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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.mysolutionspot.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title /><link>http://www.mysolutionspot.com/business-plans-and-getting-started/higher-education-not-a-factor-in-micro-business-success-1567/</link><description>Higher education not a factor in micro-business success</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2008 (Debug Build: 30414.1743)</generator><item><title>Re: Higher education not a factor in micro-business success</title><link>http://www.mysolutionspot.com/business-plans-and-getting-started/higher-education-not-a-factor-in-micro-business-success-1567/3568/#3568</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:28:53 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6570dea7-6e42-4a5c-9ac2-110f82e55fa2:3568</guid><dc:creator>Jacob Martin</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.mysolutionspot.com/business-plans-and-getting-started/higher-education-not-a-factor-in-micro-business-success-1567/3568/#3568</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.mysolutionspot.com/articles/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=38&amp;PostID=3568</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;Strategist&amp;acirc; methodology, which allows one to develop a valid and practical strategic plan in less than eight hours. &amp;ldquo;Clearly,&amp;rdquo; says Dr. Geller, &amp;ldquo;even a busy business owner can afford that.&amp;rdquo;&lt;a href="http://www.speedydegrees.com/Online/political-science-degrees.htm"&gt;life experience political science degree&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://www.speedydegrees.com/Online/psychology-degrees.htm"&gt;life experience psychology degree&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: Higher education not a factor in micro-business success</title><link>http://www.mysolutionspot.com/business-plans-and-getting-started/higher-education-not-a-factor-in-micro-business-success-1567/3567/#3567</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:27:30 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6570dea7-6e42-4a5c-9ac2-110f82e55fa2:3567</guid><dc:creator>Jacob Martin</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.mysolutionspot.com/business-plans-and-getting-started/higher-education-not-a-factor-in-micro-business-success-1567/3567/#3567</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.mysolutionspot.com/articles/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=38&amp;PostID=3567</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;Dr. Geller&amp;rsquo;s study, which found no correlation between the educational level of micro-business owners and the practice of strategic planning, the conclusion is clear &amp;ndash; higher education is not a factor in micro-business success. &lt;a href="http://www.speedydegrees.com/Online/insurance-and-risk-management-degrees.htm"&gt;insurance management degree&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://www.speedydegrees.com/Online/environmental-safety-management-degrees.htm"&gt;safety management degree&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://www.speedydegrees.com/Online/environmental-safety-management-degrees.htm"&gt;environmental management degree&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: Higher education not a factor in micro-business success</title><link>http://www.mysolutionspot.com/business-plans-and-getting-started/higher-education-not-a-factor-in-micro-business-success-1567/3443/#3443</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:52:18 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6570dea7-6e42-4a5c-9ac2-110f82e55fa2:3443</guid><dc:creator>Nathan Petrams</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.mysolutionspot.com/business-plans-and-getting-started/higher-education-not-a-factor-in-micro-business-success-1567/3443/#3443</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.mysolutionspot.com/articles/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=38&amp;PostID=3443</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;Not everyone needs the experience though.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Higher education not a factor in micro-business success</title><link>http://www.mysolutionspot.com/business-plans-and-getting-started/higher-education-not-a-factor-in-micro-business-success-1567/</link><pubDate>Sun, 21 Sep 2008 15:31:53 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6570dea7-6e42-4a5c-9ac2-110f82e55fa2:2016</guid><dc:creator>Doctor Strategy</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.mysolutionspot.com/business-plans-and-getting-started/higher-education-not-a-factor-in-micro-business-success-1567/</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.mysolutionspot.com/articles/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=38&amp;PostID=2016</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;A recent study by Dr. Dan Geller (2007) found no correlation between the educational level of micro-business owners and the practice of strategic planning in their companies. Dr. Geller studied 228 micro companies in Northern California and found that 163 respondents (70.56 percent) hold bachelor&amp;rsquo;s, master&amp;rsquo;s, or post-graduate degrees; yet there was no correlation (r = -0.0370; p = 0.5723) between the educational level of the micro-business owner and the practice of strategic planning in the company. In other words, incidence of strategic planning did not go up with higher education.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Based on previous scientific studies, which established correlation between the practice of strategic planning and micro-business success, and Dr. Geller&amp;rsquo;s study, which found no correlation between the educational level of micro-business owners and the practice of strategic planning, the conclusion is clear &amp;ndash; higher education is not a factor in micro-business success.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Dr. Geller&amp;rsquo;s findings raise a question. Why would highly educated business owners, who have the knowledge and who understand the importance of planning in business, not practice such activity?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;One reason is that micro-business owners lack the time to do so. Since traditional strategic planning methodologies were designed for very large companies, they are complex and time consuming. To help micro-business owners practice strategic planning, even though they have very limited time and resources, Dr. Geller developed the Instant Strategist&amp;acirc; methodology, which allows one to develop a valid and practical strategic plan in less than eight hours. &amp;ldquo;Clearly,&amp;rdquo; says Dr. Geller, &amp;ldquo;even a busy business owner can afford that.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Dr. Dan Geller is the President of Instant Strategist&amp;acirc; (www.instantstrategist.com), a strategy-research company established in 1998 in San Rafael, CA, to help micro businesses succeed through the practice of quick and easy strategic planning. The company offers a range of planning tools, including a book, software, audio and video CD&amp;rsquo;s, to help busy micro-business owners plan their way to success. For more information go to www.instantstrategist.com, e-mail info@instantstrategist.com, or call toll free at 866-343-5537.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>