Because I wanted to give you a very comprehensive answer, I decided to do some research of my own.

So I started by reaching out to other small business owners and entrepreneurs.

I talked to approximately 300 product-based and service-based business owners, mainly from across the Caribbean.

They included consultants, coaches, beach vendors, manufacturers, retailers, contractors, service providers, boutique owners, painters, plumbers, tilers, artists, tax accountants and corporate trainers like myself.

I interviewed business owners and entrepreneurs below and above 50 years old.  Some I knew, some I didn’t  know. I had conversations with both men and women, and those who work exclusively from home. 

To avoid information overload, I asked them a simple question:

What useful business solutions would you share with other small business owners that will help them to really skyrocket their business growth?

When I started analysing the answers, I noticed a certain pattern emerging.

Over and over, there were a set of  failures, flaws, frustrations and fears that appear to be common to all the businesses.

But what I found most exciting was that a similar set of quality business solutions kept coming up to fix what I want to call these “F-Factors” mentioned above.

And here’s something else that was very interesting. 

The solutions that my “interviewees” offered were almost all about something business owners could do better, could do more of, could learn to do, etc.

They seldom mentioned any issues relating to their external business environment or the context in which they lead.

When I shared my findings with some of the business owners I had interviewed, their reactions were interesting.

Some said that they had used some of the solutions in their businesses and had gotten really good results.

But many said that they wished they were more aware of them earlier, so they could have fixed issues in their businesses earlier and faster.

You will love this.

What I did, was to take my extensive, informal research and extracted the 10 most popular solutions to share with you.

You will find them practical, relevant to you and your small business and easy to implement.

Best of all, you know they will work because they have already been tested “positive” by small business owners just like you.