When starting your new business with a startup team, things can quickly get out of hand. After all, no one has worked together for a long period of time and everyone probably has their own way of doing things based on personal and job history. From the very beginning when …
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The Entrepreneurial Mindset: Lessons from a Different Personal Finance Perspective
The entrepreneurial mindset is different from that of most people. Not only are they comfortable taking risks, many of them are risk-seekers. But, they aren’t blindly seeking risks. No, they take carefully-measured risks. Here’s what you can learn from them. Start Early Entrepreneurs don’t wait around for things to happen …
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Defending Your Business from Phishing
In a world where technology and the internet are evolving at an exponential rate, the techniques which hackers use to gain access to your company’s confidential data also continue to adapt to the latest security software. To counter this, you can invest in the latest secured wireless broadband solutions or …
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Life Saving Tips for Death By Meetings
If you’re like me or pretty much anyone else in corporate America, you’ve suffered through endless hours of information overload, a rotation of long-winded blowhards in love with hearing themselves speak and major time wasting sessions…also known as “meetings”. At times you feel held captive for days, weeks and even …
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Cooking at Home for Cash: Smart Steps for Small Food Businesses on the Rise
Believe it or not, many food-related businesses start in a home kitchen. Yes, even with all the FDA regulations, OSHA and food safety, you can start up a food-centric business in your home. Here’s what you need to know to be part of the many new small food businesses that …
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How to Survive Your First Year as a Start-up
With one in four start-ups failing within the first year and only half making it to the five-year mark, it’s safe to say the first few years of your new business will be far from easy. You’re likely to experience a number of challenges within your first year that will …
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How to Handle Accidents in the Workplace
Accidents in the workplace may be common, but they are never a welcome occurrence. Nobody wins when an employee falls, trips, or ends up crushed in a piece of industrial machinery. Minor injuries heal quickly and the only cost to the employer is a few days absence from the workplace. …
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Is Your Social Media Marketing Strategy Really Working?
Like many business owners, you’ve probably spent a lot of time creating your social media marketing strategy, then spent just as much time implementing it. If you have the resources, you may have even hired a social media specialist to run your various profiles. But is your strategy really working? …
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Restaurant Done Right: What to Know about Breaking into Catering
The restaurant business is difficult to find success in, but there are many successful places facing the decision to start exporting their food. As time goes on, and a restaurant gets more popular, people will start asking about getting food deliveries and having their favorite place do parties or weddings. …
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How to Save Time and Money When Hiring Drivers
If you run a transport and logistics business, hiring the right type of drivers for your fleet is hugely important. With safe, sensible drivers absolutely essential to the safety of the products that your company delivers and also the reputation of your business, putting a lot of time and effort …
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5 Tips For Saving Energy In The Workplace
So many of us waste energy in our business premises without thinking of the alternatives. We’re throwing that money away on a massive scale, and the disappointing part is that we shouldn’t have to be in that position. It’s really easy to save energy in the workplace, and it usually …
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Make Your Business Appeal to International Audiences
There are so many things you can do to make yourself more appealing to international audiences. You need to think about what your business wants to achieve and how to facilitate that. Use these tips to help you create the perfect global brand. Ship Overseas You need to figure out …
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Simple Pointers for Professional Development
No matter your profession, it is helpful to remember that you’re only as good as your last performance. Whether you like it or not, you will always be judged based on your capabilities and according to standards set by the best of your peers. This is especially true if you’re …
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Why Investing in the Right Office Furniture is Important
There has been an increasingly popular trend in researching how the office environment influences and encourages employees to work. There have been studies showing a strong correlation between a workers’ office and how productive they are. This has significance for any CEO’s or business owners in charge of arranging their …
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Thoughtful and Innovative Presentations Motivate People To Excellence
Presentations are alive and well. They have not suffered a slow and painful death with the advent of technology. In fact, conferences and seminars are being held across the globe today in record-breaking numbers. Anyone who has attended such an event knows that the message itself is often trumped by …
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Small Business Dreams: Weighing Out the Many Pros and Cons of Self-Employment
Many of us dream of becoming our own boss and setting up a business, but there is bound to be an element of fear and uncertainty surrounding these plans, as you try to weigh up the pros and cons of the idea. Whether you follow a professional calling like Jacksonville …
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