How You Can Get Out of Bad Debt

Business Coaching: Series Two - How You Can Get Out of Bad Debt

Few things give you more worry and that sick feeling in your gut than having debts that you can’t pay off. I know this from personal experience. Fortunately, through reading and listening to good advice, we gradually paid off and closed all of our credit cards, car loans, overdraft, accounts payable and other forms of…

Begin with the End in Mind

Business Coaching: Series Two - Begin with the End in Mind

All new business owners start out wide-eyed and optimistic, or at least they should be starting that way! Although it’s counter-intuitive, the very beginning is also the time to put some thought and planning into how your business will end. From a business owners’ perspective, the end, usually means either selling the business, handing it…

Six Steps to Results

Business Coaching: Series Two - Six Steps to Results

Building your business is like climbing a stairway. In this video, we’ll look at six key steps that if you can master, you’ll become a highly successful business owner. That is someone who receives strong profits from one or more businesses but does not have to work in any of them. These steps are Mastery,…

Do You Understand the True Cost of Discounting?

Business Coaching: Series Two - Do You Understand the True Cost of Discounting?

One of the quickest and easiest ways to destroy the profit of your business is to give your customers excessive discounts. In this video we’ll look at when discounting is a good idea and when it is not. You’ll also find out through examples exactly how much more volume you have to sell to make…

Five Ways to Increase Your Profitability

Business Coaching: Series Two - Five Ways to Increase Your Profitability

In this video, we’ll explore five key ways to increase the profitability of your business. Thanks to the magic of exponential equations, if you can increase your profitability by even a small percentage for each of these five ways, the total effect upon your bottom line is surprisingly large! Watch this video to discover more…

Put Your Profit First

Business Coaching: Series Two - Put Your Profit First

Have you slogged away in your business (or your regular job) for years and wondered where all your hard-earned money goes? Why don’t you ever seem to have much to show for your hard work after all of your bills have been paid? In this episode, we’ll explore the principles from the book Profit First,…

Cash is King

Business Coaching: Series Two - Cash is King

There’s an old saying, “Turnover is vanity, profit is sanity and cash is king!” In the previous video, we focused on the first part. In this video we focus upon the final part: ‘cash is king!’ These days cash is not just ‘folding money’ but any form of readily available liquid asset. Business owners often…

Turnover is Vanity, Profit is Sanity

Business Coaching: Series Two - Turnover is Vanity, Profit is Sanity

There’s an old saying, “Turnover is vanity, profit is sanity and cash is king!” In other words, just because you’re making sales or turnover, doesn’t mean that you’re making a profit. In this video we’ll take a closer look at these two measures and why you need to pay close attention to both, not just…

Financial Statements Demystified

Business Coaching: Series Two - Financial Statements Demystified

As the business owner, you don’t need to do the books yourself, or even understand the finer details. But it’s vital that you understand the basics. If you’re a business owner that has survived for any length of time then you’ve proven that you have a gut feel for the key numbers that drive your…

Maximise Your Profit

Business Coaching: Series Two - Maximise Your Profit

What is the primary aim of your business? It should be to maximise profit!All the other great things you’d like to achieve through your business won’t happen unless your business becomes sustainably profitable. You can argue all you like about Silicon Valley start-ups where it seems to be all about growth and market share with…