Or fill a big order. Or expand your office and take on whatever comes next. For those who always find new ways to grow their business, American Express open proudly presents your business on msnbc. Hi, everyone. Im j. J. Ramberg. Welcome to your business, the show dedicated to helping your growing business. Whether you are a big business or small one, cash is king. How quickly you get paid for your service is important. If you are a Small Business vendor with big business clients, you should know many of the largest corporations are changing the rules about how fast they change the bills. A lot of businesses are afraid to speak out out of fear they are going to offend their customers. This week, we speak with two who have had it with strong arm tactics. Purchasing agents are bullies. Yes, absolutely. They are the heavyweight on the block. Its their way or the highway. He said, my job is to pay you as late as i can and with hold as much money as i can from you. They are both Small Busin
“She Works Hard for the Money,” is Donna Summer’s classic that was born when she saw a waitress sleeping during her shift and thought, damn she works hard for the money. In this episode we talk about the birth of the song with Summer’s husband and we talk about Black women’s economic issues and how Black women can accrue more wealth and what society needs to do for Black women and how sisters can get more venture capital funds so they can start and grow their own businesses.
idea engine. what you do is come up with ideas, but you have to be careful. if you lose focus, you will start to create a lot of wear and tear on your organization. people will listen to each of your ideas and they ll try to pivot and move with it, and then you come up with another idea and that one becomes an old idea. you can drive people absolutely crazy. so, my suggestion, if you have a good idea, create gates for it, as you would if you were an investor. if you get to the first gate, then you can go to the second gate or the third gate. if you don t get through that gate, though, cut the idea off right there. be ruthless in how you look at your ideas and how you judge them. in that way, you can keep your organization focused and committed and you can be consistent in the messages that you give to your people. we now have the top two tips you need to know to help your growing business. lauren mylan is founder and ceo of lmb group, a strategic marketing and advisory firm. and seri
a business and our audience. lauren, let s start with you. thank you, jj, for having me on. you know, i think that something s really important for entrepreneurs is to make sure that they are hiring competing counterweights. and oftentimes when an entrepreneur is starting their company or growing their team, they tend to hire who they know, right? you go first to your inner circle, and you end up with a lot of duplicative skill sets. and so, make sure that you re hiring, you know, diverse perspective, experience, skills that can actually be really meaningful and competing counterweights to your business and to things that you need to evolve and grow into success. right. and you don t just want a lot of people saying, yes, i agree with that, too, yes, i agree with that, too, which is tempting at the beginning when you re building it because it s exciting to be around people who believe in what you do. people tend to start and grow within their support system, and sometimes we have