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STRATEGY
A 3 Strategies
s an
entrepreneur,
real estate
investor, and
writer –
someone who
has lived and
breathed business in Silicon Valley
for over 20 years, I’ve experienced
the roller coaster that is typical in
the life of the entrepreneur.
Running a busy business,
publishing a magazine, raising two
children – it was stimulating, and
even invigorating at times, but also
grueling.
I graduated from university
with a degree in entrepreneurship
in 1994. (Before that was a popular
major.) I’ve always enjoyed
business, and love living in the
entrepreneur capital of the world,
Silicon Valley, where a chance
meeting at Starbucks can turn into
a stimulating conversation with a
startup genius.
My personal journey includes
building a business from the
ground up over a 13
year period and selling
it when I no longer
enjoyed what I was
doing. As an immigrant
who came here from
Ireland with $500 in my
pocket and a dream, I
never had a problem
working hard. As a
woman however, I was
risk averse, and a little
rigid in how I did
things.
Overseeing a
business can be grueling even for
the most efficient entrepreneur.
However, there are strategies to
deploy to increase effectiveness.
Here are three.
to Push Your Business
to the Next Level
By Geraldine Barry
Three Simple Strategies to
Create Efficiencies & Results:
1.Invest in high caliber people:
Depending on the size of your
business – a couple of high
producing, results oriented team
members who buy into the vision
can transform the business by
invigorating and injecting a new
lease of life into the team. One
great addition is better than 10
mediocre ones.
For example, I was struggling
18
with a heavy workload, and when I
analyzed where I was spending the
majority of my time, the results
were enlightening. I discovered
that a large portion of my week
was spent putting out fires, and
dealing with operational tasks.
While important, these are not
gamechangers in any business,
and could be easily delegated.
Armed with this
new knowledge, I
decided to hire
someone to oversee
operations and wrote
an extensive job
description for that
position. With a little
effort and a lot of
clarity, I found the
perfect person who
brought her own gifts
to the table. She
surprised and delighted
me very quickly with
her competence,
energy, and operational strengths.
That position filled with a more
appropriate person freed me up to
focus on growing the business.