Comments on: Are you Building a Big But Dumb Business? http://www.ragstowreckages.com/2010/03/are-you-building-a-big-but-dumb-business/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=are-you-building-a-big-but-dumb-business Rapid Innovation - Rapid Startup Success Mon, 18 Jul 2011 22:07:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Business goal setting for successful entrepreneurs - Rags to Wreckages | Rags to Wreckages ... to Riches http://www.ragstowreckages.com/2010/03/are-you-building-a-big-but-dumb-business/comment-page-1/#comment-262 Business goal setting for successful entrepreneurs - Rags to Wreckages | Rags to Wreckages ... to Riches Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:50:06 +0000 http://www.ragstowreckages.com/?p=598#comment-262 [...] Simple,  set a revenue per employee goal - because this goal is about creating a sustainable strong business that is low stress to manage and as a result is a lot more fun for the shareholder/ business partners. Don’t set a fixed value goal. [...] [...] Simple,  set a revenue per employee goal – because this goal is about creating a sustainable strong business that is low stress to manage and as a result is a lot more fun for the shareholder/ business partners. Don’t set a fixed value goal. [...]

]]> By: How to Dump the Big But Dumb Business - and Why Yahoo is Behind Google | Rags to Wreckages ... to Riches http://www.ragstowreckages.com/2010/03/are-you-building-a-big-but-dumb-business/comment-page-1/#comment-198 How to Dump the Big But Dumb Business - and Why Yahoo is Behind Google | Rags to Wreckages ... to Riches Mon, 08 Mar 2010 07:45:27 +0000 http://www.ragstowreckages.com/?p=598#comment-198 [...] let’s go back to our piece on how to successful entrepeneurs can build a smart business. The essence of a successful business is an increase (over time) of revenue per employee. This [...] [...] let’s go back to our piece on how to successful entrepeneurs can build a smart business. The essence of a successful business is an increase (over time) of revenue per employee. This [...]

]]> By: Neil Lewis http://www.ragstowreckages.com/2010/03/are-you-building-a-big-but-dumb-business/comment-page-1/#comment-191 Neil Lewis Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:55:51 +0000 http://www.ragstowreckages.com/?p=598#comment-191 Okay, I admit, this is what I did - as my first business grew - it grew faster in headcount than revenue. The revenue per employee fell and when it got to 60 staff and the market turned - it had a real problem finding profit and closed a couple of years later. What should I have done? Well, if we'd tracked revenue per employee, we would have stopped the decent into Big But Dumb and we would have had a smaller (head count) but more profitable and stronger business. hmmm - won't make that mistake next time! Okay, I admit, this is what I did – as my first business grew – it grew faster in headcount than revenue. The revenue per employee fell and when it got to 60 staff and the market turned – it had a real problem finding profit and closed a couple of years later. What should I have done? Well, if we’d tracked revenue per employee, we would have stopped the decent into Big But Dumb and we would have had a smaller (head count) but more profitable and stronger business.

hmmm – won’t make that mistake next time!

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