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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. Later in the plan, provide more specific information about your offering (e.g., Who are your target customers? Business organization: Who will manage operations?

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The What, Who and How of Outsourcing… So You Can Let Go

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Rizzo also points out that outsourcing doesn’t have to be limited to office tasks—using a firm such as TaskRabbit.com , you can outsource whatever you don’t want to spend time on, including errands, buying gifts or planning a vacation. As a company, we lead with our hearts and are very transparent with our suppliers,” she says.

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The Bribery Act – what do assistants need to know?

Practically Perfect PA

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. Instead the Act looks at corporate hospitality and asks is the event or gift being offered standard and reasonable or is it excessive and lavish ?

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Job descriptions for Personal Assistants – Merited or inherited?

Practically Perfect PA

We all belonged to varying industry sectors but one thing became clear which united us all – we had all inherited generic job specs full of clichés rather than ones based on our actual remits and duties. Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards – for e.g. Gifts and Entertainment Policy.

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How To Host An Event That Sells Your Company

Small Business CEO

Hosting a successful conference will leave your delegates with one lasting impression, that you are an authority in your industry. If people are coming to your event to learn, listen and network then they will certainly leave safe in the knowledge that you are one of the leading lights in the industry.

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Small Business World News Round-up – 2009/12/15

The Small Business Blog

The small gain, along with a fifth straight increase in sales, raised hopes that businesses will begin restocking their depleted shelves, helping… Most small businesses plan no ‘09 bonuses, survey shows : More small-business employees can expect no end-of-year bonuses or gifts for 2009. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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

The Small Business Blog

So if you work in an industry that charges by the hour and you need more work you know what to do. One of them i thought of is the legal industry. In my experience you can charge more, if you charge a fixed fee and get organized. Then again, there could really be some businesses out there that really need to do so.

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