Archive for March 31st, 2004
BusinessPundit: “It reminded me that as an entrepreneur, I have to always be selling. Sell product, sell service, sell the job offer, sell the new strategy, sell myself – that’s a big part of it. I should have treated the potential employee the way I would treat a customer – upbeat and with confidence. I [...]
Positive Developments for Small Businesses
Small Business Survival Committee: 1. Pro-Growth Tax Cuts. The tax cut passed in May was a huge positive for entrepreneurship and small business. Lower personal income tax rates gave a boost to the bottom line of most businesses, as 91 percent pay personal rather than corporate income taxes. Also, the reduction in the capital gains [...]
Lessons Learned the Hardest Way, by Going Belly-Up
NY Times: “New small businesses start every day, and fail just as frequently. About 34 percent of businesses with 500 or fewer employees close within two years of opening, and 50 percent fold after four years, according to the Small Business Administration. The reasons vary, but the failures often carry valuable lessons for the owners [...]
Ananova: “A firm is using ‘real women’ in its beauty product promotion because it says stick-thin airbrushed models make women feel bad about themselves. A survey for Dove Firming moisturiser found two-thirds of UK women feel depressed about their figures and have low body confidence as a result of beauty advertising.” Honesty in marketing is [...]
