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Not All Stories Have Happy Endings—For This Entrepreneur, It Was Still Worth It

Success

Coming out later in life is a unique experience in that I’d adapted my whole life around ideas based on the cis-heteronormative agenda,” she said. Deer and her team went into global research and development mode seeking suppliers. I’m proud of myself for trusting that K-DEER wasn’t meant to last forever.

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Picking up skills along the EA career path

Practically Perfect PA

It was a good first job but it was junior, didn’t pay much and required quite a long commute, I left quickly and went on to work as an Administrator at an Association. Arranging catering and dealing with external suppliers. Taking minutes, writing agendas and attending meetings. Learning to multi-task.

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Working with other assistants

Practically Perfect PA

You can put together an agenda so that the meeting isn’t just there for people to vent but actually talk about best practice, what can be improved in the office, frustrations, achievements etc etc. Do you only email each other or speak briefly on the phone when you need something? Support each other. Provide cover for them.

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Guest Blogger: David B. Wright, Author

The Office Professionals Place

They take a bit of extra work and preparation, but then again doesn’t exceptional performance require a little something extra? Even if the solution you give isn’t perfect, it really helps you stand out because you’re going out on a limb to prove your abilities, not just saying what you can do without backing it up.

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Small Business Checklist: Business Process Outsourcing | THE SMALL.

The Small Business Blog

This will allow you to stay in close touch with your supplier, and get real time up-dates and feed-back – there are other benefits too. Don’t abdicate. Don’t become a favor. Don’t shun new service providers, check their CV, remember you may get a good deal and it is good to be one of the first customers.

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Sugar Not The Icing On The Small Business Cake.

The Small Business Blog

by Stefan Töpfer on Nov 09, 2009 Lord Sugar’s – the government’s enterprise czar – outburst last week where he allegedly called small business owners moaners and said: “I can honestly say a lot of problems you hear from people who are moaning are from companies I wouldn’t lend a penny to.

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Q&A: What are some social and economic issues small business face.

The Small Business Blog

While I have often quoted this in the past “it is not the answers that are the problem, knowing the question is&# , I’m often left feeling with politicians it is both, not only do they not know the question, they don’t know the answers either. [link] 1 week ago Ted Turner: "If you have an olive, you want an olive tree.

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