Small Business Labs

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

Enterprises have gotten so good at contract analysis and negotiation that it's very hard to wring profits out of this segment. Google, eBay and Intuit are good examples.    I still remember VC meetings a decade ago where I was told VC firms wouldn't fund companies targeting small businesses because of these issues.

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Who's the Real Boss?

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

Starting out with a handful of direct clients, it wasn’t long before I turned my attention to the likes of Airtasker to see the multitude of job hungry candidates, literally at my fingertips, wanting the engagement of a professional Resume Writer to help them in obtaining their dream role.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

I knew we were going to go back to that city the next year so negotiated with the hotel that if I booked the next event at their venue would they waive the cancellation fee. Negotiation As you saw above, negotiation is possible. What are the dates you can cancel by? Contracts will have dates you can cancel by. 23, 1 p.m.

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Productivityist

DECEMBER 15, 2013

I don''t do a lot of outsourcing, but offering up guests spots here at Productivityst has started me down that path. In order to outsource right, you need to have a plan on what should be done by others and what shouldn''t, and this guest post from Clarissa Steinhöfel offers some plans to that effect. Review: Google Docs.

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The Small Business Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Get better payment terms by negotiation. Some utilities companies get panicked if you don’t pay and they will offer you a monthly payment plan, take it. Just one thing don’t do it to fellow small business owners, they need their money just as much as you do. You want a little more. You want the whole tree."

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The Small Business Blog

JUNE 29, 2010

Free alternatives (Google Talk, Twiddla) are catching up in terms of functionality, and I am starting to test them out with clients that share my interest in new technology. I wouldn’t use them for a first-contact presentation, but they’re getting better. You want a little more. You want the whole tree."

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The Small Business Blog

MARCH 14, 2010

Don’t rely on positive word-of-mouth alone to be successful, you must be pro-active. Frank Said on March 21st, 2010 at 9:58 pm Another tip is to align your advertising activity with your public relations activity and if you can, negotiate a review of your product or editorial alongside your advertise campaign.

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The Small Business Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2007

Don’t abdicate. Don’t become a favor. .&# or you new service provider makes you feel, as if they are doing you a favor, don’t deal with them, you need partners and not people you feel guilty calling. If you don’t, you’ll be last on the work and service agenda, that means you business suffers.

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LEADERASSISTANT.COM

APRIL 21, 2024

Taking an active part in coordinating CyberCrimeCon (annual global cybersecurity conference) to streamline processes around international guests’ travel, negotiate with the hotels and sponsors to get discounts, and save additional costs by involving volunteers. Liliya Susong is a Senior Administrative Assistant at Nestlé North America.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 10, 2009

And it’s sweet because now I get to discuss my ultimate, favorite topic: T, for Time-based, which has a great deal to do with project management. They aren’t projects. To accomplish the ‘T’ in SMART for project management, you have to use the S-M-A-R in the SMART acronym that we’ve already discussed.

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The Small Business Blog

NOVEMBER 13, 2007

That is a great basis for a small business startup, two scenarios spring to mind: Virtual Export Assistant: You may know, or can find a business which has a great product, but they don’t export yet. I really do want to leave this sort of work but the problem is there aren’t many jobs out there for people like myself in Spain.

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Success

MARCH 4, 2024

How to Make Sh*t Happen: Make More Money. Create Epic Relationships and Control Your Life By Sean Whalen Nearly all the topics that matter most to us are covered in this book— How to Make Sh*t Happen. Great at Work: How Top Performers Do Less, Work Better and Achieve More By Morten T. So she left to become a writer.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 11, 2010

It’d be nice to have a website, but I don’t really need one. I’m not here to push people into doing something they don’t want to do or don’t need to do. That wasn’t the case here. But he didn’t have the right motivation to make the decision to get online. Having a website?

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Brilliantly Better

APRIL 16, 2010

Maybe you think you’re a brilliant negotiator, but that may be just an inconsistent cloud in your ego. The assets I already owned combined with the value of the transaction put me in the position to be evaluated at over 1 million dollars. Being a millionaire, who doesn’t want to be that? Because that’s the spot where you’re going to invest.

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Brilliantly Better

JULY 17, 2010

It implements every single concept of this framework, bringing to life a completely new approach towards productivity. One thing that you may not know, though, is that 2 months ago I had no idea about how to write an iPhone app. I didn’t know Objective C at all, although I do know a few other programming languages, like PHP, Java or JavaScript.

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