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 | Jun 13, 2011 | Business Model Design, Business Model Innovation, Business Model Tips, Business Ownership, Global Response, insourcing, Outsourced Call Center, Private Companies
Business model innovation is easier for some industries than others. In particular, technology business models tend to be easier to innovate because of the nature of technology itself. Staying ahead of the technology adoption curve is a necessary component of a...
by jim muehlhausen | Feb 17, 2010 | boggle, Business Ownership, games
If you have ever played the board game Boggle, you have undoubtedly been frustrated to find that other players find easy words that you missed. Once you have played Boggle a few times, you learn a trick. That trick is to rotate the board 90 degrees so you see things...
by jim muehlhausen | Feb 15, 2010 | Business Model Secrets, Business Model Trends, Business Ownership, model trends
Winning business models of the future will be flexible. By this, I mean that these businesses will be able to double sales with one-third the number of employees. This may sound impossible, but it is not. Remember Armor All, the tire shining product. In the...
by jim muehlhausen | Feb 13, 2010 | Business Model Secrets, Business Model Trends, Business Ownership, model trends
Winning business models will use the web to lower costs and add value. There are three primary methods by which this can be accomplished: 1. Giving customers access to information. How many customers are calling your company for pricing, manuals, and information...
