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3 Smart Money Moves to Make Before Starting a Business

Success

Of course, much like with a vacation, there will always be moments that don’t go as planned with a new business. Unsurprisingly, finances are at the top of the planning list. Financial considerations for setting up your business—such as cash flow management and forecasting—should always be your baseline before going any further.

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Business Travel Is Back: How to Maximize Your Miles

Success

With companies dealing with lingering COVID-related uncertainty , supply chain shortages and inflation, those business owners who do decide to travel will be focused on stretching their travel budgets as far as possible. The rewards on business credit cards can be more lucrative than those on consumer cards.

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6 Easy Steps to a Better Work-Life Balance

Professional Assistant Blog

Create a budget! Finances can weigh people down and create problems in relationships. Go out with friends, take a hot bath, listen to some music, join a club or take a class. Imagine that the end of the world is near. Picture what you would do in the last moments of your time. Try to do these things in your life starting today.

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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. Some assistants regularly manage small budgets when planning functions or have bookkeeping responsibilities and work regularly on spreadsheets. Those with experience in this area might enjoy this type of career move.

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Day 2: The 17th Annual Conference for Administrative Excellence Special Report

Office Dynamics

She oversees an entire department of 30 handling finance, HR, and all oversight. The conference encourages a casual mix of great conversations with other attendees for networking (Note: bring your business cards!) I spoke with Sharon Redding-McVay, a budget manager at Oakland University in Rochester Michigan.

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Day 2: The 17th Annual Conference for Administrative Excellence Special Report

Office Dynamics

She oversees an entire department of 30 handling finance, HR, and all oversight. The conference encourages a casual mix of great conversations with other attendees for networking (Note: bring your business cards!) I spoke with Sharon Redding-McVay, a budget manager at Oakland University in Rochester Michigan.

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How much money do you really need to start your micro business.

The Small Business Blog

« Book Review: A Bit on the Side by Jasmine Birtles Introducing: The Small Business Bookshop » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Saturday, February 2nd, 2008 at 11:59 am and is filed under Finance , find funding. People want flashy premises, business cards etc. We have to be realistic about it.

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