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Innovate, Accelerate, Replicate

Innovate, Accelerate, Replicate ®

Innovate, Accelerate, Replicate ® are the three basic business building blocks. How’s that for alliteration?

And, it’s so fundamental, we even thought to trademark it.

You could be an entrepreneur starting a business. Or, you could be leading a Fortune 500 Company. Whatever the case, you will need to be mindful of this trio.

In fact, as you begin reading this article, I would invite you to take a look at this infographic.

Innovate

The word innovate is somewhat self-defining. When ...

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25
JUN

Categories: Accelerate, Business Growth, Innovate, Replicate

Tags: Accelerate, business advisory, Innovate, Replicate

God First: Then, Gross Margin

Posted by: Ken Moll

God First: Then, Gross Margin

Margin is important, but, alas, God first: Then, gross margin.

“Unless the Lord builds the house, the builders labor in vain.” – Psalm 127:1

If you are planning to start or grow your organization, it’s important to have first things first.

I have been blessed with decades of business experience. And, I have advised numerous individuals and organizations. And, given all of that, I’ve discovered the keys to success:

God first.
Have adequate margin ...

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27
APR

Categories: Accelerate, Blog, Business Advisory, Innovate

Tags: Accelerate, business advisory, gross margin, Innovate, margin, Replicate, Word of God

Saw Teeth

Posted by: Ken Moll

Saw Teeth

Saw teeth. This is what we call a certain trend line that many organizations experience.

There are numerous business challenges that plague leaders and their organizations. But suffice it to say, that is not what you are probably looking for. God willing, the aim for most is to continually scale.

At Blue Elevator™, we refer to scaling simply as repeatable growth.

In a perfect world, you start a business. And, depending on your target trajectory, you continue to grow each year. God ...

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23
APR

Categories: Accelerate, Blog, Business Advisory, Innovate

Tags: business advisory, God, growth, scaling

The Law of the Limiting Reagent

Posted by: Ken Moll

The Law of the Limiting Reagent

Have you heard of the Law of the Limiting Reagent?

Well, if you are a Member of the Blue Elevator™ Group, I hope you have. Or, maybe you learned this concept as a chemistry student. And, for sure if you were blessed to receive instruction from chemistry teacher Mrs. Connie Grosse at El Dorado High School in Placentia, California.

And, that’s where I first heard it. In 1983. For me, chemistry wasn’t the easiest of courses. But, ...

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14
APR

Categories: Blog, Business Growth, Business Process, Business Startups, Innovate

Tags: business advisory, growth, limiting reagent

Revealing Secrets

Posted by: Ken Moll

Revealing Secrets

We’re ready to begin revealing secrets. Perhaps you have been following along in this article series.

We started with My Quest. When I started this series, I shared about my decades-long journey to find the secret to business success.
As you know, I was looking for a simple formula for Business Alchemy. I was hoping to find a one-step, sure-fire way of turning any business into gold.
Then, I revealed to you The Big Secret. That, alas, there was ...

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2
DEC

Categories: Blog, Business Consulting, Business Growth, Business Process Consulting, Innovate, Leadership, Management, Problem solving

Tags: business advisory, God, growth, leadership, management, management consulting, secret, secrets

The Big Secret

Posted by: Ken Moll

The Big Secret

In this article, I’m going to tell you the big secret.

I’ve been telling you about My Quest. Like looking for Sasquatch or Big Foot, I have spent decades looking for the secret to business success. And, the big question was and is: Is there such a thing as Business Alchemy?

Is there a simple way to turn an ordinary business into gold?

Business Alchemy – Debunked?

You might recall a cable show called “MythBusters.” In this show, two pseudoscientists ...

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20
NOV

Categories: Blog, Business Consulting, Business Development, Business Growth, Business Startups, Innovate, Leadership, Management

Tags: business advisory, growth, Innovate, leadership, management consulting, secret

TOMA

Posted by: Ken Moll

TOMA

Toma. Maybe you’ve heard this term before. Maybe you haven’t.

Actually, I had a friend in high school named Toma. Toma had a souped-up Dodge Charger, which was a spitting image of The General Lee. If you’re young, that might not ring a bell. The General Lee was the car Bo and Luke Duke drove on the show The Dukes of Hazzard. Toma’s Dodge even came complete with the horn that played a short clip of the tune Dixie.

Toma didn’t drive ...

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25
OCT

Categories: Blog, Business Growth, Innovate, Marketing

Tags: business advisory, engagement, scale your business, TOMA

One Call Close

Posted by: Ken Moll

One Call Close

Have you heard that phrase before? Anyone who has spent time in or around professional sales might identify with that phrase.

It’s the sales person’s equivalent of a proverbial “hole in one” in golf. It’s as rare as hitting a golf ball off of a tee that goes straight into the hole – as it is for a salesperson to close a deal with a prospect in the first meeting.

Sales is Not a Full Contact Sport

In some sales courses, ...

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6
APR

Categories: Blog, Business Development, Business Growth, Business Process, Business Process Consulting, Innovate

Tags: business advisory, close, closing, Innovate, leadership, selling

Completeness

Posted by: Ken Moll

Completeness

It is an audit objective.

As a former auditor for what’s now PricewaterhouseCoopers, we dealt with audit objectives. These audit objectives were also learned in my Accounting/Auditing classes in business college at California State University, Fullerton.

The audit objectives were also reinforced in the CPA review course. That is, a CPA examination test preparation course I took from Newt Becker my senior year.

Let’s see if I remember … ECVARP was the acronym Newt used. Existence, Completeness, Valuation, Accuracy/Validity, Rights/Obligations, Presentation/Disclosure. But this ...

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4
MAR

Categories: Blog, Business Development, Business Growth, Business Process, Innovate, Leadership, Management, Management Action Items

Tags: business advisory, complete, completeness, Innovate, leadership, management consulting, thorough

Be Thorough

Posted by: Ken Moll

Be Thorough

It’s not a word you hear much anymore. At a quick glance, it looks like the preposition “through.”

And given our society’s propensity for a “point and click” existence, “thorough” is being relegated to the sidelines of business.

But if you want to be successful in life and business, be encouraged to embrace it.

Merriam-Webster defines it as follows:

marked by full detail
careful about detail
complete in all respects
having full mastery (as of an art)

Being Thorough – A Practical Lesson

I was exposed to the ...

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4
MAR

Categories: Blog, Business Development, Business Growth, Business Process, Innovate, Leadership, Management, Management Action Items

Tags: business advisory, complete, completeness, God, leadership, management, thorough

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Innovate, Accelerate, Replicate

Innovate, Accelerate, Replicate ®

Innovate

God First: Then, Gross Margin

God First: Then, Gross Margin

Saw Teeth

Saw Teeth

The Law of the Limiting Reagent

The Law of the Limiting Reagent

Revealing Secrets

Revealing Secrets

The Big Secret

The Big Secret

Business Alchemy – Debunked?

TOMA

TOMA

One Call Close

One Call Close

Sales is Not a Full Contact Sport

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Completeness

Be Thorough

Be Thorough

Being Thorough – A Practical Lesson

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