by jim muehlhausen | Jul 23, 2011 | Business Model Tips, Business Ownership, delegation, entrpreneurial delegation
This post is a continuation of the discussion: Is Delegation Part of Your Business Model? Are you ready for the whole enchilada? If you can bear a twenty four minute presentation, I promise you can become a better delegator. Here’s why: Every book written...
by jim muehlhausen | Jul 22, 2011 | Business Model Tips, Business Ownership, delegation, entrepreneurial delegation
This post is a continuation of the discussion: Is Delegation Part of Your Business Model? Delegation is a skill un-natural to entrepreneurs. The best entrepreneurs are independent, big picture thinkers. This might make them a terrific entrepreneur, but these same...
by jim muehlhausen | Jul 21, 2011 | Business Model Tips, Business Ownership, delegation, entrepreneurial delegation, Zig Ziglar
Yes! The ability to leverage the abilities of key personnel is critical to any business and business model. If key talent cannot be leveraged through any means, the business model is in trouble. Let’s take Zig Ziglar’s business model for example. Zig...
by jim muehlhausen | Jul 19, 2011 | Bankruptcy, Barnes & Noble, Borders, Failure Stories, Public Companies
It looks like the Barnes and Noble business model has caught a break. We suggested that B&N could profit significantly by simply buying the faltering Borders in our column Is Barnes & Noble’s Business Model in Trouble. Evidently, good things come to those...
by jim muehlhausen | Jul 6, 2011 | breastfeeding truck, Business Model Innovation, Business Model Trends, new business models, Private Companies
What would you do if you saw an ice cream truck with a giant boob and nipple on its roof? WTF, right? Then you would have to explain to your kids that the truck was not selling any ice cream. This truck is called The Milk Truck, an on-call mobile breastfeeding...
