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I’ve got a bone to pick with our congressmen and congresswomen! You know how legislators sneak unrelated provisions into major bills? Yeah, well, they did it again. Section 9006 of the massive Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act will mean yet another huge paperwork burden for small business.
By Julie Sartain Apple’s iPhone has more than 200,000 applications in its library, and the list is growing. But with so many options, how do you decide which apps are relevant to your work? Obviously, no one has the time or money to download and review them all.
While capital markets continue their well-documented convulsions, that doesn’t mean that dedicated entrepreneurs must shelve their startup dreams next to the past few years IPO filings.With the following four elements in place, you can get venture capitalists to take notice of your business and raise that all important first round, even in the midst of an economic contraction. 1.
Rachel Sadon With advances in technology redefining the advertising market, small and medium-size businesses are benefiting from new opportunities to reach consumers–from reduced costs in traditional media to online, mobile, and social networking opportunities.The Los Angeles Times reported that mom-and-pop businesses are taking advantage of a depressed media market and increased access to technology to produce successful marketing campaigns. Once prohibitively expensive, spots on TV and billboards are seeing growth from small businesses that can now afford to produce and run advertisements. Content Continues Below In the case of a commercial for a local diner, Eat at Joe’s, a small agency shot high-definition video with a digital camera, edited the material at home, and charged the restaurant owner a mere $5,000.
By Monte EnbyskSo you want your website to make you look big. More power to you.But the business experts I talked to recently say small is cool with customers, too
Most problems that occur in small businesses trace back to one fatal characteristic: lack of adequate ownership and leadership.I’m a big proponent of the “just view me as god” school of management.
You have the perfect home business idea. You can’t believe no one has thought of it before.
No matter what your stage in motherhood, it really is a full-time job. I don’t know a single stay-at-home mom who feels she has extra hours in the day. Now, add running a business to that never-ending job, and it’s easy to see how it’s a formula for becoming overwhelmed
I’ve provided media and spokesperson training services to executives for more than 20 years, and I’m still astonished to see how many intelligent, high-performing leaders cause catastrophic damage to their brand by making foolish comments or public gaffes. These are often followed by compulsory apologies and, more often than not, tearful resignations. It’s especially sad because these missteps are easily avoided.Recent examples of these gaffes abound:White House correspondent Helen Thomas retired abruptly (many are calling it a forced retirement) from Hearst Corp.
I saw a bumper sticker the other day that said “Refuse to Participate in the Recession.” I have no idea if that driver had a job or was looking for one, but he was obviously electing to make the most of the challenges he faced.Many say the U.S. economy is still in a recession based on the fact that unemployment is still high and consumers are continuing to temper their spending habits–two elements that define a recession
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