading the glory of God -- not making money -- would be their company's top priority. They had n...  Read more

The Coolest Small Company in America

Why are high-powered M.B.A.'s getting off the fast track to work for a $13-million food company in Ann Arbor?  Read more

Encourage Self-Appointed Ambassadors to Tell Your Story

There's a band of people who can -- and will --genuinely advocate for your business and its vision. They might be employees, vendors, clients, business colle...  Read more

Bring New Life to Your Vision Statement

Turning your vision into action is a process, not a once-a-year event. Being specific, capitalizing on what's already working, and making the statement part ...  Read more

Start-Up Saga, Part 2: Unveiling a Mission

E*Entity's founders take the crucial step of defining the fledgling company's mission and identifying its client base. Second in a ongoing series.  Read more

Let Values Guide Your Firm's Strategies

A review of the book "Managing Upside Down" by Tom Chappell discusses the transformation the Tom's of Maine company underwent which led to values-centered le...  Read more

Live Your Mission Statement

To give its mission statement real meaning, this auto-center chain held a series of weekend workshops on quality and customer service for its technicians--ma...  Read more

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