On this day in 1840, Canadian businessman Henry Birks was born. In 1857, Birks was hired as a clerk at Savage and Lyman in Montreal, reputed to be the finest jeweller and watchmaker in the Province of Canada at that time. Although Birks eventually became a partner in the firm in 1868, the company’s later […]
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1777 – San Jose, California, is founded as Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe. It is the first civilian settlement, or pueblo, in Alta California. 1877 – Thomas Edison demonstrates his phonograph for the first time. For thousands of years before the arrival of European settlers, the area now known as San Jose was inhabited
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Investing is such a crucial matter because it involves using your hard earned money in a venture that is geared to bring in profit. It is therefore very important to be very careful and strategic when investing in any form of business to ensure that your hard earned money does not end up in a
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A business will always need more capital, no matter how long it has been running. Expansion is one of the simplest ways of increasing your bottom line. There are always ways to utilize the funds in order to raise more funds for expansion. It is therefore wise to establish what kind of financing that your
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Canvassing is the art of calling or visiting prospects to make sales. In the past canvassing entailed visiting door to door to make sales, however technology has changed all that. Nevertheless, it is still a tasking commitment but it is easier to make appointments with prospective buyers to reduce time wastage and conserve energy. There
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Franchising is a way of business expansion by allowing other parties to sell products or services such as you offer by use of your brand, trademark and even management skills. The franchisee will use your goodwill and your service mark, will pay you the normal deposit and market your products but you retain your major
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In these unsettled economic times, few companies have the resources or the inclination to commit to a long-term investment in business premises. Renting retail or office space is a much more viable option. Not only do you have more flexibility should circumstances change and you need to move quickly, but many are also purpose-built to
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People have been handing out business cards for hundreds of years in order to share their personal details. In the early 17th century the prohibitive cost of primitive printing techniques meant the practice was largely restricted to the nobility of England and France. These calling cards were used to make introductions and the etiquette of
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Signal vs. Noise: Remember the web before Movable Type? If you wanted a blog you had to program one. You had to know databases and webhosts and PHP or Perl. If you were “just†a web designer, or a writer with ideas, you had to hire an in-demand web programmer to make it happen. Publishing
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1814 – The Times in London is for the first time printed by automatic, steam powered presses built by the German inventors Friedrich Koenig and Andreas Friedrich Bauer, signaling the beginning of the availability of newspapers to a mass audience. 1895 – The first American automobile race takes place over the 54 miles from Chicago‘s
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