A Small Business Entrepreneur’s Top 10 Playbook
As a small business entrepreneur for over 20 years and a former professional athlete with a career that spanned about the same amount of time, I've been able to utilize aspects of both those endeavors that have helped enable me to become a successful small business person.
Like a well played game, all businesses will go through their natural cycles of ebbs and flows. You, as a small business entrepreneur, need to know when to call a timeout, change out your players or when to run another play. Sports has taught me the value of team play, camaraderie, working towards common goals, learning from your temporary setbacks and the ability to pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and keep on going.If I were to put together a top 10 list of "must haves" whether you’re a startup company or a well-established business, it would go something like this. # 8: Stay Current - With technology advancing at warp speed, it's important for every business owner to stay up-to-date with some of the latest and greatest resources to help your business. It's true that there's so much out there that one cannot possibly absorb it all, but that goes back to the matter of you needing to be an owner who can keep his/her "head up" to see the big picture and opportunities in front of you and not get wrapped up with a "nose to the grindstone" mentality and approach.Be adventuresome and daring in trying new techniques and technology that can help enhance your business. It's okay to take a "trial run" at various techniques just to see how they may fit into your business. One thing is certain, "nothing stays the same, and change the only constant". You've got to keep up with the ever-changing world that we live in.
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