Why 1:5 businesses fail in the first year

For someone who has dreamed of going into business for themselves and has been planning the move possibly for years, the reality of how hard it can be to launch a new business can be heartbreaking.

I recently ran a webinar entitled ‘Build to Last’, where I highlighted 2 businesses that have been IN business for a couple of thousand years. One a building company in Japan and the other a restaurant in Austria. Neither of those business sectors could be called EASY!! So what have they done over the Centuries to stay in business?

In the webinar I will cover:

• The 7 key reasons businesses fail and how to avoid them
• Understanding the mystery of Credo, Vision, Purpose, Mission and Values
• What visionary companies do that mediocre companies do not
• The myth of the charismatic leader
• Shareholders, customers, people or profits?
• The predictable curve of innovation and why NOT innovating will prove deadly
• Being clear what you WILL do to grow your business and what you will NOT do
• Why chaos is an opportunity not a disaster
• The 30% growth factor: the importance of working ON your business not IN it!

You can now purchase this webinar for a mere $47.00 + gst and watch it as many times as you wish. If you have a small team, then you can use it as a training tool to keep your people on track, highly motivated and encourage conversations.

One attendee asked a brilliant question. We were discussing what businesses SAY they stand for versus what they actually stand for, i.e.

• You can’t say you put customers first and then as the quarterly results look a bit light, we move to SELL, SELL, SELL!
• You can’t decide to be an innovative company, if ideas from staff are discouraged
• You can’t decide you’re in the business of quality, if you let shoddy goods go out the door or do a terrible job
• You can’t say we ‘care’ about our patients/customers and do only the bare minimum of care

The questions was ‘If what we say and what we do differ, should we change what we say or what we do?’

Hopefully you will find it worth listening to my response.

INVESTMENT

• $47.00 + gst

DEVELOPING YOUR PEOPLE AND/OR INVESTING IN YOUR FUTURE WILL NEVER BE CHEAPER THAN THIS.

YOU CAN DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO THE SESSION AS MANY TIMES AS YOU CHOOSE.