Here’s a neat website I found this morning: FreePrintable.net. The site includes thousands of free printable documents and templates. The business section includes some very useful forms: Business Cards Fax Cover Sheets Stationery Cash Receipts Time Sheets Invoice Templates Business Form Templates Fax Cover Sheets Resume Templates Legal Pleading Templates Sample Resignation Letters Sample Cover […]
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photo credit: Marcin Wichary Today there are many businesses big and small who are in need of some advice and help in several different sectors of their company. Most of these businesses go on to spend money they really don’t have in order to hire a consultant to come in and fix their business. Today
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One Sock: Costco uses their membership fees to cover their fixed costs. They then make their real profit not on the low-margin goods they sell, but in their banking as they receive immediate payment from customers, but pay suppliers at around 270 days. Costco’s a bank!
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WSJ: When James Loden, an ophthalmologist, recently peered into a patient’s eyes, he was evaluating her for laser surgery to correct her vision. But her eyes were sharp enough to have already scanned Dr. Loden’s office, noting a small water stain on the ceiling in the hallway, the technician’s missing name tag, and that exactly
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Los Angeles Times: The first note of Ray Foulkes’ weekly piano lesson is the staccato double ring of his telephone. Every Monday at 8 p.m. Foulkes picks up his cordless phone, clicks on the loudspeaker and sits down at his piano to practice jazz and pop standards with teacher Mark Miller. Miller listens closely to
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First there were credit card readers for the iPad and iPhone. Now, there are virtual cash registers. Mac Rumors reports: Square, the company that has brought the ability to accept credit cards for transactions to individuals and small businesses with a card reader dongle for iOS devices, today announced its next venture: “Square Register” for
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Wow! It is almost difficult to believe that supply chains are so short that an earthquake in Japan would stop production of a car in the United States 10 days later. General Motors Co. says it suspended production at its Shreveport, La., plant for the week of March 21 because of a parts shortage stemming
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Most self-employed people get caught in a trap of their own making: they’re successful because of their own efforts. Unfortunately, since they’re so busy being successful they don’t have time to find and train anyone to help them. Derek Sivers, the founder of CD Baby shares his story about how he broke out of the
For years, Nordstrom’s Employee Handbook was a single a 5-by-8-inch gray card with these 75 words: Welcome to Nordstrom We’re glad to have you with our Company. Our number one goal is to provide outstanding customer service. Set both your personal and professional goals high. We have great confidence in your ability to achieve them.
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