Business Concepts, Inc. congratulates President Kate Hyland Mercer on her achievement!

Empowered, which features one of Kate's articles, was named #5 on New York Best Sellers List!

Testimonials

"As her first author client, Kate successfully used her solid and diverse business background to hone my marketing message and help me effectively approach literary agents and book publishers. Kate is smart, energetic and a proven solutions-oriented ally to any business with an eye on increasing profitability, especially in tough economic times."
Bruce Tretter

"I learned three great ways to be more effective in time management."
Emily Greenwood, EKG Networking

"Business Concepts Inc. was very helpful and had great ideas more me to implement."
Susan DiPinto, Boston Private Bank & Trust Co.

Business of the Business

Business Concepts is proud to join the culturally relevant masses and finally have a business blog.

This blog is going to be very specific around the topics that business owners and CEOs care about. I’ll apologize up front…there won’t be any cute discussions about our dogs or our employees’ kids. No, there is only one point of this blog, just as there is only one point of our business: We are on a mission to empower entrepreneurs to build bold and fulfilling companies and keep more of the money they make. As such, each of our posts or discussion threads will be focused on the things that are top of mind to the CEO and help them gain clients and make money… Hence the name of the blog: The CEO’s Agenda.

Things that we are going to talk about include: Should I

  • have a partner?
  • incorporate?
  • help my employees with benefits?
  • How to handle operational issues?
  • When to seek outside assistance?
  • When to hire that first employee, or the 20th one?
  • How to think about branding, positioning, and who your customers really are, and
  • What are the problems your company solves?

Once in a while we might even venture into the scary sales area, since if it’s not on the top of mind of the CEO, you might need a new CEO! And, of course, what if your business is killing you? How does the CEO or business owner or partner decide what to do then? How does an executive decide to hire a mentor/coach/advisor? How does an entrepreneur ask for help without losing the power of being the leader? All excellent topics and since we’ve been there ourselves, we have a lot of opinions on what works, and what doesn’t.

Please feel free to share your perspectives often. The small business owner and start up entrepreneurs need good, solid experiential stories from others who have either learned the hard way, or learned from someone else!

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