Small Business Success:: On Demand

Small Business Success: On Demand guides entrepreneurs through each important step required to leverage on demand those Fortune 500 resources that result in increased profitability, time management, and a satisfied, team-oriented staff. Creating and running a small business takes more than common sense; it requires an awareness of those business models and techniques used by the Fortune 500. The author faced the challenges of his own growing business head-on, by designing the On Demand Small BusinessSM Operating Model, allowing him-and now any business owner and/or manager-to leverage on demand techniques previously available only to larger companies. Using this book, business owners assess their need for a Fortune 500 infrastructure and learn the elements required for growth. Using Segal's model, finance, credit, staff issues, and space are broken down into clear and practical hands-on components. There is an in-depth study into how a company communicates and the systems employed for maximum collaboration. The author discusses information management and maximizing its effectiveness, as well as time management and protecting the company from disaster. Step by step, proprietors are exposed to a precise and highly developed set of techniques designed to benefit a company. . .and improve the personal lives of those in charge.