The Small Business Blog

MARCH 17, 2008

Change of Business Ownership by Stefan Töpfer on Mar 17, 2008 An important consideration for a small business owner when looking towards the future is the possibility that the ownership of their business may change. This is particularly true in the high levels of anticipation of business ownership change throughout the western world.

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MARCH 28, 2010

Attempt to form a training co-op with other local companies to cut costs. Top 5 Tips for Training Employees on a Budget by Stefan Töpfer on Mar 29, 2010 The top 5 tips weekly post is always full of hints and tips for small, home & micro business owners. Don’t overlook the usefulness of this. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Retrieve Your Files With Ease By The Professional Assistant on Wednesday, November 05, 2008 Filed Under: MS-Access , MS-Excel , Organize , Productivity D o you have quite a bit of filing to do? I gave in my health card and was asked to be seated. Can you think of any other ways to improve this filing system?

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The Small Business Blog

MARCH 9, 2010

I came across some key principles, by Robert Moment, that form a solid foundation of business integrity which all small businesses should adhere to: 1. In an age of corporate scandals, suspicious customers, and budgets with very little breathing room, there is simply no substitute for being an ethical company. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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MARCH 20, 2008

by Stefan Töpfer on Mar 20, 2008 I always enjoy the opportunity to meet entrepreneurs out in the field, during speaking engagements, trade-shows and other events. Francis Xavier Sixth Form College in London. Entrepreneurship live and kicking! The event was held in the St. What have I learned yesterday? — ST.

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JUNE 29, 2010

In the simplest form this means having more money coming in than is going out. Webmasters feeds : THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG» Blog Archive » Top 5 Website Design Tips Indinero.com Blog : Your Business, Your Cash: More Small Business Resources Mark Rosemans Blog : Kudos for 20 years in the internet business! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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MARCH 12, 2008

Small Business Startup Checklist – Naming Your Business by Stefan Töpfer on Mar 12, 2008 This is the first of a series of weekly posts focusing on some of the key issues that a small business startup faces. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 You can leave a response , or trackback from your own site.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2009

SMEs to vote Tory : Many small businesses say they will vote Conservative in the next election.In WinWeb’s UK Customers Can Save With MasterCard Business Savings : The credit card organisation MasterCard and Winweb have joined forces and bring a 10% saving to all WinWeb customers. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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NOVEMBER 30, 2009

Many India SMBs are turning to SaaS CIOL News Reports : KOLKATA, INDIA: India SMBs (Small and medium business or companies with up to 999 employees) are on track to spend US$30 million on accounting software in 2009, showing a 5 per cent growth over 2008. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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MAY 20, 2008

Writing Service by Stefan Töpfer on May 20, 2008 The competitive job market makes it important for applicants to have a résumé that stands out from the pile. Small Business Start-Up Idea – C.V. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 You can leave a response , or trackback from your own site.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2008

by Stefan Töpfer on Feb 12, 2008 It always amazes me to see how many businesses still charge by the hour – it is a business killer. » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Tuesday, February 12th, 2008 at 2:32 pm and is filed under Marketing/PR , grow your business , market and sell. Which is stupid. [.]

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Ideas.Ted

MARCH 3, 2022

In 2005, Deepa’s husband sent a note to the people in his wife’s life informing them that Deepa had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer. . Late one night in December of 2008, Amy received a message from a mutual friend that Deepa’s health had taken a serious downward turn. Amy wanted to call her old friend.

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The Small Business Blog

JULY 14, 2006

HM Revenue & Customs ‘HMRC’ If you are self employed as a sole trader or partnership you will need to inform HMRC of this fact, this is done by completing form CWF1. If you are operating through a limited company the form you use is CT41G. To register you need to complete form VAT1. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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APRIL 8, 2008

Small Business Start-Up Idea – Sign-Making Service by Stefan Töpfer on Apr 09, 2008 Sign manufacture is a fun way for you to earn some extra income. Consider forming a partnership with websites relating to the local area in order to offer discount coupons for your service (e.g. If not, consider a sideline in signage restoration.

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 24, 2010

Policies that increase employee health and well-being, foster employee commitment and support families, positively impact everyone (employees; men and women, customers and clients, families and communities.) Different people need different forms of flexibility at different points in their lives (i.e., The employee will give more.

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BioTeams

NOVEMBER 26, 2009

Leading IT Projects: The IT Manager's Guide by Jessica Keyes, 2008. Kennedy, Tom Mighell, 2008. The 9th European Conference on Knowledge Management , 2008. Microscopes: Webster's Quotations, Facts and Phrases , 2008. Where in the World is My Team by Terence Brake, 2008.

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The Small Business Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2007

Monthly profit and loss account also includes a financial health check based upon an automated tax forecast to enable businesses to monitor their financial performance. Cola Tax & Solutions Said on April 17th, 2008 at 4:53 am It is always important to understand the basic concepts of your business’s accounting.

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The Small Business Blog

AUGUST 21, 2007

Examples of teams are: Work Teams Sales Teams Customer Service Teams Virtual Teams I would suggest that small business owners need to form teams around their small business and start-up business , like SOHO-, SME, SMB-, Micro-, Lifestyle-, Home-, DIY-, Hobby-, Boomer-, Professional-, Personal businesses, too. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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BioTeams

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

forming quickly, attacking a problem or opportunity and then quickly dissipating. Amazing overlap with The Bioteaming Manifesto (2006) and The Bioteams Book (2008)! Volunteering, Environmental, Public Health) to form unique collaborations with their fans/supporters for mutual benefit.

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Success

DECEMBER 12, 2023

A cold plunge is the act of submerging your body in cold water; it’s said to have certain benefits for both mental and physical health, and Aoki was using his platform to turn it into a trend. When his father, Japanese restaurateur and wrestler Rocky Aoki, died in 2008, Aoki wanted to learn more about the cancer that killed him.

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The Small Business Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2007

Stefan Keith Dryla Said on January 22nd, 2008 at 5:48 pm I totally agree with you about the passion. Nice to meet you Keith Web Design Quotes Said on September 13th, 2008 at 8:25 am So so true, passion is the only thing that will keep you going when everything and everyone tells you that you should give and take a job.

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The Small Business Blog

OCTOBER 2, 2007

This has created not only many health problems like cardiovascular disease, a weaker immune system, frequent headaches, backache to name but a few, but also social problems in areas like child-care, care for relatives, increase in divorces and other symptoms of a social fabric breakdown. Work-Life Balance 2.0

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The Small Business Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2006

Whatever method you use to record your income & expenses at the moment, instead simply enter the details on a form on the Payments & Receipts pages of ‘Cashbook’ to record any money paid into or out of your business. You will then have a record of all your income & expenses shown with monthly totals. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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The Small Business Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2007

Sooner or later you will think about doing a little more business, protecting yourself more, and that will bring you to the question of changing business and trading environment All small business, micro business, sole traders, freelancers and home businesses can be run in the form of limited liability companies. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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The Small Business Blog

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

many manufacturing companies need cash-flow in form of loans, to take that away from them means killing their cash-flow and sometimes their business. As you would expect, I do not agree with your standpoint, fact is: 1. this recession was caused by the banks and governments, not the small businesses; 2. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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OCTOBER 1, 2007

Remember that business success often comes with experience and experience comes form making mistakes – bootstrapping will allow you to make mistakes and recover from them. South By South West Midlands Said on February 28th, 2008 at 4:51 pm [.] One very unpleasant outcome of a small business venture is the failure thereof.

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Service Untitled

JULY 3, 2012

The conversion had been going on since 2008, and Wells Fargo promised to become more environmentally friendly and use less paper and forms. Possibly Related Posts: Medicare forcing hospitals to improve their customer service In the midst of arguments on the Affordable Health Care. Wachovia turned into Wells Fargo in March 2011.

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The Small Business Blog

AUGUST 11, 2006

It is our relationship with our Accountant Partners and Solution Partners in connection with our online technology, forming our Small Business Infrastructure , that sets us apart from our competition, and represents our value model. UPDATE: Read more on this story on Steve’s blog. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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The Small Business Blog

NOVEMBER 13, 2007

My idea was to ask for a 50% deposit on innitial orders until there was some form of a customer relationship set up.) Stefan Justine Curtis Said on May 1st, 2008 at 3:11 pm What a great idea for a multi-lingual virtual assistant. Wine Aerator Said on July 28th, 2008 at 11:29 am The business growth is extremely necessary.

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The Small Business Blog

MAY 17, 2006

I invite Panelist, participants and obviously readers of this blog to feel free and correct / add to my notes in the form of blog comments. [.] Baseball Bats For Sale Said on November 12th, 2008 at 4:53 pm I think the most important of the advantages that you list here is that it can be used anywhere any time.

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JUNE 29, 2006

A big advantage, and one which I think is why so many opt for this status, is that this is the easiest form of business to own and operate because it does not require any specific legal organization (once registered with the various government departments). Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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The Small Business Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2007

I called again and again after waiting 20 minutes on the phone, I had to explain all this again, I was told I would get a return form to fill in. UPDATE Nov 7, 2008 – 13:00 BST : I have not had a call from Apple, but the TNT courier called, they are going to pick up the old computer this afternoon. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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www.officearrow.com

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Checklists ensure that all steps or actions occur, not necessarily in a specific order (though that can be part of the process), but rather just that they are completed, while a template is an established pattern - form letters, resume designs - that you can use over and over to produce the same result.

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The Small Business Blog

MAY 8, 2006

I feel 2008 will see the efforts of the accountancy bodies see results, in the form of legislation. Mike Harris Said on November 24th, 2008 at 3:54 pm A recommendation is a good starting point when finding an acountant. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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Laughing all the Way to Work

APRIL 27, 2009

As I was going through the manual, I saw chapters on office procedures, confidentiality, health and safety, security and more. All important information, but I knew I couldnt possibly retain much of what I was looking at in one sitting so I started to cheat and flip through a few tabs because I had to sign a form that I read the manual.

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Small Business Labs

DECEMBER 17, 2013

To see earlier lists, click on the year: 2012 , 2011 , 2010 , 2009 , 2008. The Convergence of Mobile, Cloud, Data and Analytics:  Individually each of these technology trends has been on our annual top 10 lists in some form for years.    Health Care. Below is our 7th annual Top 10 Small Business Trends list.

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Brilliantly Better

DECEMBER 31, 2010

On all levels: personal relationships (ended my second marriage), financial (had to overcome some of the most profound and unexpected money problems I ever had), and also career (my non-compete agreement after selling my company in 2008 ended last year). But that is already in the past. At some point, I just felt like I had enough.

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