Collaboration for the Heavy Lifting in Your Small Business
Granddaughter's Snowmen
Are you facing a challenging task in your small business? In the corporate world you might be able to delegate part of the task. What’s the answer if you are a lone entrepreneur? One possibility is collaboration with another entrepreneur.
Want to host a public information seminar? Perhaps you can join forces with one or two others in an allied field.
Want to write a book (or e-book)? Perhaps other entrepreneurs could contribute chapters in areas of their own expertise.
Want to pay for advertising? Maybe several small businesses could collaborate on an ad for related services or products to a single target audience.
Collaboration Enables a Bigger Result ©BeverlyLR/stock.xchng
Given enough snow, anyone can build a decent snowman. Not everyone can build a full-sized snowman. Where heavy lifting is required, a little collaboration can go a long way.
“Many hands make light work.” -old adage.
“Two heads are better than one.” – old adage.
“In this new wave of technology, you can’t do it all yourself, you have to form alliances.” – Carlos Slim Helu, in 2010, the world’s wealthiest person, 70 year old Mexican businessman, telecommunications industry.
The first step: Who do you know? Is networking a top goal in your small business? Networking is the prequel to collaboration.
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