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Ten Reasons Why Businesses Fail
- Insufficient Working Capital: It is
crucial for businesses to have a financial cushion especially in the
start-up phase. Ever changing markets can take many unexpected turns
which make financial reserves a must.
- Lack of Proper Internal Communication:
Management must share a healthy avenue of communication with employees
so that common goals are clearly defined and constructive criticism is
useful.
- Inopportune Strategic Planning: The company
must create goals that are realistic but precise. The business plan
should be consulted regularly so that the employees are clear on what
their responsibilities are and the direction of the company.
- Overwhelming Competition: Competition can
be brutal; it is crucial that a company have a strong understanding of
their market and be able to develop a niche that gives them a
competitive advantage.
- Failure to Control Costs: It is important
to develop a system of accounting for costs embedded in company
operations; then, management can control costs effectively and provide
incentives to employees to increase production and efficiency.
- Inadequate Financial Records: A current and
accurate log of the money available and owed is crucial to keeping any
business afloat.
- Poor Customer Relations: Customers keep a
business viable; therefore, it is crucial to keep them satisfied for
repeated business and good references.
- Inability to Market Products and/or Services
Effectively: If a company is unable to penetrate its market,
steadily increase awareness, and effectively market their product then
all the other strengths of the company are useless.
- Inability to Maintain Quality Control:
Quality of product or service is something that must remain consistently
high. Inconsistencies in quality have a tendency to spread and eat away
at companies slowly but surely.
- Lack of an Introspective Business Plan: The
markets are living, breathing environments and are constantly growing
and changing shape; for this reason, the business plan must include some
kind of visionary look into the future and how the company can adapt to
the needs of the future.
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© Copyright 2005 Biz Guru
Lee Lister, writes as The Biz Guru, for a number of
web sites including her own
www.bizguru.us
and
www.clikks.com With over 20
year’s management and business consultancy experience with businesses large
and small. She now helps entrepreneurs set up, develop and market
their businesses.
This article may be freely distributed if this
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