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How to Know If You’re Financially Ready to Start a Business

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suppliers, margins, and so forth). Market analysis: What are the current trends in your industry? Be clear on how you’ll set your business apart in your industry. After all, without cash flow and a solid financial plan that includes costs and expenses, you won’t be able to get your business off the ground.

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The Bribery Act – what do assistants need to know?

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A commercial organisation can be found guilty of this offence if the bribery is carried out by an employee or a third person, this could include a contractor, a supplier, an agent or a subsidiary. Furthermore, all expenses relating to the corporate hospitality should be logged. So how does this affect Business?

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Tori Dunlap, Founder of Her First 100K is on a Mission to Close the Gender Pay Gap

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I’m no stranger to setting lofty money goals : At 9 years old I became cognizant of the idea of college—a seemingly far-off milestone that my parents described as “important” and “expensive”—and decided I needed to proactively save money for my college education. Get familiar with your finances.

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

The Small Business Blog

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. Working in tandem with your competitors has benefits in addition to getting a good beat to what’s happening in your industry.

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Sugar Not The Icing On The Small Business Cake.

The Small Business Blog

Let me spell it out for anyone who really has not got the picture, businesses go bust because: The banks will not lend money to them; Even if they lend the money it is so expensive that it takes any profit out of the deal; They run out of savings. Just imagine saying we are no longer in a recession, when we just had the numbers.

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

The Small Business Blog

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. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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Women In The Workplace

The Small Business Blog

Technology is making it better and easier but the mindset in industry and business at large has still a long way to go. Not only is my wife employed by a firm that gave her plenty of maternity leave, they also offered help with expenses. Mitch Said on April 23rd, 2010 at 3:21 pm I think this is interesting. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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