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APRIL 21, 2008

Takeover Disasters by Stefan Töpfer on Apr 22, 2008 The process of taking over another company can be a very exciting time for you and your business, but it can very quickly turn into an unpleasant experience with serious lasting consequences. Maintaining a brand can be expensive in marketing terms so you may wish to drop some entirely.

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Small Business Start-Up Idea – T-Shirt Design by Stefan Töpfer on Apr 02, 2008 There is always a great demand for custom-made T-shirts, ranging from sports teams in need of new kit to event organisers wanting promotional shirts to give away. Working at Home on the Internet Said on April 4th, 2008 at 12:55 pm [.]

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DECEMBER 30, 2007

We need to open new administrative files for 2008. We have to finish off any year-end expense reports and any other accounting that needs to be entered to close off 2007, and we have to do our regular work. It will be a busy week when we get back to work in 2008.

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JANUARY 13, 2010

« Top 5 Tips on Building a 6 Month Cash Reserve Competitive Intelligence: Not Just For Big Business » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Wednesday, January 13th, 2010 at 3:38 pm and is filed under Small Business / SOHO. It’s expensive to develop your own resources so it makes sense to share.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2007

This allows you to “tag&# expenses to products, departments, services or projects – giving you the opportunity to analyze the true cost of a department or any project. Sell Said on May 26th, 2008 at 7:30 am Nice review. M Jonathan Kempson Said on June 27th, 2008 at 10:13 am Interesting to read about WinWeb.

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JULY 20, 2010

People often say to me that their small business doesn’t have a website as it’s too complicated, takes up too much time or is too expensive. start-up in business , use online IT. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 You can leave a response , or trackback from your own site. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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FEBRUARY 12, 2008

by Stefan Töpfer on Feb 12, 2008 It always amazes me to see how many businesses still charge by the hour – it is a business killer. » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Tuesday, February 12th, 2008 at 2:32 pm and is filed under Marketing/PR , grow your business , market and sell. Which is stupid. [.]

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APRIL 20, 2010

« Top 5 Tips for Better Marketing The Zen of Social Media Marketing » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Tuesday, April 20th, 2010 at 11:39 am and is filed under SME-Blog , Work/Life Balance. Not only is my wife employed by a firm that gave her plenty of maternity leave, they also offered help with expenses.

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JANUARY 29, 2009

One of the greatest advantages of being a small business is the ease in which you can quickly implement new technology into the way you work, whereas any change for a large company is a lengthy and expensive process. Also, it is important not to lose focus of your main priority as a small business: making money. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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MARCH 19, 2008

Small Business Startup Checklist – Company Structure by Stefan Töpfer on Mar 19, 2008 An important early decision that will have long-term consequences for your business is to determine the legal form it will trade under. However, the initial process of incorporation can be lengthy and expensive. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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JUNE 29, 2010

» « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Wednesday, June 30th, 2010 at 7:30 am and is filed under How to. The key is to realize that you don’t need those expensive things or waste energy to look like a proper business. « Top 5 Serious Start-Up Mistakes Is Your Networking Fishy Enough? lower overheads.

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OCTOBER 17, 2007

A good side effect here is that you will have to look at your expenses and cost again, and may be able to make a judgement if that was good or bad money spent – you know what I mean – the hindsight thing. derek morgan Said on June 3rd, 2008 at 1:13 am I am sole trader.i WinWeb also covers this version of bookkeeping.

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OCTOBER 6, 2008

Home VA Training VA FAQ Podcast Featured Events for Bloggers & VAs When a client’s site cries out for help Monday, October 6, 2008 at 3:39 pm // By: ktcosmos // Category: Web/Tech Like many small developers, I built a number of websites between 1998 and 2002 using the then standard approach of hand-coded HTML and, later, a web editing program.

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MARCH 2, 2010

If a start-up funds the development of their company through internal cash flow and are cautious with expenses, the company can grow with low-risk to all those involved. Bootstrapping is to start a business without external help or capital; I believe this is the best possible way to start a small business. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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OCTOBER 18, 2007

Ethics And Small Business » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Thursday, October 18th, 2007 at 9:26 am and is filed under Accountants/CPAs , Question & Answer , Small Business / SOHO , Sole-Trader , Suppliers , start-up in business. « Q & A: Can I be a sole-trader while still being employed?

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2006

Whatever method you use to record your income & expenses at the moment, instead simply enter the details on a form on the Payments & Receipts pages of ‘Cashbook’ to record any money paid into or out of your business. You will then have a record of all your income & expenses shown with monthly totals.

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OCTOBER 25, 2007

Examples are rent, some employee costs, property taxes, telephone, heating and interest/bank expense. Fixed costs are operating cost that are incurred when providing necessities for doing business and have no relation to the volume of production and sales. Why should I keep my “Fixed Costs&# as low as possible?

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OCTOBER 18, 2007

Darling we’re out!&# » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Thursday, October 18th, 2007 at 11:49 am and is filed under Finance , Health Check , Home Business , Outsourcing , Sales , Virtual Assistants , Work/Life Balance , be successful , bootstrap , do a SWOT plan , do a reality check , do bookkeeping. ,

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JUNE 29, 2006

Another downside, if you make more profits than you draw out, you are still taxed on all the profit irrespective of whether you have taken the money, and with a 40% tax band this can be expensive. A limited company must also file annual tax returns (“corporation” tax returns) with the Inland Revenue just like an individual.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2009

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. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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OCTOBER 1, 2007

South By South West Midlands Said on February 28th, 2008 at 4:51 pm [.] low cost business ideas Said on April 10th, 2008 at 11:10 pm the internet has allow the bootstrapper to go to a whole new level. – Stefan Carlos Weil Said on May 27th, 2008 at 11:38 pm STEFAN: I fully agree with bootstrapping. But you will need some [.]

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JULY 27, 2006

Also, when you buy such a system the up front costs can be expensive. Computerised systems now fall into two very different camps, the first are those that sit on your computer, and as such you need to take responsibility for ensuring you back your data up on a regular basis. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0

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MAY 10, 2006

It used to collectively refer to companies too small to be attractive for the major Enterprise Software providers – and of course the same held true vice versa: I assume most readers of this blog are in small businesses, and for you the rule has been that "enterprise software" is too expensive. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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MAY 31, 2006

This might sound like a shocking statement, since "Enterprise Software" typically means the world of SAP and Oracle, and the traditional heavyweight, expensive, pay-huge-license-fees-upfront, then try-to-implement-forever model that does not work anymore. We advertised on television and radio and print. SMBs to Spend $2.2

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NOVEMBER 7, 2007

I used the migration assistant to move all files across to my new computer and at first all seemed fine. UPDATE Nov 7, 2008 – 13:00 BST : I have not had a call from Apple, but the TNT courier called, they are going to pick up the old computer this afternoon. Then I discovered I had been charged extra for the Mac OS 10.5,

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MAY 8, 2006

Members of the major accountancy bodies, such as ACCA, ICAEW, ICAS, CPA, ICAI and others are also subject periodic reviews of their files by their professional body and are required to keep up to date by engaging in Continuing Professional Development. Unqualified “accountants” are not subject to any of the above.

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DECEMBER 5, 2009

If you know what works best for you and if your job is 80/20 on what you like then you can put up with the small stuff like filing and filling out expense forms. Business Writing Guidelines for 2008 C or cc or copy? But if it is a job that goes on and on with nothing to show for it I get bored. I'm in a bad mood, pass it on.

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DECEMBER 7, 2009

Senate bill won’t change small biz premiums: The Congressional Budget Office predicts the Senate health care reform bill would provide better, but more expensive, coverage in the individual insurance market, while having little impact on premiums for employer-based coverage. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0

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MAY 12, 2010

This penalises small businesses, which can ill-afford to pay out for expensive legal advice. » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Wednesday, May 12th, 2010 at 1:33 pm and is filed under SME-Blog. This puts bigger businesses at an unfair advantage over their small business counterparts. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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Both cities are very expensive to live in in the core central part of the city’s overall. And we’ve seen this happen in 2008. Yet even in major cities, and we can do a London New York comparison in that regard. Both cities are dependent upon commuters. And both cities are global financial centers.

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