by theEmother | Mar 9, 2015 | build a Mother of a Business, business ideas & thinking, exit strategy, Finish Unfinished Business, MEinc, PrimeTimers, Seniorpreneurship, so you think you're in business, start with the end in mind
Once again I had the good fortune to talk with Lorraine Pirihi about the importance of productivity and profit in your Business, highlighted by the 6 steps Lorraine often coaches by.
A snippet of the gold contained in the below recording and transcript goes as such:
“Quite often you’ll hear in the housing market about growth or cashflow. Business actually abides by similar rules. There’s growth and there’s cashflow. A lot of small business, especially if they intend to stay smallish business, need to concentrate on the cashflow aspect. Because unless you’ve actually got a plan to grow and go world domination – there is an element of growth that needs to be in there to maintain the cashflow, I get that – but they’re actually two different types of strategies. And cashflow, especially if you’re a solopreneur or if it’s a lifestyle business or it’s a second income or if it’s one that you don’t want to bust your chops running; then the logic has to be that it is cashflow based.”
PODCAST: 6 Steps to Boost Your Productivty and Profits with Lorraine Pirihi by Denise Hall on Mixcloud
Read all about it here…
by theEmother | Feb 9, 2015 | buy | sell websites, BUY a Business, Buy a Mother of a Business, Online Strategy incl. www, so you think you're in business, start with the end in mind, the business model
Recently, Lorraine Pirihi from “Relaunch your Life” and I had a good chat about “How to Avoid Losing Money When Buying a Business” (audio is below).
The key aspects of which are summarised here:
• Not certain of what to buy?
• You can spend a lot of time looking at a broad range of businesses.
• Whilst keen at the start it can be energy sapping in the long run if you’re uncertain of what to buy.
• Financial limitations
• Do you have an understanding of what you REALLY can “afford”?
• Can you pass the “sleep at night test”– losing sleep might indicate that you are over stretched!
• Procrastination
• Often after finding the right business that matches your criteria, you may continue to procrastinate with the decision to buy
• Lack of preparation
• Due to lack of preparation, you may not able to identify an opportunity even if you find one. Often buyers regret missing the opportunity after the business was bought by others.
• Seeking the perfect deal
• You may appear stuck in the buying process, and over analyze businesses with the focus on identifying actual or potential issues, thereby talking yourself out of the transaction.
A full transcript of the interview can be found here.
Follow along with this audio…
Podcast: How to Avoid Losing Money Buying a Business – a conversation with Lorraine Pirihi by Denise Hall on Mixcloud
