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Does Your Company Culture Need To Change With The Times? Don’t Sing The...
Does the strong and deep company culture you have nurtured and sustained still resonate with employees and attract customers? As new generations replace retirees and your customers change, is your...
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Go Away to Come Back; Business Lessons From Seven Continents.
Is the idea of leaving your business as well as your country to see the world absurd? As business owners, we are heads-down focused on our business and driven to make it better. Leaving our business...
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How to Keep Customers for Life
By Dan Janal President and Founder PR LEADS Everyone knows it costs less to keep a customer than to sell to a new prospect. Yet, so few people know how to keep a customer for life. I’ve build a...
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10 Warning Signs Your Business is Out of Focus
Article posted in The Business Journals by Andy Birol, Contributing Writer May 14, 2014 Your business strategy is crystal-clear, sharply-focused, and well-versed – or is it? Do your employees,...
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How to find a banker who adds value to your business
Article posted in The Business Journals by Andy Birol, Contributing Writer May 20, 2014 As long as capitalism survives in the United States, there will be bankers and business owners. Whatever...
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Why your company should avoid venture capital
Article posted in The Business Journals by Andy Birol, Contributing Writer April 7, 2014 You need capital for your company to grow, but you may want to reconsider venture capital. The basic...
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How to know a business owner is about to fall from grace (and what to do...
Article posted in The Business Journals by Andy Birol, Contributing Writer March 4, 2014 Good, smart people start companies, and they go into business with ambition and a sense of purpose....
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4 ways to make your own luck in business
Article posted in The Business Journals by Andy Birol, Contributing Writer March 18, 2014 The saying “it’s better to be lucky than smart” is often used to describe successful CEOs who aren’t...
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5 police strategies that businesses should adopt
Article posted in The Business Journals by Andy Birol, Contributing Writer February 25, 2014 You think you have problems? Try being a cop. Years ago, I went on a police ride-along in...
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How to fix your sales process so you won’t ever be disappointed in a sales...
Article posted in The Business Journals by Andy Birol, Contributing Writer February 4, 2014 Have you ever screamed, “Why can’t I hire good sales reps?!” If so, you might be asking the wrong...
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Menard USA Doubles Sales With Help From Andy Birol of Birol Growth Consulting
Background Menard (www.menardusa.com) a design-build specialty geotechnical contractor who offers value engineering and innovative techniques to deliver practical, sustainable solutions such as...
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The real root causes for 5 problems your company is facing
Article posted in The Business Journals by Andy Birol, Contributing Writer January 7, 2014 All businesses have problems. These usually revolve around sales, staff, costs, recruitment, and the...
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Analysts: Pa. Court Gives Ohio More Shale Potential
By Dan O’Brien Crain’s Cleveland Business YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — A recent decision by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court that empowers municipalities in that state to regulate oil and gas exploration could...
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Leadership lessons from Rodney Dangerfield: Look out for No. 1 but don’t step...
Article posted in The Business Journals by Andy Birol, Contributing Writer Nov 19, 2013 To paraphrase Thornton Melon’s (Rodney Dangerfield) commencement speech in the movie “Back to School,”...
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4 ways you can succeed with a staff that ‘wears multiple hats’
Article posted in The Business Journals by Andy Birol, Contributing Writer Nov 26, 2013 In every private business, new employees are told, “we all wear several hats here.” Sure, small to...
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Marketing fail: ‘Your company does that?’
Article posted in The Business Journals by Andy Birol, Contributing Writer Nov 12, 2013, Your company does that? Are there four words that frustrate you more as a business owner? Even after...
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5 signs you’re running your business like the government you ridicule
Article posted in The Business Journals by Andy Birol, Contributing Writer Nov 5, 2013, Nothing irks private business owners more than the federal government — and the daily news just adds...
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Selling Your Business Without a Growth Plan is Like Selling a Home You Never...
“I’m selling my company; why does it need a growth plan?” Whenever I hear owners say this, it’s clear they want out and want the highest price; which is their prerogative. But, after investing in it...
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Andy Birol Named a Top 100 Champion in the 2013 Small Business Influencer Awards
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Cleveland, OH, September 26, 2013 – Andy Birol has been named a Top 100 Champion in the 2013 Small Business Influencer Awards. The Small Business Influencer Awards honor those who...
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Are Your Managers Managing Managers?
“My people are great, but why can’t they make more decisions without me!” Whenever a business owner says this, my response is, “How many of your people report directly to you?” Their answer is, “All...
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