Why Do Some Businesses Succeed & Others Fail ?

In 2020, I enlisted 7 research teams & almost a dozen PhDs from various fields. Their task was go through the scientific literature.. Every published paper, every meta-analysis or systematic review we could find..

The goal?

Find what science has proven for how to run a business.

THE CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS to success & growth in business. Not just opinions..

What does SCIENCE show works?
 
Here's what we found:

"The 8 Critical Business Habits"

These 8 Critical Business Habits Decide Who Survives During Uncertain Times & Who Doesn't.

These factors apply to small & medium sized businesses.
All over the world.

Regardless of language, culture, government system.

They apply to online and offline businesses.

They apply to product & services.

We believe these are the most established.
The most valid & well proven critical success factors for business.

If you understand & improve your performance in each of these 8 categories, results will follow.

We reviewed 1000s of papers. We looked at 1000s of their references.
We looked at studies done AROUND THE WORLD to breakthrough cultural barriers. Find the things which work regardless of language, culture or economic condition.

We ended with 24 studies we feel answer this specific question with quality research. Of the 24 we categorized 10 studies as foundational and 14 supporting. 

A foundational study is a study large and robust enough to validate critical success factors for small & medium sized businesses overall.

A supporting study is one which emphasizes the validity of 1 or more individual factors. Combined we feel they best demonstrate how to run a business.

To learn more about each critical success factor, choose the factor you wish to discover.

Self Efficacy
Strategic Planning
Marketing Strategy
Market Intelligence
Sales Strategy & Skills
Money Management
Business Operating Systems
Business Intelligence

To learn more about each factor, click on the factor above.
Or, to see the research behind it all, go here.

You can also checkout our our Best Business Podcast.

If you'd like our help you can checkout our coaching program "HabitHero". It's where we fix bad habits. Make results automatic. Or if you need help getting focus, momentum with a new product/business. Plus keeping your remote team on project & focused too..
Checkout The Remote CEOs 21 Day 2x Your Focus Challenge.

Both of these programs apply what we've learned over 20+ years growing businesses. Plus this research.

"Your success is my success" - Daryl Urbanski

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