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Or not. Business ownership is an adventure that will challenge your skills, your knowledge, and your mindset. If you master these challenges, your business will thrive. If you don’t, your business may stagnate, lose money, and drag you down. The best way to meet these challenges is with the help of an expert guide. Summit 9 guides business owners to increased profits and greater happiness with a proven focus on 8 Prosperity Paths. Navigating these paths will set you up to own and operate a successful business that delivers all the wealth and happiness you want. Call us today - 207-847-9210. We’d like to help you reach more. 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We can help you see what is possible and help you decide the right destinations for you. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db1a7a65ac5482d25b73b21/1596124198595-4EZ0DRJASB06OO6YY4MN/AdobeStock_246131155.jpeg Approach - Go To Market Strategy Your business will be pushed and pulled by competitors, economic changes, demographic changes, market changes, employees, technology, customers, suppliers, and many other factors. Success depends on your ability to balance those factors and push your business toward your goals. This isn't about writing some fancy business plan. It is about thoughtfully creating a clear direction for your daily decisions, your key initiatives, and your allocation of resources. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db1a7a65ac5482d25b73b21/1596141471564-FEKI42JM2G6R5146G3N2/AdobeStock_61471882.jpeg Approach - Tactical Excellence Your strategy should drive the tactical decisions you make every day. Depending on your strategy, some tactics are more important than others. We will help you figure out which tactics matter most and how to improve them. Among the tactics we will review are your marketing and promotion, your sales process and skills, your customer service, your operations, and your management of people. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db1a7a65ac5482d25b73b21/1596141291585-BAQFO4SZUE94ZMQ7AHS5/AdobeStock_66487561.jpeg Approach - Financial IQ It doesn't matter how you feel about numbers or how you did in high school math. Unless you get really lucky for really long, eventually you will have to understand and apply basic financial concepts to your business. You will need to read your financial reports, create a budget, forecast cash flow, develop profitability models, measure ROI, and plan future expenses. 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We will help you create the most effective team possible so you can reach more customers, make more profit, and work fewer hours. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db1a7a65ac5482d25b73b21/1596144460555-U5Y9NJ20X2XUOLGLNOAZ/AdobeStock_138591599.jpeg Approach - Systematic Thinking Rome wasn't built in a day. Your personal and business success won't be either. Success takes disciplined improvement and progress over time. We will help you setup the systems and processes to support long term growth and development of you and your business. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db1a7a65ac5482d25b73b21/1596144682920-I9RPX71HWXZ90QO6B4XY/AdobeStock_357395248.jpeg Approach - Exit Planning You will be exiting your business. Some day. The better you plan for it the happier you will be when that day comes. We will guide you through the development and execution of the right plan for you. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db1a7a65ac5482d25b73b21/1596145287927-4V8YHX9C8KRCUP9LEBUP/AdobeStock_69987541.jpeg Approach - Putting It All Together When you master these 8 Critical Paths you will have the skills and mindset to succeed at anything. Call us today and let’s talk about how we can help you reach the summit you are aiming for. You can reach us at 207-847-9210 or through email: Jim@Summit-9.com Scott@Summit-9.com https://www.summit-9.com/about-us daily 0.75 2020-07-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db1a7a65ac5482d25b73b21/1596206945357-GFB5J0E6OLBQ1HGL3YGP/20190513_summit9-7.jpg About - Jim Lyon drives business success. Jim spent 20 years climbing the corporate ladder at four Fortune 500 corporations. His positions in finance, marketing, sales, strategic planning, general management, and IT have one common theme – applying proven principles to disrupt the status quo and deliver better results. He applied his methods quite successfully at two startup companies and since 2006 he has been guiding small business owners with the same approach – teach core principles, help apply the knowledge, and challenge people to execute. Jim has guided over 100 businesses and their success is the best measure of his performance. His clients earn record profits, win awards, create jobs, become effective managers and leaders, turn around struggling companies, retire wealthy and successfully, and find happiness in their decision to own a business. Jim has an MBA from the University of Chicago, an economics degree from Grinnell College and years of formal and informal training from exceptional teachers and leaders. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db1a7a65ac5482d25b73b21/1572275104653-YVYARGETUFKQA7V04N3T/20190513_summit9-37-shadow-angled-w-lines.png About - Scott Roberts helps people and organizations grow creatively. Scott has spent 20 years in positions of progressive responsibility in general business management, sales, marketing and strategy. Working in such diverse areas as biotechnology, consumer package goods, cosmetics, veterinary diagnostics, transaction processing, software and plastics, he has helped organizations both large and small grow sustainably. In his work as a corporate lawyer he continued his drive to help people and organizations get results through acquisitions and raising capital. 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