Why do so many small or solo businesses fail? Is it because the owners weren’t good enough at what they did? In most cases that’s just not true. Most of them were very skilled and talented in their area of expertise. So why do people continue to struggle without enough clients or income? It’s heartbreaking [...]
Continue reading...15. March 2010
By: Tamara Monosoff A die-hard belief in one’s business or product has been the key to the success of many entrepreneurs and inventors. Generally speaking, I’m a strong advocate for determination and action, and the press is filled with stories of successful entrepreneurs who refused to give up. Less well-publicized are the opportunities entrepreneurs decided to [...]
Continue reading...10. December 2009
“One of the most crucial decisions you make is how to sell your products or services.” Choosing Sales-Force Alternatives There are basically four different alternatives for building a sales force: You can hire a larger company or a distributor to sell for you. You can hire independent manufacturers’ reps. You can hire your own outside salespeople. You can [...]
Continue reading...16. November 2009
The concept of depreciation is really pretty simple. For example, let’s say you purchase a truck for your business. The truck loses value the minute you drive it out of the dealership. The truck is considered an operational asset in running your business. Each year that you own the truck, it loses some value, until [...]
Continue reading...14. September 2009
By Steve Tobak It’s relatively easy to be a successful child. All you’ve got to do is learn how to be cute, get attention, and cry when you’re hurt or hungry. Learning how to be a teenager is much harder; I’m not sure anybody’s good at it. I certainly wasn’t. As for becoming [...]
Continue reading...26. August 2009
Nobody would ever think of building or worse yet, living in a structure that didn’t have a solid foundation to support the structure. Try to imagine it . . . . a house without a foundation would eventually just topple over and crumble to pieces. So why do so many business owners operate their businesses with no [...]
Continue reading...18. August 2009
Cloud Computing is a term that is often bandied about the web these days and often attributed to different things that — on the surface — don’t seem to have that much in common. So just what is Cloud Computing? It’s been called a service, a platform, and even an operating system. Some even link [...]
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5. March 2010
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