How to Run a Successful Small Business

Almost everyone who has ever taught business management, or has ever been interested in building their own business, you probably came across the following:

• Business Strategy
  
• breakeven point
  
• Financial Statements
  
• cashflow
  
• A Business Plan
  
• Set up
  
• market segmentation

While knowing these terms is very important indeed, why is it those who are so few small businesses actually practice them? Why is it that a small business owner so quickly desert the promises they made when they set up their business? What really happened to this influx of money they said they would keep an eye on what happened with their business strategy? What is actually happening with these companies after they were set up and went where they were all going to end?

Let's discover the secret behind the failure of small businesses.

What happens to small businesses, here are some statistics.

Unfortunately, the statistics are pretty bad, come to think that they are very cruel and evil. If you think about it, just looking at them can potentially discourage almost anyone who has set his mind on building your own business. Who's right mind would want to do after reading this,

According to the NY Times, only 48.8% of small businesses actually survive the first five years. It is 48.8 %!

Without a doubt, this is a pretty scary fact and it does not really make you think twice if not three times, right?

But, fear not, if we look straight into the eyes of the monsters stats, we can see what is actually happening with these companies, we can see right through it and crack down what happens in this first year of running your business , what's going to be doing all that positive energy go to waste. And worse, what is actually happening out there that seems to be a business owner, losing faith, and even stop dreaming I was a little worse for even trying. What makes it possible to crawl back into this life of compromise, the same life of only a few months ago he wanted so much to escape from. It's actually quite sad to think how many tried to follow your dreams, failed and given up.

So, what is the real reason for anyone not a new company?

Well, there are many reasons.Some will say that the

• fierce competition.
  
• Bad market analysis.
  
• Poor marketing.
  
• wrong product.
  
• low demand.
  
• incompetent employees.
  
• a lack of strategic planning.
  
• Bad economy.

granted, either for the management of term you can think of, can make your business very easily collapse. Any of these can kill that dream of yours.

But let's start climbing a bit. Let's try and nail the real reason for the failure of the company. Let's climb to the problem.

Let me tell you a secret, because these look good in business management articles and journals, much as it sounds good, and they are quite comfortable with the management concepts analysts prefer to use. This business analysis and senior managers prefer this sense enough to use it in their jargon, so, while a small business owner feels incompetent, under-educated and wants to run away and hide at the first crippling fear that his job is not good, and the dreamer and there is no business of their business environment.

So, what is the real reason? Let's say you overcome your fear and you can feel pretty confident. You can set your business. So why does it eventually fail?

What is the real reason?

the real reason is the lack of control over the business!

Let's go climb a little further, until the top.

is the real reason-lack of time!

Let me ask you a question. As a business owner, what is your real job? Can you give an honest answer?

What if I told you that its right to interest is in fact a firefighter?

firefighter is a fairly accurate description of the small business owner. Let's talk a little about the fire.

Firefighters do not really know what their day will be like. They are in a position to wait. Suddenly they get a call, they rush quickly and get on fire engine.They include all the sirens and red lights, drive like crazy on the scene of the fires, often arriving late.

use what they have, and try to extinguish a fire, and then return to your starting point, back in this position of waiting until the next fire. From fire to the other, their energy and reduce energy levels and vitality drops. They cope with their day, hoping that no new fire will start. But they can not know for sure.

Test yourself: Are you a firefighter? Are you:

1. Guess what the costs are
   
2. Guess what your income is
   
3. forgets to send invoices
   
4. late to meetings or poorly prepared for them
   
5. Do not keep deadlines
   
6. Give it earned income
   
7. your price is low, and you compromise on the price yet
   
8. You is not sufficient to get new customers
   
9. I do not plan!
   
10. All the answers are correct