Management Resources for Internet Businesses - Articles

• Business Execution
  Getting to the goal is what good management is all about, and you either do it, or you don’t.
• Management Basics
  What does it take to really run a business? Ethics is a good starting point,
• Monetize
  New models for monetizing your web business
• Managing Your Internet Business During Recession Years
  Here are some key principles for taking care of business during a recession.
• Venture 360 Report: An Objective Analysis of Your Business
  Getting an objective business analysis attracts investors and helps you steer your business.
• Inside Out
  If you are chained to your desk, you may be missing the most important ways to grow your business … connections.
• Big Payoffs from your Board of Directors
  If you are still uncertain as to why you need a board, even for a small start-up, read this personal experience article.
• Beware the Sirens Song
  Keeping your eye on the goal, and doing what you do best, is a sure way to grow your business, internet or otherwise.
• Companies Need to Love Customer Service
  Good customer service is a great marketing tool, and makes you feel great too.
• Effective Internet Business Models
  Create an effective Internet Business Model by asking yourself the right questions.
• Startup Strategies in a Recession
  Here’s how to steer your ship through shallow waters.
• VC Advice to a Portfolio Company
  When economic times are tough, you need good advice and strategy to stay the course.
• Build a Self-Managing Team
  A key to good leadership is to know how to involve everyone in the success you want to achieve.
• Decision maker or consensus builder?
  What leadership style do you have as the CEO, and, which one works best?
• The Keys to Effective Delegation
  If you have a hard time delegating, relax…so do most other entrepreneurs, but, it is a skill you can learn, if you are willing.
• Solve Problems, Not Symptoms
  A good entrepreneur doesn’t waste time on the symptoms, but digs to the root of problems, and makes the changes where they make the most difference.
• Begin With the End In Mind
  Creating a strategy to take you somewhere is not useful, unless it is taking you where you actually want to go.
• Planning to Plan?
  If you keep putting off the task of creating a strategic business plan, perhaps it’s time to just do it.
• Big Profits
  Don’t forget…the name of the game is to make money in all this. How do you manage your business to make cash flow positive?
• How to Work with the Board of Directors
  After selecting a great board, now learn how to get the most out of their talent.
• Articulate Your Vision
  One of Spartina’s principles for emerging technology businesses is: take a step back and articulate a vision before you launch into strategy and marketing.
• Perseverance Through Adversity Leads to Success
  This is our number one entrepreneur rule… can you stick it out when the going gets tough?
• Selecting a Board of Directors
  Working successfully with a board of directors begins by making the correct choice for board members.
• Management
  Even if you are new to managing a business, you can make smart decisions by following in the footsteps of others who have succeeded.
• Successful Board Meetings
  Here are a few principles from Spartina to create a successful board meeting, besides the obvious: hold them regularly.
• Setting Product Goals
  After you read the overview article on setting goals, you are ready to set the goals for your product. In this article we fine tune the goal-setting process by looking at the questions you need to …
• Goal Setting: The Big Picture
  As part of your management strategy, you want to set a vision, mission, and achievable goals. We start by understanding goals in general, with Spartina’s principles.
• Leadership Principles
  Can you define leadership? Do you know how to embody it and find others who do as well? This is critical in starting or growing a business.
• Holding a Company Retreat
  At key points in the life cycle of a company, it is essential to build cohesion among team members.