Your Business Is What You Make It - the necessary steps to building a sustainable business model.

1. Your Business Is
What You Make It
The Necessary Steps to Building a
Sustainable Business Model…
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2. Ask Yourself This Seemingly
Simple Question
Are you a person-in-business
or a businessperson?
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3. How-to take control of your
business and your destiny…
 Starting, running or growing a business
 Results directed by actions
 Insure a solid, well managed, growth oriented,
turn-key, profit driven, sustainable business
 Remain the master of your destiny
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4. My Business – My Life
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5. 1. The Blueprint
 Dream house analogy
 Written plan of attack
 Flexible and healthy
business
 Is your business
running you?
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6. 2. The Foundation
 Built on solid ground?
 Incorporate finest
materials available?
 Inspect foundation
regularly for issues?
 Have you ignored any
warning signs, no
matter how subtle?
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7. 3. The Structure
“The manner of
construction of
something and the
arrangement of its
parts”
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8. 4. The Culture
 Complemented with
your personality?
 Who you are?
 What you believe?
 How will you look to
the outside world?
 Master plan
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9. 5. The People
 What measures do you
take make your home
their home?
 Why your business is
different?
 Greatest and most
valuable assets?
 Optimal ROI
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10. 5. Think Sustainable
 Not a new concept
 Engineering your
business
 Knowledge, tools,
flexibility and
forward-thinking
processes
 “Think Sustainable”
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11. About the Speaker
Cal Lickfelt
 Seasoned Generalist
 15 years Entrepreneur
 9 years Business Analytics &
Management Consulting
 5 years C-level Executive
 Keynote Speaker
 Corporate Trainer
 Executive Mentor