Entrepreneurship Articles

1). Stellar Customer Service in 10 Simple Steps By : Debbie LaChusa
If you're like me, you've had plenty of experience with BAD customer service. Just think about the last time you had a bad experience with a product or a service. Perhaps the product or service did not live up to the sales pitch. Maybe the company was unresponsive to your calls or emails. Maybe they did not do what they said they were going to do.
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2). Master This 7-Part Breakout Formula to Start Your Own Business By : Vickie Milazzo
Are you the rebel—mouthy and opinionated? Do you like the thrill of change, always eager for the next new venture? Is your idea of security to never be the victim of a corporation’s downsizing or reengineering? Are you a fiercely independent risk-taker who can comfortably handle the uncertainty of being responsible for your own paycheck? Answering “yes” to all these questions put me squarely in the entrepreneurial ring more than two decades ago, and I can honestly say I’ve never been happier.
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3). Ready, Fire, Aim! By : Debbie LaChusa
You probably read my headline and thought, wait a minute, isn't that backwards? Isn't it supposed to be "Ready, Aim, Fire?" Well, a year ago I might have agreed with you. But not anymore. What changed? I did! And boy am I glad I did. Let me tell you a little story. Up until last year, I was one of those people who planned everything down to the smallest detail.
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4). How to Tell if An Online Opportunity is Legitimate By : jlc
Summary People lost hundeds or thousands of dollars a day to bogus online "opportunities." While there’s no way to know for sure if an internet program or opportunity is 100% legitimate without trying it, this article discusses 5 concrete ways to evaluate a site's credibility. Doing a credibility check BEFORE taking a financial plunge, significantly reduces the chance you’ll experience online “buyer’s remorse.
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5). When a handshake is not enough: why you need a Partnership Agreement By : Martin Truman
If you set up in business with one or more other people but do not wish to set up a limited company, a partnership arrangement will be deemed to exist at law without the need for a formal contract. However, whilst a written partnership agreement is not required to form a partnership, if you wish to avoid uncertainty and the automatic application of potentially unsuitable statutory law, a formal agreement is a wise investment.
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6). Partnering: How It Benefits Your Computer Consulting Practice By : Joshua Feinberg
Partnering is really the only way that you can do virtual IT the right way in small business computer consulting. It provides three extremely compelling benefits. Partnering Advantage #1: You Can Broaden Your Bench You can broaden the skills you offer to a potential client and your existing clients, and provide a more complete solution. This is absolutely critical if you’re selling to non-technical small business owners that don’t put up with finger pointing.
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7). Make Money Scams Don't Work? No...You Don't. By : Ian McAllister
Are Make Money Scams Your Fault? = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Make money failure? ------------------ If you toss a coin 100 times and it comes down heads 99 times, does that prove that it is a two- headed coin? Match Your Abilities -------------------- You have heard that if you invent a better mousetrap the world will beat a path to your door.
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8). Empowering Your Manager By : R.G. Srinivasan
"So much of what we call management consists in making it difficult for people to work." - Peter Drucker Managing is often equated with controls rather than leading and developing a business. The manager feels more comfortable and secure when they are able to put in strict controls on everything that happens in a business organization. This is so especially of Senior Managements where the controls and directing becomes so severe that it erodes any creative freedom for the middle managers to work towards achieving the goals set out for them.
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9). Are You Missing Out on Free & Easy Marketing? By : Debbie LaChusa
Did you know there's something you do every single day that you could be using as an opportunity to market your business? What is it? Sending email. How many email messages do you send in a day? I recently went back and counted the messages in my Sent folder. I use several email accounts, but in just one of them I found an average of 10-12 messages a day.
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10). Pamper Me Please! - Self Care For The Busy Entrepreneur By : Kristie Tamsevicius
Why am I doing this? I just feel like I can't focus today! I feel like I'm not enjoying my job like I used to. What's the matter with me? I NEED A BREAK!!!! When you are CEO, head nurse, mommy, head of janitorial services, and chief crafts coordinator, life can leave you a little weary sometimes. As a business owner YOU are your most valuable resource, so it makes sense to take care of yourself! When you start to feel overwhelmed, it's important to know when to slow down and take a break.
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11). Business Systems - Not Just For Big Business By : Michael Keith Clark
When I mention business systems to you, what comes to mind? Do you think of an IBM mainframe computer sitting in a big room in the middle of your building? Do you think of expensive, highly specialized software? That’s what many small business owners imagine. And they think it’s not for them. If that’s what you think, you’re only half right. Half right because expensive, highly specialized software is probably not for you.
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12). Six Ways For Kids To Make Money By : Steve Gillman
Most of us know the usual ways for kids to make money, which include lemonade stands, newspaper routes and mowing lawns. However, there are more unusual ways. Some of the ways listed below are from my own childhood, when I was always looking for another way to make money. 1. Be a chef. At about eleven years old, I used to sell meals to my brothers (I had four of them).
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13). Business Name – How To Pick One From A Legal Perspective By : SD Lawyer
A business name can be a huge factor in the ultimate success or failure of the entity. Unfortunately, many people fail to give a lot of thought to it prior to moving forward. There are many factors to consider including something memorable, a name related to your area of work and, potentially, the availability of the domain name. Married? Picking a business name is like getting married.
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14). Top Five Reasons to Establish Business Credit! By : Corporate Credit Concepts
Too Many business owners are using their personal credit to finance the launch, expansion or growth of their business. A majority of business owners have no idea what business is or how to establish it. By following a few simple steps any business owner can establishing business credit, therefore, separating their personal credit from their business credit.
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15). Work Part-time-----Earn Full-time By : Joju
It is not the amount of hours that you put into a working day as much as the amount of work you put into the hours.Far better to plan your day so that you can maximise your resources,instead of jumping from one task to another and end up doing nothing efficently. You do not need a large sum of money to finance a business proposition.All you need is a good idea and the ability to put together a business plan that will convince investors that you can make money.
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16). The Demise of the Mittelstand By : Sam Vaknin
According to a survey of German executives by the influential Ifo think tank, German business confidence rose in January 2003 for the first time in eight months - albeit imperceptibly, from 87.3 to 87.4. A poll conducted by ZEW, another brain trust, confirmed these findings. On past form, though, this confidence level heralds a contraction of 5-6 percent in industrial production.

17). Paying Referral Fees to Designers as a Creative Subcontractor - Should You Do It? By : Kirstin Carey
Kirstin, I am a faux finisher and I do some murals, too. When my clients ask me for referrals for designers, I give them names of people whom I think can help them. Should I let the designer know that I referred them? - Arlene, Baltimore, MD Arlene, Not only should you let the designer know you referred someone to her, you should also ask for a referral fee or a percentage of the contract if she gets the client.
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18). Avoid scams and concentrate on real $$$ By : CEO brlent.com
As a self-proclaimed skeptic looking for a REAL way to make honest $ on the internet, it took a long time to find something I felt was worth investigating. I have checked out many sites, trying to compare potential with time and $ required to make them work. All I wanted was something where within a few days I saw results and the more I put in, the more I got out.
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19). It's A "ME TOO" World After All By : Jeffery Glaze
Have you ever come up with an idea for an exciting new business? If you have or if you ever do, you are going to experience the ME TOO phenomenon that is the basis of competition. What do I mean by ME TOO? Well they say that imitation is the greatest form of flattery. If you create something that is successful or something specifically that makes you a lot of money, you will find that others will take a look at your business and determine that if you can do it, they can too.
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20). Take My Commitment (to Your Biz) Quiz! By : Debbie LaChusa
Starting and managing a successful small business takes time, energy, money and a HUGE commitment. But the payoff can also be HUGE, in terms of personal accomplishment, satisfaction, happiness, and M0NEY! So just how committed are you? Here's 10 questions to help you find out: (1) Have you taken the time to create a business plan? A business plan ensures you have a well-thought-out plan for your business.
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21). Santa: The Consummate Entrepreneur By : Tim Knox
Most people think Santa Claus only works one night a year. Nothing could be further from the truth. Sure, product distribution takes place on one magical night, but Santa's operation runs year round and is one of the largest manufacturing and distribution operations in the world. You've probably never considered the fact that Santa is the CEO of a large organization that not only distributes a vast assortment of products throughout the world, but does so in a single night with just a sleigh and eight tiny reindeer.
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22). Great Ideas And Tips For Entrepreneurial Success From Jeff Bezos Of Amazon.com By : Kanaga Siva
For ten years the world has been watching with Awe and Admiration the Phenomenal success of Jeff Bezos the Founder and CEO of Amazon.com. The goal of each and every Entrepreneur be they Home Based Business or not is to achieve success and rise to the top. Success does not come easily. It requires Hard Work, Commitment and Dedication to reach the top as an Entrepreneur.
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23). Why be a rich jerk when you can Become Hated But Rich? By : Moe Loubani
For the cost of only $2.23 a day for 30 days you will have discovered a whole new way of earning ‘real’ money. You will become hated for having the knowledge of becoming rich by jealous family and friends. There are no guarantees in today’s economy or the future economy. Many people who are working for other people today will eventually discover (when it’s too late) when its time for them to retire, they will not have enough money on which to survive.
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24). Entrepreneurial Failure - Get Used To It By : Adam McFarland
To be a successful entrepreneur you are going to have to learn to deal with failure. There is no way around it. Thomas Edison tried over ten thousand different experiments before he finally demonstrated the first incandescent light bulb on October 21, 1879. Bill Gates' first company, Traf-O-Data, was a failure. Michael Jordan was once quoted as saying: "I've missed more than 9,000 shots in my career.
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25). Internet Entrepreneurship: First Step, Getting Started By : tgosling
First steps: choosing the business When I was thinking about starting an internet business there were a few things that were must have requirements. The first one was that I needed to be able to get the business to profitability for less than $1600 (£100). In practice each site has cost more than that when you figure in the marketing costs needed to get it off the ground quickly.
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