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Collaborating With The Enemy: Competitive Advantage? | THE SMALL.

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Not surprisingly this group includes mentors within his own industry, but what is unique about Scudamore is that some of these mentors run the businesses he competes against every day. For example, one of these mentors runs one of 1-800-GOT-JUNK?’s Think of the motor industry. s closest rivals College Hunks Hauling in Florida.

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Small Business Start-Up Idea: Image Consultant | THE SMALL.

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Skills needed: Experience is the key to success in this industry. Online Examples: Babet Style Consultancy – an example of the services you could offer. The image/beauty industry is a great place to be now and for the next 20 odd years. Place testimonials (and the photographic evidence!) Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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Q & A: What is “Staff Turnover” and how large or small would it be.

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In both cases it is true to say, it does not matter what kind of small business and start-up business, like SOHO-, SME, SMB-, Micro-, Lifestyle-, Home-, DIY-, Hobby-, Boomer- or Personal business, like professional, contractors, freelancer, self-employed, sole-trader and virtual assistants, you run. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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Top 5 Tips for Giving a New Business a Kick Start

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It’s relatively inexpensive and can be very effective is used the correct way (and there are many examples of companies misusing social media!). An excellent way for quick growth – recommendations! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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SME / SMB Have Become Obsolete Acronyms | THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG

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SME / SMB Have Become Obsolete Acronyms by Zoli Erdos on May 10, 2006 Software Industry analysts seem to have a fun time coming up with three-letter combinations. throw out any random letters and chances are it means a new product, technology, industry trend, market segment.

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Competitive Intelligence: Not Just For Big Business | THE SMALL.

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RSS Feeds deliver timely updates from your favourite websites and blogs and can help you keep abreast of what others are saying in your industry. Steve Said on January 26th, 2010 at 3:38 pm I often find that CI is overlooked by small businesses especially regarding restaurants for example. based on your choice of query or topic.

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Don't charge by the hour! | THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG

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The truth is that charging by the hour is terribly customer unfriendly and is therefor very bad for your small business and start-up business, like SOHO-, SME, SMB-, Micro-, Lifestyle-, Home-, DIY-, Hobby-, Boomer- or Personal business, like professional, contractors, freelancer, self-employed, sole-trader and virtual assistants.

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