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How Being a LEAN Thinker Helps You Conserve Cash
- In May, Donald Trump declared that the nation would experience a V-shaped economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. However, on the ground we’re observing a U-shaped economic recovery. As business owners our focus has to be on finding ways to conserve cash as we navigate this economic impact of the COVID 19 pandemic. Having a LEAN approach […] Read More
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5 Ways To Massive Business Success
- Transcript: Hello again. In this video I’m going to talk about the five ways that you can take your business to the stratosphere. Stay tuned. Hi! Doug Barra with ActionCOACH business coaching and this is Business Success with Doug Barra. In today’s video, we’re going to talk about the five ways to massive success in […] Read More
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Make Time for Your Mid-Year Course Correction
- It’s hard to believe that summer is already here! The kids are out of school and vacation season is in full swing. For business owners and their teams, it’s time for the mid-year course correction. June and July are the ideal time to review all your dreams, goals, plans, strategies, learnings and assumptions. It’s the […] Read More
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Made In Miami – Ilo Gear
- Transcript: Jody: Hello everybody. This is Jody Johnson. Welcome to Made In Miami, where we interview small businesses here locally to learn more about why they love doing business in Miami, how they got started in their business and what their advice would be for others who are about to start a business or looking […] Read More
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An Economic Downturn Can Drastically Affect Small Businesses: What Can You Do to Prepare?
- 10+ years after the Great Recession of 2006-2007, the U.S. economy is healthy. For the majority of small business owners, taking out loans to fund growth is relatively easy through conventional banking as well as alternative funding sources. Many small businesses sales are strong. But how long will this trend last? History teaches us that […] Read More
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Essential Financials
- Transcript:Welcome. In today’s episode of business success with Doug Barra, I am going to give you one of the keys to making sure that your business is successful. This is understanding your finances and making sure that you know how to keep your business afloat. So if you’d like to understand business finances in a […] Read More
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Hispanic Businesses are the fastest growing segment in the USA
- Transcript: The other day I was reading a very interesting statistic that I want to share with you. I’ve already talked with you about how only 4 percent of businesses will ever pass the 2 million dollar mark worldwide. So, if you have revenues greater than 2 million you’re already in the 4 percent club. […] Read More
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What you need to know when buying or selling a business
- Transcript: So today I’d like to speak with you about buying businesses, and when is your business ready to be sold. I just had lunch with somebody who’s an entrepreneur and was looking to buy a business. He evaluated and analyzed 10 different businesses within a particular industry, promotional products. The business originally wanted to be […] Read More
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Funding your Business for Growth
- Transcript: Today I want to talk about funding for growth. There’s a myth out there, or a belief I should say, that you don’t want to go into debt, as a business owner, and yet that’s collapsed with personal debt. You don’t want to go into personal debt. Even though some of us that started […] Read More
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Pricing for your products & services
- Transcript: Somebody just asked me recently about pricing, and do I believe that the owners of small business charge enough or charge too little, what what is it. So, there’s a couple of different things I’ll say about that. When I started my business, there was a recommended range to charge for our services, and I remember […] Read More
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Understanding Your Numbers
- Caring is what I do best. I care about people. I care about communities. And, I care about what healthy business can provide for both of those. Today I see our business coaching firm as a vehicle for assisting the business community to run better businesses, create more jobs, get their own needs met and […] Read More
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Growing Your Wealth
- ActionCOACH Doug Barra is in Phoenix Learning about Real Estate Investing with John Burley… Read More
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