Comments on: Do You Know The Most Pressing Problem In Your Business? http://www.sparkplugging.com/sparkplug-ceo/do-you-know-the-most-pressing-problem-in-your-business/ Be a Chief Extraordinary Officer in Business & in Life Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:52:12 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Marc Dangeard http://www.sparkplugging.com/sparkplug-ceo/do-you-know-the-most-pressing-problem-in-your-business/comment-page-1/#comment-224436 Marc Dangeard Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:52:27 +0000 http://www.sparkplugging.com/sparkplug-ceo/?p=1197#comment-224436 You are making a very good point. A good place to look for more ideas in this area is a book from Golratt called "The Goal", where he explains the concept of the weak link in the chain: the limitations of your business depend on the limitations of the weakest link within the value chain. And so increasing leads may not do you any good if somewhere else you cannot handle the execution. The key to success becomes organizing your whole business around this weakest link, so that you can get the optimum throughput. A very critical piece of the equation... Marc Dangeards last blog post..<a href="http://bizcoach.blogspot.com/2008/07/vatortv-realities-of-fundraising.html" rel="nofollow">Vator.tv- the realities of fundraising</a> You are making a very good point. A good place to look for more ideas in this area is a book from Golratt called “The Goal”, where he explains the concept of the weak link in the chain: the limitations of your business depend on the limitations of the weakest link within the value chain. And so increasing leads may not do you any good if somewhere else you cannot handle the execution. The key to success becomes organizing your whole business around this weakest link, so that you can get the optimum throughput.
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Marc Dangeards last blog post..Vator.tv- the realities of fundraising

]]> By: Raj Krishnaswamy http://www.sparkplugging.com/sparkplug-ceo/do-you-know-the-most-pressing-problem-in-your-business/comment-page-1/#comment-223509 Raj Krishnaswamy Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:54:39 +0000 http://www.sparkplugging.com/sparkplug-ceo/?p=1197#comment-223509 Very well written article. I agree that many times we do not know what the problem facing the business is in a clearcut manner. I would take one step further and say that this is true not only for on-line businesses but for off-line entities as well. Problem definition is the most critical step in problem solving. Thank you for this in-depth analysis. Very well written article. I agree that many times we do not know what the problem facing the business is in a clearcut manner. I would take one step further and say that this is true not only for on-line businesses but for off-line entities as well. Problem definition is the most critical step in problem solving. Thank you for this in-depth analysis.

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