Practically Perfect PA

OCTOBER 10, 2016

I subsequently moved to a PA role in Finance for one of the “Big 4” accountancy firms and was then approached to move to another company who would also put me through my HR qualification. When the company later closed its Guernsey office, I decided not to move to Southampton with them. About the network….

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OCTOBER 16, 2022

I was traveling on business and planning to open a new franchise in the area, I said. When I returned to my office in Atlanta, I shared the nerve-wracking experience with my manager, one of the few Black directors in the company. Unfortunately, the entire experience was spoiled by an incident at a popular breakfast restaurant.

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JUNE 23, 2021

Allowing employees to work from home will definitely zap company culture and drain productivity. For established companies who rely on a remote workforce, like BELAY —a staffing company that provides virtual support teams—this rush of productivity is no surprise. A lot of what we serve into is overwhelm,” Sciortino says.

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OCTOBER 28, 2022

Companies will have to teach them to trust the data over their own gut reactions. A NASDAQ-listed company randomly assigned call center employees to work from home or the office for 9 months. Companies will have to teach them to trust the data over their own gut reactions. But this number improved to 9% by summer 2022. .

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Small Business Labs

AUGUST 4, 2010

  From the article: "the uptick in social networks led to the 28% and 15% declines in email and instant messaging, respectively. .    According to the research, Americans now spend 36% of their online time "communicating and networking across social networks, blogs, personal email and instant messaging."

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Small Business Labs

MAY 25, 2010

on Choosing the Right Industry » May 25, 2010 Social Networks, Cultural Evolution and Idea Sex Humans:  Why They Triumphed  is a fascinating article from the Wall Street Journal that examines the roles social networks and collaboration plays in cultural evolution.  like this post.I

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Small Business Labs

AUGUST 23, 2010

» August 23, 2010 The Growth of Private Company Stock Exchanges Investing in venture-backed private companies used to be by invitation only.  But this has changed over the last few years as private company stock exchanges have emerged.    - Facebook has a value of about $25.5

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The Small Business Blog

APRIL 25, 2010

Build your own network! Forex Robot : Take Your Company Public In Less Than 10 Days? Top 5 Tips for Safe Business Travel by Stefan Töpfer on Apr 26, 2010 The top 5 tips weekly post is always full of hints and tips for small, home & micro business owners. Benefits of Online Software for Small Business.

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Small Business Labs

AUGUST 23, 2010

» August 23, 2010 The Growth of Private Company Stock Exchanges Investing in venture-backed private companies used to be by invitation only.  But this has changed over the last few years as private company stock exchanges have emerged.    - Facebook has a value of about $25.5

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Small Business Labs

JUNE 30, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Yahoo CEO on Local Content | Main | Non-Mortgage Debt and Working in Retirement » June 30, 2010 Wisconsin, Illinois Companies Feeling the Recovery The QPS Employment Group is a staffing and recruiting firm operating in Wisconsin and Illinois.  Kudos to QPS for their survey work. 

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Small Business Labs

OCTOBER 19, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Education Driving the She-conomy | Main | Software "Super Vendors" and Barbell Industrial Structures » October 19, 2010 Large Companies Recovering - Small Businesses Still in Recession Large corporations are recovering from the recession and seeing sales increases. 

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Success

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Recognized by the Congressional Black Caucus, Black Enterprise , Fast Company , and many other organizations and media outlets, Accius not only forges a strategic path forward for people over age 50, he brings others along with him. He is a teacher, a mentor, a coach, a convener, and a doer. Grant Cardone. Entrepreneur, best-selling author.

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On The Job

JUNE 23, 2011

But he does see some evidence that companies will continue to hire in the coming year with some industries such as information technology in bidding wars for top talent. That growth has trickled down to a demand for more marketing and sales employees and also finance and accounting, he says. But that's a really hard way to get a job."

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Practically Perfect PA

MAY 26, 2016

In this day and age are companies unintentionally discriminating by not hiring PAs from an ethnic background? I do it around my children so I can safely say being a PA has enabled me to travel the world, get a job within weeks of arriving in two countries and now as a mother it continues to give me work. Can we tell the difference?

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MAY 5, 2010

Archive Network with Steph Is This You?   They share tools that help you keep your tasks and notes in order, streamline your personal finances, track lost gadgets and more. .    They share tools that help you keep your tasks and notes in order, streamline your personal finances, track lost gadgets and more.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

JULY 10, 2012

So if you have a good credit score it’s more peace of mind for your executive and company. There are numerous examples of people stealing from companies or doing illegal things. One of the most surprising things for me was to learn that not all companies will give you an expense account or a company credit card.

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C-Suite Assistants

AUGUST 31, 2021

Ideally, you should be looking for someone with several years of prior administrative experience, either at a start-up or at a rapidly growing company so that they can hit the ground running in their new role with you as soon as possible. Plus, executive assistants can wear many hats to help your business function better.

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Small Business Labs

AUGUST 24, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « The Growth of Private Company Stock Exchanges | Main | Local Online Advertising to Increase 18% in 2011 » August 24, 2010 What are Social Magazines and Flipboard?   It is simple to use and organizes information from most any social network or online information feed. 

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Small Business Labs

MAY 5, 2010

Main | Smallbizlabs Bidding on Newsweek » May 05, 2010 More Evidence Facebook is Taking Over the Web Nielsen released their March data on the top social networking sites.  social networking sites play a major role in the web marketing industry.   The chart below, from Nielsen, is pretty self-explanatory.

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Small Business Labs

MAY 3, 2010

  Social shopping is a form of social networking where consumers and/or retailers aggregate and share information about products, prices and deals.   As we said in our prior post, the growth of social networking is driving the growth of social shopping.  Web/Tech women work/life balance

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Small Business CEO

AUGUST 30, 2010

Practicing frugality in your business does not mean that you are sacrificing the quality and service level of your company. These are: technology, overhead costs, fixed assets, marketing, insurance or finances and travel. For marketing concerns, you might want to try taking advantage of social networking influence.

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Small Business Labs

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

The article looks at how companies with a large exposure to international markets are faring versus companies that are dependent on the US.  are getting ever-bigger boosts from their operations in fast-growing economies like China and Brazil, companies dependent on the U.S. and burger giant McDonald's Corp.

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Small Business Labs

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Shapeways is a 3D printing services company and retailer.  is still an attractive place to locate tech oriented companies.    No doubt Union Square Ventures had a say in moving the company to NY, but several VC firms regularly move their portfolio company HQs to the U.S.    The U.S.

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Small Business Labs

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

    NBIA says the 5 year survival rate for companies participating in incubator programs is 87% - almost twice the rate of non-incubated companies.    Their research shows that far from substantially out performing non-incubated companies, incubated business tend to slightly under perform. 

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Small Business Labs

OCTOBER 15, 2010

Posted by Steve on October 15, 2010 at 01:00 AM in finance | Permalink TrackBack TrackBack URL for this entry: [link] Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Moodys Small Business Information Zone : Comments You can follow this conversation by subscribing to the comment feed for this post. Web/Tech women work/life balance

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Small Business Labs

JULY 27, 2010

  His first point comes as a big surprise to many:  VCs don't like to invest in companies unless they have a product in market that shows customer traction.    The first 3 companies I worked for (one I co-founded) were funded at the business plan stage by VCs.  Web/Tech women work/life balance

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Small Business Labs

JUNE 25, 2010

  This event is targeted at entrepreneurial companies interested in exploring partnering opportunities with Intuit.    Intuit tells me they are in ongoing discussions with over a dozen of the 42 companies that attended and have active, joint pilot projects in place with 4.  Web/Tech women work/life balance

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Small Business Labs

MAY 20, 2010

  People use social media for social reasons; companies use social media for sales.    Companies want to see a return on their investment in social media and returns are measured, in the end, by sales and profits.    Tom's point is pretty straight forward.  " We agree. 

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Small Business Labs

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Coworking Facilities » September 13, 2010 State of Small Business Tweet Chat on Wednesday Wave IV of the Network Solutions Small Business Success Index was released today.  Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Wall Street Journal on the Two-Track Economy | Main | Over 250 U.S. Web/Tech women work/life balance

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Small Business Labs

JUNE 9, 2010

  But unlike traditional VCs, super angels actively invest in seed stage companies.    If you do the math, this means roughly 97% of the companies submitting plans get turned down. .    If you do the math, this means roughly 97% of the companies submitting plans get turned down.

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Practically Perfect PA

MAY 16, 2012

They are: A company-wide online file sharing programme for all important documents that can be accessed by other members of staff (for me this is just my Directors). I think most companies have some sort of online file sharing programme in place, if not the alternative is a network drive that all of the staff save their documents into.

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Small Business Labs

JULY 26, 2010

The overlap is being driven by the growing number of early stage companies that are boostrapping, and/or distributed, and/or virtual, and/or outsource almost everything.    At the same time, coworking facilities are catering to early stage companies and offering incubator-like services. 

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Professional Assistant Blog

MARCH 20, 2008

Some examples would be managing a company website, creating, editing and writing a company newsletter or creating promotional materials, invitations and brochures for marketing events. Finance: An assistant with a head for numbers may be able to move into finance in an accounting or a tax firm.

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Small Business Labs

MAY 18, 2010

Recent survey results from Network Solutions Small Business Success Index shows that about 19% of small businesses (less than 100 employees) sell outside the U.S.  .  It covers a wide range of global trends and demographic shifts with an emphasis on the growing power of Asia and BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, China) countries.

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Small Business Labs

AUGUST 12, 2010

  The awards are given to customer relationship management (CRM) industry leaders and includes both people and companies.    It is one of my favorite issues of CRM because in one magazine a broad range of key CRM companies, technologies and people are covered.  you think so? Web/Tech women work/life balance

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Small Business Labs

OCTOBER 21, 2010

At the same time, many consider this the golden era of small software companies.    There are thousands of new, small "apps" companies  generating real revenue.  software companies raised $689 million from VCs. software companies raised $689 million from VCs.

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Small Business Labs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

It is about a UC Berkeley student who started a custom T-Shirt printing company in high school and continues to run it at college.    The company is ooShirts.com and the founder, Raymond Lei, expects to earn over $700,000 this year from the business.    Lei's total investment in ooShirts was $2,200. 

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