The Small Business Blog

APRIL 16, 2008

Build your own network! Community for small business outsourcing and cost control. Planned Maintenance – Upgrade to WinWeb.com The Cost of Borrowing Small Office Tips Finding The Best Employees For Your Small Business Do You Need Encouraging To ‘Go Green’? Why educate women – isn’t it a waste of resources?

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Success

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

Making infinite copies of your product without additional costs. Don’t let this oversight cost you like it did me. You can launch a survey to your personal network, start a Reddit discussion or pay for survey responses, but you do need to actually get out of your bubble and interact with other humans.

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Step It Up VA Coaching

FEBRUARY 23, 2012

For those who work virtually, and even some who don’t, we can easily get stuck in a comfort zone of learning and networking solely by email, phone, teleclasses, and internet and don’t always find a way to get out to a live marketing, networking, or educational event or workshop. Get motivated and inspired and learn.

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Practically Perfect PA

DECEMBER 9, 2015

A 2013 study by the Cardiff Business School estimated that not having a multilingual workforce could be costing the British economy £48 billion each year. Further education recruiters AoC Jobs points out that recruiters look favourably upon bilinguals. It will also open up international travel and networking opportunities.

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Step It Up VA Coaching

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

For those who work virtually, and even some who don’t, we can easily get stuck in a comfort zone of learning and networking solely by email, phone, teleclasses, and internet and don’t always find a way to get out to a live marketing, networking, or educational event or workshop. Get motivated and inspired and learn.

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Eco-Office Gals

OCTOBER 18, 2012

So do urban greenspaces, which refer to networks of parks, cemeteries, nature preserves, and otherwise semi-natural landscapes. These help offset urban carbon emissions and provide critical travel corridors and habitat for native wildlife; they also offer pleasant places for city-dwellers to gather, relax, recreate, and socialize.

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Loosely Speaking

APRIL 23, 2010

I highly recommend that a new VA join groups/forums/associations and/or networks to connect with other professionals and establish valuable relationships. I often recommend VAs keep up with professional development but meet with resistance, usually over cost or time. Website creation and maintenance. Katie, this is an ongoing problem.

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Small Business Labs

MAY 10, 2010

Small Business Blogs Entrepreneur Magazine Blog Entrepreneurship & Education at the Kauffman Foundation Fresh Inc.   It costs $79 a year to subscribe. GigaOm is trying to fill a need for timely, high-quality yet low cost data and commentary on emerging technology.  charge many thousands of dollars for their research. 

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Small Business Labs

JULY 6, 2010

Small Business Blogs Entrepreneur Magazine Blog Entrepreneurship & Education at the Kauffman Foundation Fresh Inc.  discusses the increasing and hidden costs of manufacturing in China, resulting in manufacturing in the U.S. becoming more cost effective.   The increasing and hidden costs of off-shore manufacturing.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Archive Network with Steph Is This You? Every person, regardless of intelligence, age or education can only process a few changes at a time (if the changes are to be lasting.)   Know the Cost of Attainment. Understand the effort or cost to you in attaining the goal. Know the Cost of Non-Attainment.

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Office Dynamics

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

We don’t want any of these assistants to miss out on continued education! . With the success of the free video series and the gaining popularity of social platforms and video services we branched out and began adding education videos for administrative professionals to YouTube. We have more than 100 videos available there now.

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Office Dynamics

DECEMBER 2, 2016

Conferences are great if you want to network with a lot of different people, and hear many different speakers. VILT is a cost effective way to present training. There are no travel expenses involved. Plus 99% of assistants say the one thing they love about attending live classes or conferences is the networking!

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Allwork

JULY 14, 2022

of the day, we all go to conferences and networking events, not because of business reasons primarily. So decentralized autonomous organizations run on blockchain with microprocessors and increasingly independent gig workers who are almost like all entrepreneurs, you know, in their own right, contributing to two network projects.

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Small Business Labs

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Small Business Blogs Entrepreneur Magazine Blog Entrepreneurship & Education at the Kauffman Foundation Fresh Inc.   According to the article, outsoucing to rural areas is price competitive with sending work overseas once you add in all the administrative and management costs. 

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 17, 2011

Archive Network with Steph Is This You? INVESTMENT :  No Cost REGISTRATION :  Register today by clicking here.   As a speaker, Jill has educated hundreds of professionals on food safety and nutrition topics. Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O!   Meet Our Expert!

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Small Business Labs

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Small Business Blogs Entrepreneur Magazine Blog Entrepreneurship & Education at the Kauffman Foundation Fresh Inc. Cloud computing lowers capital cost requirements, turns fixed costs into variable costs and provides small businesses the ability to easily scale their business up, and down, with demand. 

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Small Business Labs

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Small Business Blogs Entrepreneur Magazine Blog Entrepreneurship & Education at the Kauffman Foundation Fresh Inc.   As part of the sale, they agreed to pay $10 million in post acquisition costs and cover employee pension liabilities.   Actually, they sold it for a lot less than $1. 

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Small Business Labs

JULY 8, 2010

Small Business Blogs Entrepreneur Magazine Blog Entrepreneurship & Education at the Kauffman Foundation Fresh Inc.   Costs - both living and business - are also much lower than most of the coastal U.S.   Technology firms looking for skilled labor and low costs are also starting to thrive in places like Fargo. 

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Small Business Labs

JUNE 7, 2010

Small Business Blogs Entrepreneur Magazine Blog Entrepreneurship & Education at the Kauffman Foundation Fresh Inc.   Space is generally limited and costs low.    Freelance Camp SF cost $30 and sold out.  When we reference organizations that have provided us funding in the last year we will note it.

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Small Business Labs

JUNE 28, 2010

Small Business Blogs Entrepreneur Magazine Blog Entrepreneurship & Education at the Kauffman Foundation Fresh Inc.   Add in excellent universities and low business costs, and it is easy to see why technology firms are thriving there. When we reference organizations that have provided us funding in the last year we will note it.

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Small Business Labs

JULY 26, 2010

Small Business Blogs Entrepreneur Magazine Blog Entrepreneurship & Education at the Kauffman Foundation Fresh Inc.   These firms do not need or want to incur the costs associated with traditional office space.  When we reference organizations that have provided us funding in the last year we will note it.

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Small Business Labs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Small Business Blogs Entrepreneur Magazine Blog Entrepreneurship & Education at the Kauffman Foundation Fresh Inc.   ooShirts outsources almost everything and is tightly focused on keeping costs to a bare minimum.  Be careful not to co-mingle the term "lean startup" with low-cost or cheap.

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Practically Perfect PA

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

But I do wonder how many of us actually take the time to develop our skills because we don’t think we are worth the cost to the employer. I think of it along the same lines as networking and attending conferences. I’ve now discovered there are some great sources out there for us. That inspires me to write this free blog! Yes yes yes!

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Practically Perfect PA

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

But I do wonder how many of us actually take the time to develop our skills because we don’t think we are worth the cost to the employer. I think of it along the same lines as networking and attending conferences. I’ve now discovered there are some great sources out there for us. That inspires me to write this free blog! Yes yes yes!

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Small Business Labs

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Small Business Blogs Entrepreneur Magazine Blog Entrepreneurship & Education at the Kauffman Foundation Fresh Inc.   The name comes from the strategy dandelions employ to survive and thrive - they release lots of low cost seeds that spread to many places.  Based on my backyard, this method works. 

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Small Business Labs

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

Small Business Blogs Entrepreneur Magazine Blog Entrepreneurship & Education at the Kauffman Foundation Fresh Inc. We will keep costs low and fingers crossed. When we reference organizations that have provided us funding in the last year we will note it. Glad to see you are sharing your wisdom regarding startups.

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Small Business Labs

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

Small Business Blogs Entrepreneur Magazine Blog Entrepreneurship & Education at the Kauffman Foundation Fresh Inc.   But their prices have fallen substantially over the last few years and low end professional 3D printers cost less than $5,000.    Hobbyist 3D printers are even cheaper.  As

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Small Business Labs

AUGUST 23, 2010

Small Business Blogs Entrepreneur Magazine Blog Entrepreneurship & Education at the Kauffman Foundation Fresh Inc. When we reference organizations that have provided us funding in the last year we will note it. If we mention a product or service that we received for free or other considerations, we will note it.

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Small Business Labs

AUGUST 23, 2010

Small Business Blogs Entrepreneur Magazine Blog Entrepreneurship & Education at the Kauffman Foundation Fresh Inc. When we reference organizations that have provided us funding in the last year we will note it. If we mention a product or service that we received for free or other considerations, we will note it.

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Small Business Labs

JUNE 2, 2010

Small Business Blogs Entrepreneur Magazine Blog Entrepreneurship & Education at the Kauffman Foundation Fresh Inc. Posted by: Vic Torgeson | June 02, 2010 at 06:27 AM Technology and managing it effectively and cost effectively has become a key consideration for doing business. Web/Tech women work/life balance

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Ideas.Ted

JUNE 24, 2021

Eventually, she traveled to visit those who wrote to her. The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together by Heather McGhee (TED Talk: Racism has a cost for everyone ) . Johnny Sun is a person of many talents: He’s an MIT- and Harvard-educated producer, TV writer, creator, writer and illustrator.

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Small Business Labs

MAY 11, 2010

Small Business Blogs Entrepreneur Magazine Blog Entrepreneurship & Education at the Kauffman Foundation Fresh Inc.   Key quote from the article: "The biggest reason why customers will cut the cord, according to the study, is the growing cost of pay-TV service.   The main driver for this shift is price. 

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Small Business Labs

MAY 4, 2010

Small Business Blogs Entrepreneur Magazine Blog Entrepreneurship & Education at the Kauffman Foundation Fresh Inc.   For example, a recent San Francisco Groupon offer was $50 for a child photography session normally costing $295. When we reference organizations that have provided us funding in the last year we will note it.

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The Office Professionals Place

APRIL 29, 2010

The Office Professionals Place by Elite Office Concepts The purpose of this blog is to educate, enlighten, motivate, inspire, and strengthen office professionals to grow in their professional development. Lets grow together! If it is possible, send the documents as one attachment and not several (ie. agenda, minutes from last meeting.)

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Small Business Labs

OCTOBER 19, 2010

Small Business Blogs Entrepreneur Magazine Blog Entrepreneurship & Education at the Kauffman Foundation Fresh Inc.   The good news is the cost cutting resulted in small businesses being able to improve their margins and profits in Q2 versus a very bad Q2 in 2009. .    So far, most small businesses are not. 

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Small Business Labs

MAY 24, 2010

Small Business Blogs Entrepreneur Magazine Blog Entrepreneurship & Education at the Kauffman Foundation Fresh Inc.   They started as a customer business building one-off jelly fish tanks costing thousands of dollars.  When we reference organizations that have provided us funding in the last year we will note it.

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The Small Business Blog

NOVEMBER 13, 2007

Build your own network! Community for small business outsourcing and cost control. Planned Maintenance – Upgrade to WinWeb.com The Cost of Borrowing Small Office Tips Finding The Best Employees For Your Small Business Do You Need Encouraging To ‘Go Green’? Benefits of Online Software for Small Business.

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