Archive for July 22nd, 2005
Office or Home Based Business?
Entrepreneur’s Journey: A lot of small business owners worry that running a home based business can hinder their ability to convince clients to buy because of the perception that they are not professional if they do not have an office. Another possible concern is hiring new employees – will they be willing to come work [...]
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How To Interview And Hire People
Scott Berkun: “The advice in this essay comes from many years of interviewing people for different jobs in the tech-sector. I’ve written this as a general primer. It should apply well for any kind of job: managers, designers, programmers, testers, or anyone that needs to work in a fast paced, collaborative, high energy environment. Look [...]
Business Reform: “The rationale behind our list is as follows: We wanted to find the ten best Christian-owned, -run, or -founded franchises and list them according to their degree of market presence, financial success, their commitment to local communities, their overall quality (both in terms of service and product), as well as rate of growth.” [...]
The Nanny Business Has Changed
One year ago today: How the Web Has Changed the Nanny Business.
Jamie Beane from Access Communications sent me an email: “Intuit has launched a new community site called QuickBooksGroup.com, that was developed to give the millions of small business owners who use QuickBooks a forum to talk, shop and share advice.”
This week’s Brain Brew Radio is online. In this episode, Drew the Dramatic Fool in Pittsburgh finds out how he can articulate the benefit of his recently released DVD of silent movies.
37Signals: “Constraints are a unique advantage that small teams have over the big guys. Less money, less time, less people. Don’t be too eager to relieve yourself of these advantages through VC money, long release cycles, and quick hires.”
Franchise Pundit: As a follow up to the previous post Is caring for the elderly a profitable business?, I’ve been looking at a few other elderly care franchises. My preliminary favorite is Comfort Keepers. All the non-medical elderly care franchises have roughly a $25K franchise fee and 5% royalties. But, Comfort Keepers sets itself apart [...]
When Lifestyle Businesses Clash with Customer Demands
Jeff Cornwall: Many folks end up becoming entrepreneurs because of a specific hobby, interest or passion. For example, many people enter the restaurant industry because they like to cook. However, they soon find out there is a lot more than good cooking required to make a restaurant succeed. Staffing, inventory management and customer relations all [...]
Torsten Jacobi: “Go ahead and be original, because it’s the people passion, guts, and daring that will win. Not just because going through life with passion and guts beats the alternative (which it does), but also because it’s the only way to be successful. Today, the one sure way to fail is to be boring. [...]
Via Jason Duncan, comes this excellent article from Entrepreneur on business planning. Highlights include: Don’t put off writing a plan. Don’t confuse cash with profits. Don’t dilute your priorities. Don’t overvalue the business idea. Don’t confuse a plan with the act of planning. Don’t fudge the details in the first 12 months. Don’t sweat the [...]
Businesses Target Illegal Immigrants
National Public Radio: “Advocates for undocumented workers in California have failed to win legislative approval for state-issued auto licenses for illegal immigrants. But that doesn’t mean the undocumented can’t buy a car, register and insure it — or even get a mortgage and buy a house. The loophole that allows unlicensed people to buy a [...]
