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Ten Small Business Startup Ideas – 2009/09/20 | THE SMALL BUSINESS.

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Ten Small Business Startup Ideas – 2009/09/20 by Stefan Töpfer on Sep 20, 2009 If you are sat at home this weekend contemplating starting your own small / micro home business or becoming a self-employed freelancer / sole trader then here are ten quick-fire business ideas to use as a starting point. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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Small Business World News Round-up - 2009/11/10

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Small Business World News Round-up – 2009/11/10 by Stefan Töpfer on Nov 10, 2009 Here is this week’s news round-up for home business, micro business, sole-traders, freelancers, self-employed and any one who is interested in small business news from around the world. « Sugar Not The Icing On The Small Business Cake.

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Want to Change Career? What Does It Take?

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A career change is a radical change–for example, an executive with a finance background who buys a restaurant, or a manager at AT&T, a very well-known communications company, who shifts into managing an adult community or a nursing home. My advice is to consult someone who is equipped to guide you as you navigate this maze.

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Top 5 Tips for Training Employees on a Budget

The Small Business Blog

Many equipment manufacturers offer free training to companies that purchase their products. Top 5 Tips for Training Employees on a Budget by Stefan Töpfer on Mar 29, 2010 The top 5 tips weekly post is always full of hints and tips for small, home & micro business owners. Don’t overlook the usefulness of this.

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Q & A: What are successful cost-cutting solutions in small.

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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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Why Your Small Business Needs A SWOT

The Small Business Blog

By recognising these opportunities and threats you will be better equipped to deal with them: forewarned is forearmed! Developing markets are a key example of an opportunity and a threat may be a new competitor in your marketplace. There are many SWOT analysis tools out there, I would, of course, recommend the one from WinWeb!

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Thinking Outside the Job Description Box

Professional Assistant Blog

Finance: An assistant with a head for numbers may be able to move into finance in an accounting or a tax firm. They each took the initiative to get appropriate training and education to better equip them in the areas they were interested in. This can be a rewarding career change for those suited to this type of work.

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