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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. Are you currently earmarking 15% to 20% of your income for retirement? Later in the plan, provide more specific information about your offering (e.g.,

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

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When Harry Hecht, an Orlando, Florida-based mentor with SCORE—originally named the Service Corps of Retired Executives—encounters business owners who are reluctant to outsource, he has them track their time. “I As a company, we lead with our hearts and are very transparent with our suppliers,” she says.

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SURROUND yourself with a team of experts to make you and your organization SHINE!

Office Dynamics

Truth be told, I had no intention when I first returned to the workforce after being a stay-at-home mom of working for the rest of my life or until heaven forbid, retirement. I found them to be valuable assets not only because of their knowledge and well-established relationships with suppliers but their buying power as well.

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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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With a financial industry that disproportionately targets marginalized groups while giving advantages to cisgendered white men, the very act of a woman pursuing financial literacy and wellness is feminist. This industry was not created to be easily accessible for women, and it can be challenging to know where to start.

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A sneaky peek at the Future Assistant programme

Practically Perfect PA

We will look at the future for women in the workplace, flexibility with working hours and work/life balance, the wage gap, maternity regulation, career breaks and retirement. Well, we don’t want to head that way, so this session is all about empowering women.

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Not all accountants are created equal (how do you choose an.

The Small Business Blog

Next, does the accountant have relevant experience in the industry you are in, or an allied industry, after all, it’s going to make life a lot easier if he actually knows a bit about the industry you’re in when offering advice. Do they know your industry? Meet the accountant – A face to face meeting can help.

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Social Impact of Working From Home | THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG

The Small Business Blog

This whole process began with the “Industrial Revolution&# some 150 years ago. I believe that the whole trend of home working may in the future allow us to have a much more natural work/life balance and will reverse some of the damaging effects of the post industrial revolution changes in our society. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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