Are You Operating a Dumb Business?

Your business may be making money, but does it actually know what is happening inside it?

In this episode of Mic’d Up Money Reloaded, Efrem Keith Simmons breaks down the difference between a business that is simply operating and one that is truly intelligent. Using the smartphone-versus-flip-phone analogy, he challenges owners to stop relying on assumptions, memory, and gut instinct and start building systems that actually capture and use information.

The episode explores the 12 intelligences of a smart business, including customer, financial, profitability, operational, promotional, management, workforce, institutional, technology, market, risk, and strategic intelligence. It also examines emotional intelligence, seasonality, macroeconomic awa ...