by Darlene Ziebell | Oct 20, 2020 | Startup Visions
Non-Employer, Micro or Small Business. Which One Are You? The Small Business Administration (SBA) of the United States, defines small business as having less than 500 employees. In the U.S. small business is not defined by annual sales. A micro business is defined...
by Darlene Ziebell | Sep 2, 2020 | Alliances, Branding, Business Partnerships, Exit Strategies, Finance, Hiring, Marketing, Operations, Startup Visions
Preparing for business challenges takes skill and experience; facing them is inevitable. Predicting business challenges before they happen may save some of the 85% of new businesses that fail. To prepare for confrontations before they occur business owners need to...
by Darlene Ziebell | Aug 30, 2020 | Alliances, Branding, Business Partnerships, Exit Strategies, Hiring, Introduction Blogs, Marketing, Operations, Startup Visions
Spirituality and Business How does a business owner think positively in an environment with financial downturns? There is an easy answer. However, this answer does not come with an easy process to achieve a solution. After spending several years studying metaphysical...
by Darlene Ziebell | Jun 16, 2020 | Alliances, Branding, Business Partnerships, Exit Strategies, Hiring, Marketing, Operations, Services, Startup Visions
This article was published about me in Entrepreneur Magazine in April 1997. At that time, my name was Darlene Pinkowski. In this article, I discussed the strategies I used to create a successful business strategy for my consulting firm, Actoras Consulting Group....
by Darlene Ziebell | Oct 25, 2018 | Finance, Operations, Startup Visions
With the U.S. economy shifting from cash to electronic currency, small business owners must be prepared to manage their business with limited cash flow. Per credit cards.com, of all consumers surveyed, only 12% prefer to pay with cash. The remaining 88% paid with...
by Darlene Ziebell | Oct 24, 2018 | Exit Strategies, Operations, Private Consulting, Startup Visions
Maybe your business coaches never experienced business failure before. The primary job of a business coach is to help a newly minted entrepreneur develop the skills they already have. Envision a business coach standing on the sidelines cheering on the new owner to...
