Create a great product, have savvy marketing and watch your cash flow. These are some examples of the many common pieces of advice on how to be successful in business. But in my experience, not surrounding yourself with the best team of people in your business and in your personal life is the major reason for business failures and not achieving your financial goals. Bad “players” on your team will sentence you to working harder and longer in life and rob you of your dreams.
Practically all of the time, business owners are so busy working in their business that they forget to work on their business. It’s much more exciting to make a sale than to review a budget. But with the US Chamber of Commerce showing about half of new businesses failing by their 5th year, you might want to keep on reading.
Entrepreneurs can be like squirrels chasing nuts, always searching for the next big opportunity. They’re often distracted by the “shiny object,” always ready to jump on new ideas as they arise. But great ideas they do find. Making them successful is the challenge. Their talent for creativity and finding opportunities normally comes with a major blindspot in regard to running a business efficiently and maximizing cash flow. They need help.
Behind every successful person, there’s an extremely good chance there’s a championship team working behind the scenes. Sure, the successful person has talent and does a lot of the work, but the most successful business owners and CEOs have a great team supporting...
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