July 13th, 2010 by john
Like many things we know are good for us–exercise, getting a good night’s sleep, laying off the French fries–keeping careful track of your business’s finances is one of those must-do tasks to keep your business healthy. Nevertheless, a huge number of business owners neglect their numbers, and their businesses pay the price.I tend to see two main types of financial blow-off: Fully neglecting to track income and expenses by letting receipts pile up (or get lost) and failing to enter data into a bookkeeping system.
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July 9th, 2010 by john
There’s a certain level of honesty you get from only two types of people: small children and New Yorkers. Bethenny Frankel is quintessentially the latter, and her signature brand of blunt vaulted her to stardom as one of “The Real Housewives of New York City” on Bravo.
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July 9th, 2010 by admin
By Barbara Findlay SchenckJay Conrad Levinson coined the term “guerrilla marketing” in the 1980s, defining it as an approach for “achieving conventional goals, such as profits and joy, with unconventional methods, such as investing energy instead of money.”With four words–energy instead of money–Levinson won the hearts and influenced the marketing plans of entrepreneurs everywhere. His concept fueled the sale of 14 million books, leveling the playing field between marketing-budget haves and have-nots and inspiring a long-standing preference among small-business leaders for innovative, low-cost, high-energy communications over textbook, big-dollar tactics.
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July 9th, 2010 by john
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.
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July 8th, 2010 by john
By Julie Sartain These five business programs for Android phones tout unique and useful features. Although no one plans to give up their laptop and start working full time on a cell phone, these tools could provide adequate functionality, when necessary, such as those days you’re waiting for a flight or commuting to work on the subway. Content Continues Below 1. DataViz Documents to Go: Free Reader, $14.99 full version This mobile office suite looks like a handy addition to a smartphone.
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July 8th, 2010 by admin
A sudden feeling of nausea, shortness of breath and massive head pain had me leaping from my theater seat and rushing to the restroom. The producer, a good friend, had invited me to sit in on a rehearsal to provide feedback. The outing ended when I suffered a minor stroke–and started a journey that would change my life.It was 1998
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July 8th, 2010 by john
Small businesses are not just in competition for customers. It’s a fight to attract and keep employees, too.Offering a retirement plan is one incentive that can make the difference. Yes, it will cost you, but it may be the best investment you can make in the future of your business.”Cost is even more of a problem with the scheduled increases in taxes and health care about to hit small business in 2011,” says Rick Kahler, a certified financial planner with Kahler Financial Group in Rapid City, S.D.
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July 8th, 2010 by admin
This article has been excerpted from The Power of Loyalty by Roger L. Brooks , available from Entrepreneur Press .
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July 7th, 2010 by john
Stephanie Bernstein calls herself an accidental entrepreneur. Even with years of experience working in sales and education in the natural products market, the founder of To-Go Ware confesses she struggled with one of the most basic and necessary pieces of the startup equation: the search for funding. Though To-Go Ware was launched as a one-woman/triple-bottom-line enterprise in 2004, Bernstein soon found that building a sustainable business by developing and selling eco-friendly reusable utensils and food storage containers was more than she could handle alone. Eventually, she hit the point that so many business owners face–get a loan and grow or get out.
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July 6th, 2010 by john
The cautious whispers about economic recovery keep coming, and if your business is starting to pick up, you may be thinking about adding to your staff.
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