Heather Villa

There is an invisible set of stairs that entrepreneurs perceive in the life of their business and every business owner has the desire to move their business up these stairs toward some (possibly unknown or unstated) level of success. They know that each level requires new efforts and techniques and ideas and comes with its [...]

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In a couple of days, my calendar is going to ping me with a reminder. It’s going to say “One month in – how’s it going, Heather?” This reminder is for me to review the new business strategies I intended to integrate into my business this year.
Each year, I list out a bunch of strategies [...]

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There is an old saying that holds true even today: “Success breeds success.” In the early days of your business, you were likely concerned with simply staying afloat. Lining up consistently paying customers may have been difficult and you may have gone for long periods with little business. However, something happened since then that caused [...]

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Small business owners are not always the most qualified to run their business. They are often very good at performing the service they provide but they might not be skilled at administration, marketing, sales, or the myriad of other tasks required. So here are nine tips to help small business owners manage their businesses more [...]

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In my reading I’ve enjoyed the writing of Duct Tape Marketing creator John Jantsch. You can read his blog over at Duct Tape Marketing.
In a recent blog, The Three Natural Phases of Successful Small Business Growth, Jantsch talks about the 3 phases that he sees small businesses progress through.
The first phase is foundation, the second [...]

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There’s the old saying, “If you’re failing to plan then you’re planning to fail”. That’s good advice but I would add that “you SHOULD plan to fail”. Okay, so that might not sound like the most positive advice around, but you’ll thank me for it after you’ve read this blog.
I’ve been coaching a client through [...]

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I can’t imagine a business that doesn’t want some kind of growth. That’s exactly the way it should be. But not all growth is good and in the past couple of blogs I talk about business growth that can sometimes be a problem.
So far, I’ve talked about out-of-control business growth that costs so much up-front, [...]

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