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

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How would you describe your product or service offering? suppliers, margins, and so forth). 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. Either way, go through your bills and determine where you can cut personal expenses.

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How to Make Sustainable Practices Make Sense for Your Business

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Production has globalized and resources are increasingly narrowing. According to Finnegan, the reluctance to embrace sustainability is usually linked to thinking of the additional expenses incurred for a “trend” that “will pass.” Similarly, society’s expectations of business are also changing.

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Business Travel Is Back: How to Maximize Your Miles

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The right credit card for your business travel needs will depend on several factors, including the size and maturity of your business, your expense levels and your credit profile. One of the first questions to answer is whether it makes more sense for you to use a personal or business card to pay for travel and other expenses.

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The circular economy is a great opportunity, but it doesn’t add up yet

Workplace Insight

The circular economy, carbon measurement, product material content, rental, ‘take back’, reuse and recycling – all actions for a more environmentally responsible workplace sector. All too often, it is less expensive to buy new products than reused or repurposed. But what are the priorities?

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The Paradox of Increasing Business Travel; Skift's 2020 Travel Trends

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Rethinking Corporate Travel Expenses. Today,  employees can easily collaborate with co-workers around the world, offering a huge boost to productivity and what would seem to be growing opportunities to reduce travel costs. Winning the Price, Loyalty, and Experience Trifecta. Platforms Simplify the Ancillary Purchase Process.

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Tackling Business Strategy: 6 Tenets of Building a Scalable Brand

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It only takes you a couple of hours per day, but your product is great. But they are time-consuming and expensive. For instance, a pet food supplier would be a candidate for Emma to avoid as she may one day expand into pet foods. Scalability refers to the ability of a business to increase revenue without much increase in costs.

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Five reasons why (Framery) office pods help to solve the great workplace debate

Workplace Insight

In 2010, Framery introduced the first pod to the market and now there are over 200 suppliers globally. The cost of constructing meeting rooms is 55% more expensive than pods. It’s a fact – pods are taking over the office. 2 Pods reduce stress Yes, really.