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Four Practices for Great Performance

From an HBS Working Knowledge article:

“Experts and executives agree that successful fulfillment of individuals’ performance expectations hinges on managers’ ability to apply four practices:

1. Involve employees…
2. Focus on achievability…
3. Build measures that help meet goals…
4. Tap into employees’ deepest motivations….”

Via BusinessPundit.

The Importance of Awareness

From a post by Mtthew Tobias on VentureBlog:

“I have run into an above average number of start-up teams that are stunningly unaware of their own markets, competition, and strengths/weaknesses as a team.

Let me be even more specific. I believe a heightened sense of awareness is a critical sucess factor for a CEO (and the whole start-up team in fact). The CEO must be aware of and have thought through every major issue in the company and market.”

How to Do Business with Uncle Sam

This article by George A. Cloutier from BW Online explains:
“For many entrepreneurs, an impenetrable bureaucracy and time-consuming paperwork rule out any thought of bidding for government contracts. That need not be the case “

Consider an SBA 504 Loan

This article from BW Online explains:

“The 504 loan program is designed to help healthy small businesses looking to expand. It can also be used by seasoned entrepreneurs or those with industry experience who want to buy a business. Proceeds from a 504 can generally be used for fixed assets with a long life, such as land, buildings, or machinery.

A 504 is really two loans. The first, from a bank, is usually for 50% of the loan amount. A further 40% comes from a nonprofit community development corporation (CDC). The borrower puts up the remaining 10%, hence the common shorthand 50-40-10.”

7 Types of Leadership Stories

This post from Good Morning Thinkers! elaborates on seven types of stories used by executives in leading their charges. The story types, taken from the book, “Squirrel, Inc.,” by Convergence 2004 keynote speaker, Steve Denning, are as follows:

Sparking Action.
Communicating Who You Are.
Transmitting Values.
Fostering Collaboration.
Taming the Grapevine.
Sharing Knowledge.
Leading People into the Future.

Pioneer Entrepreneurs

Pioneer Entrepreneurs is a collaborative effort described as:

“… a source for connections and conversations that help growing companies make better business decisions. The services, content, and forums we develop focus on the development of entrepreneurial thinking and decision-making, particularly in regard to adaptive strategy and entrepreneurial finance. “

Inventables: Inspiration for new product developers

From the Innovation Weblog:

“I was recently alerted to a neat new product development resource called DesignAid from Inventables. The company describes DesignAid as a hands-on ‘magazine’ — actually more like a kit of unique materials and technologies — that helps to spark creative new product ideas. Inventables also provides subscribers with access to an online database that contains more information on each new material and technology.
I’m not trained in new product development, but it sounds like this may be a worthwhile resource!”

Setting up a crisis communications center

From TechRepublic:

“Reestablishing your organization’s IT capabilities takes ample planning before a disaster or a crisis happens. Here’s how to plan for putting together a crisis communications center when you need to connect your business with the rest of the world.”

Startup Company Valuation Model

From Paul Allen:

“This model explains a simple way to value a start-up company when working with investors. It is provided courtesy of Joe Ollivier of First Capital Development, a private investment and hard money lending firm based in Provo, Utah. “