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There is a popular idea that if a person is not always moving forward, he is moving backward. Nevertheless, a sense of complacency is something that plagues many individuals throughout their professional careers. To many, it seems only natural to coast along when they achieve a certain level of success.
Much of what we do as marketers is motivated by world trends driving demand for our products.
Geoff WilliamsIt isn’t a business issue you might think about much, mostly because… well, why would anyone want to think about it?There may be a few people in this world who actually enjoy the process of moving–as in, packing boxes and lugging furniture out a door–but I doubt any of us have met them. While moving from one house to another is stressful, moving a business may be even more so–at least for the entrepreneur running the show
Until your business has been around for a few years and has established a solid financial history and track record of its own, your personal credit rating will be linked to your business. “Banks and other credit institutions look at small businesses–and particularly new small businesses–as the personal fiduciary responsibility of the owner,” says Stan Lewczyk, a SCORE counselor in Orange County, Calif
Shazi Visram started her organic food company, HappyBaby, in 2006, and if you ask her how she was able to grow it to an $8 million business with nine full-time employees, she’ll rattle off a list of mentors, advisors and industry resources.”I found people who helped and supported me,” she says.While most every entrepreneur faces a host of challenges starting out, women and minorities often have the toughest time because many can feel isolated in what is still a business world dominated by white males. Women make up less than 30 percent and minorities about 18 percent of business ownership in the United States, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Corporate Social Responsibility, or CSR, is a term for describing activities and initiatives that businesses undertake as a means to connect with or give back to the communities in which they do business. CSR can range from charitable programs and community service, to environmental-impact awareness
These days, we all need to make the most of our resources, and for most small-business owners, human capital is a primary asset. So how do you inspire people to perform at a higher level?For most workers, job satisfaction means more than a paycheck, so monetary incentives aren’t the answer. Compensation is a satisfier, not a motivator.
It’s National Small Business Week in Washington, D.C., time to celebrate the entrepreneurs and businesses that, according to President Barack Obama, form “the backbone of the nation’s economy.” But the roster of sponsors for the 47th annual observance of the occasion reads more like a Who’s Who of corporate behemoths, dominated by names like Sam’s Club, Visa, Ford, Raytheon and AT&T.Dichotomies like that are feeding an undercurrent of concern in some quarters of the small-business community. The worry is that in Washington, policy-makers are continuing to let big business crash the small-business party, just as they did when George W.
Baseball legend “Shoeless” Joe Jackson said “if you build it, he will come”–a quote made famous by the Kevin Costner movie Field of Dreams . A lot of companies take this approach when it comes to public relations. They believe that a healthy stable of press announcements will eventually garner media interest and attention.
By Randy MyersSo, you’ve decided to become an exporter. Now what?For starters, get ready to do more business
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