There are some start-up decisions and actions that need to be taken to help get your business off the ground. Here are some not to overlook.

The unseen costs of poor operations aren’t that obvious but shouldn’t be taken lightly. Make time to regularly review your processes and systems and track the metrics, at least the important ones, to move your company in the right direction.

Business metrics are how businesses track, monitor, and assess their business processes and systems in order to make sure they are operating efficiently productively and moving in the right direction towards their strategic goals.

Business systems allow companies to scale faster, become valuable assets, lower labor costs, help identify problems, and allow changes to be made in real-time while mitigating key man risks that are common in most businesses.

Business operations aren’t just about telling workers what to do or micromanaging the day-to-day tasks involved with running a business. At some point, all successful businesses have an owner, owners, or management team that gets out of the day-to-day grind.

How Workspin helped one small business identify strategic initiates, prioritize goals and allocate resources to optimize workflows and increase revenue.