Supplier Heaven™ is rooted in Guiding Principles #4 & #5:

Lifetime relationships.

Delegate all the stuff you hate to someone who loves doing it. Thus, diversity is a necessity.

The Business Heaven™ paradigm relies on the interconnection between all the components: Owner(s), Advisors, Clients, Employees, Compliance, and Suppliers. The Suppliers sector is the only component that is delegated outside the four walls of your business. It is just as important to properly structure and manage as the components found within. This includes what businesses you contract with to provide supporting services directly to you, as well as your professional network that promotes each other's services. Ultimate financial success is obtained in businesses through deciding what products and services should be outsourced versus directly supported, as well as promoting yourself to be the “Supplier” for the outsourcing needs of other professionals. Delegating those areas that your business does not have employees that love and excel at doing allows your business to focus on the things that really matter and they can make a difference at.

There are a few concepts you want to keep in mind when building your Supplier Heaven™:

1. Define the areas that your business specializes in and should provide directly. Just as importantly, define the supporting areas of your business that may serve you financially to outsource to your suppliers.
2. What makes doing business with you different than others? Find those same basic principles in the businesses you outsource to and that outsource to you. This will create lifelong business relationships that foster growth.
3. Define the criteria you are looking for in the areas you are outsourcing. Cost matters, but like minded partners are more important. They help your outsourced services blend seamlessly with the ones that are supported in house.
4. Prioritize your outsourced needs by what should seamlessly blend with your business versus those that simply need to fill the void, then allocate your budget likewise.


By going through an internal needs audit and thorough interviewing process to ensure a good mutual fit, Supplier Heaven™ is attainable and becomes the final balanced component to the Business Heaven™ environment.

The following is a visualization of one aspect of what that wonderful work environment might look like to an “A+” level supplier network.