October 2012
Beginner
224 pages
4h 23m
English
Chapter ElevenHe who does not economise will have to agonise.
Confucius
There are two ways to increase your profits: sell more or spend less. While ideally you will do both, it should be noted before we go any further with this chapter that cost-cutting is very rarely the way to grow a company. Indeed, it can often produce the opposite result.
As we have seen throughout this book, growth requires investment. Investment in yourself, in your staff and in sales and marketing. Cutting back in any of those areas is likely to reduce the growth of your company.
This is not to say that you can’t spend your money ...