photo credit: ottonassar As the pace of change quickens and business planning becomes more vital, untruths and mythology about the subject keep coming up. I’d like to clear them up. Entrepreneur.com. When people in business tell you that investors don’t read your business plan, this is about the biggest myth out there! Not only do […]
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photo credit: Eustaquio Santimano If you still haven’t made your New Years Resolution yet, a good one in business may be to become more creative for the new year. We are at the very bottom of an economic crisis so there is only up for us to go, and this can actually be a great
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Bryan Nicholson moved his company from Cedar Rapids to Iowa City, largely based on census information, reports The Daily Iowan. The University of Iowa senior and senior franchise owner of the Iowa City branch of College Pro Painting, said key factors in the decision were household income and property values. As census day arrives, officials
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The New Year is here. Do you have a plan for your business? Do you know what you’re going to do for 2010 to make your business grow and see your income dreams realized? If not, use these guidelines from Susan Baroncini-Moe at LifeHack.org to plan ahead, so you can make 2010 your year of
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The story of Duke Nukem Forever is an important lesson for starting a business. It is more important to start, than to get everything absolutely perfect. If you try to plan out everything in advance, you’ll never begin. If you look at almost any successful business, it is the exception that looks 100% like it
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photo credit: Ivan Walsh Are you thinking about hiring someone to write your business plan for you? If so, you might want to consider some of these questions from Tim Berry: If you wanted to get your body in shape, would you hire somebody else to eat better and exercise regularly? How would you feel
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photo credit: Jeff Belmonte Financial planning in business can be overwhelming and stressful especially for those who may be first time business owners and are not exactly financial savvy. So in light of this subject I have put together a list of some thoughts to keep in mind when going through your small business financial
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photo credit: ol slambert Tim Berrys Bplans: I’ve never taken a negotiation course; not the ones they advertise in magazines, and not one in business school either. These rules are things I learned the hard way. Find the win win in the negotiation. You will never find yourself in business as a winner while the
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photo credit: giuvax Blinded by mass layoffs and the financial follies of Fortune 500 companies, we have overlooked a smaller but more important transformation: the increasing importance of small businesses in our economic recovery. Action is the single most important part to a small business surviving during tough economies. Those who just sit around waiting for
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 photo credit: shaymus022 If you are in the process of opening a new business or even just in the early stage of thinking about your own start-up, then I’m sure by now you have at least realized all the many aspects that you have to consider, one being your competitors and potential competitors. I
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