VISION

Our vision is that millions of entrepreneurs and small business owners around the world will achieve their vision; by starting a small business or learning to run their existing businesses better. We are dedicated to doing everything necessary to dramatically improve the success rate of small businesses around the world.

We see a time when entrepreneurs describe their businesses using an "8 Factors" vocabulary; demonstrating a comprehensive command of their business. Armed with knowledge and capabilities typically denied to them due to time, geography, or cost, small business owners will learn how to increase business, which will attract customers, partners, capital, employees, and other critical stakeholders, as it will be clear they are describing an executable business opportunity, and not just an interesting idea.

VALUES

• We value that everyone has a desire to find their own way; believing you’re an entrepreneur when you say you are.
• We value your time more than we value our own (by the way, we really value our own time).
• We value hard work, a sense of humor, and eternal optimism.
• We value decisiveness and intelligent risk-taking; believing that sometimes the “wrong” decision made quickly is better than the “right” decision made slowly.
• We value honesty teamwork, flexibility, and a relentless drive toward perfection.

 

About Michael

Michael developed The 8 Factors Business Framework while struggling with the rapid growth of his own company. Fighting fires and running from one crisis to the other was the norm, until he started looking at the roots of his problems and discovered that he could put them into 8 categories that he now refers to as The 8 Factors: Mission, Cash, Strategy, People, Culture, Processes, Structure, Leadership. Understanding the interconnected nature of these factors and how a change in one impacted the others, Michael used this business framework to grow his business into the world's largest telecommunications infrastructure development provider which was eventually acquired, publicly traded, and MIchael was named CEO of Tetra Tech Communications Group.

As a prolific entrepreneur, turnaround consultant, business advisor and educator, Michael C. Bush has more than 30 years of experience and has helped thousands of entrepreneurs learn how to increase business. Michael's paradigm-shifting approach to business, distills the best content from business books, MBA theory, and personal insight into a powerfully simple and practical business framework for people who are currently running or just starting a small business: The 8 Factors.

A champion of small businesses and job creation, Michael offers refreshingly honest straight-talk with the compassionate tone of someone who has been there. A charismatic speaker, Michael draws on lessons from his childhood, to offer personal accounts that are revealing, humorous, and insightful. Through his entertaining, honest, and inspiring style, Michael forges immediate and lasting connections with audiences.

Michael received his M.S. in Management from The Graduate School of Business at Stanford University. In addition to his management consulting work, he sits on the board of Inner City Advisors and teaches entrepreneurship courses at a number of institutions including: Stanford University and Mills College. Michael is also a member of President Obama's White House Business Council, a group of business advisors that meets at the White House to help shape policy on issues that impact small businesses and promote economic prosperity and job creation in urban areas.