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APRIL 21, 2008

Takeover Disasters by Stefan Töpfer on Apr 22, 2008 The process of taking over another company can be a very exciting time for you and your business, but it can very quickly turn into an unpleasant experience with serious lasting consequences. Legislation or consumer attitudes towards products and advertising can be vastly different.

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MARCH 2, 2010

The process of bootstrapping can make it possible for even those with empty pockets to fulfill their ambitions if they have the head and the heart for it. As someone who is in the process of getting a business off the ground, I can relate to a and have personally used a lot of the suggestions you mention. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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NOVEMBER 9, 2009

FPB and Accept Cards LTD help firms save money an merchant services : The FPB is helping small businesses cut adrift by the providers of credit card merchant services or struggling with the cost of processing card payments. « Sugar Not The Icing On The Small Business Cake. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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MARCH 19, 2008

However, the initial process of incorporation can be lengthy and expensive. » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Wednesday, March 19th, 2008 at 8:46 pm and is filed under Business Checklists , Start-Up. The owners of a corporation are its shareholders and their only liability is their investment in company stock.

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APRIL 27, 2010

« Planned European Webserver Outage The Spirit of the Entrepreneur » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Wednesday, April 28th, 2010 at 7:30 am and is filed under Announcements , SME-Blog. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 You can leave a response , or trackback from your own site.

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JANUARY 29, 2009

One of the greatest advantages of being a small business is the ease in which you can quickly implement new technology into the way you work, whereas any change for a large company is a lengthy and expensive process. Also, it is important not to lose focus of your main priority as a small business: making money. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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JANUARY 25, 2010

« Top 5 Tips for Working With a Mentor Top 5 Tips for Paying Yourself » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Tuesday, January 26th, 2010 at 8:00 am and is filed under SME-Blog. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 You can leave a response , or trackback from your own site.

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OCTOBER 26, 2007

It usually indicates problems during the hiring process or management problems within the company. do cost cutting do credit control do customer service export find funding grow your business handle problems keep data safe lower overheads manage your time market and sell motivate your staff not to do it!

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APRIL 20, 2010

« Top 5 Tips for Better Marketing The Zen of Social Media Marketing » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Tuesday, April 20th, 2010 at 11:39 am and is filed under SME-Blog , Work/Life Balance. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 You can leave a response , or trackback from your own site.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2008

Once you know where your money is going and what benefit you derive from this expenditure, you can start thinking about different – more cost effective – ways to achieve the same result, and have a healthier small business in the process. So, how much money do you really need? Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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AUGUST 7, 2007

Only need very little business experience: we live in a time when business processes are rewritten, and much happens online, information, advice and tools are available for free, communities help you to build online networks and make starting easy. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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MARCH 30, 2010

« Top 5 Tips for Training Employees on a Budget Top 5 Tips for Small Businesses at Easter » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Wednesday, March 31st, 2010 at 6:30 am and is filed under SME-Blog. Working a full time job definitely slows down this process considering working online is not my primary income source.

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MAY 20, 2008

This would save time and cut down on the level of involvement you would need to have in the process. do cost cutting do credit control do customer service export find funding grow your business handle problems keep data safe lower overheads manage your time market and sell motivate your staff not to do it!

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NOVEMBER 19, 2007

» « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Monday, November 19th, 2007 at 7:57 pm and is filed under Accounting , Small Business / SOHO , WinWeb , do bookkeeping. , How many times have you started to do something then not fully understood the softawre that you are using, which stopped the whole process ? do cost cutting.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2007

» « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Tuesday, November 20th, 2007 at 6:30 am and is filed under Contractor , Entrepreneur , Freelancer , Generation-Y , Home Business , MumEntrepreneur , Personal Business , SOHO/SMB/SME/Micro , Self-employed , Sole-Trader , Start-Up , be successful , start-up in business. Isn’t that great?

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MAY 31, 2006

But there is another definition that is largely being overlooked: Software that allows a company to conduct it’s everyday business, supporting most of the core, fairly standard business processes any company performs repeatedly. There's a lot of "fat" in that sales process that needs to be cut out. SMBs to Spend $2.2

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MAY 10, 2006

The third category in my mind is the very-very small business, possibly with 1-5 employees, who are likely all do-it-all types, focus on their core product / service, and may be struggling with not only IT, but some of the standard processes of running a business. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0

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MAY 9, 2006

Categories Announcements Balderdash Business Books Business Checklists Business Ideas Business Quotations Comments Customer Service Guest Blog How to … avoid growing pain be eco-friendly be successful bootstrap choose your office deal with taxes do a reality check do a SWOT plan do bookkeeping. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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OCTOBER 1, 2007

THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG » Blog Archive » Small Business Checklist: Business Process Outsourcing Said on October 18th, 2007 at 10:52 am [.] Then again, if you are starting out you do need to invest money back into the money making process. Patience, resilience and determination. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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OCTOBER 2, 2007

The self-employed status has to be supported, just imagine the untapped work and intellectual resources, excluded from the work process by short sighted red-tape. » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007 at 9:09 pm and is filed under Work/Life Balance. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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OCTOBER 11, 2007

Now seven years on we supply tattoo studios all over the UK and Europe, and use a number of distributors selling into Canada , Sweden , Czech Rep, and Indonesia and are in the process of securing a deal with an American distributor. To date over 400,000 people have used my product as an aftercare for their tattoo, many of them stars.

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OCTOBER 2, 2006

What that means is the accountant or bookkeeper will use an admin person to enter the receipts into WinWeb CashBook and then the accountant / bookkeeper will process the entries. This will be a big time saving for the professional part of the work, allowing the accountant/bookkeeper to service more clients. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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AUGUST 16, 2007

Virtual Assistants will enable you to outsource – what I call non core business processes, like bookkeeping, call handling, typing, etc. » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Thursday, August 16th, 2007 at 8:44 pm and is filed under Contractor , Employment , How to. Have a nice day!

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2007

This whole process began with the “Industrial Revolution&# some 150 years ago. Being at home really helps me creatively because I’m in my environment so I’m very comfortable which helps gets my mental processes immensely. There are many more examples. Thank you for your comment. – ST.

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MAY 12, 2010

» « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Wednesday, May 12th, 2010 at 1:33 pm and is filed under SME-Blog. What is most galling is that this process is merely a case of government placing responsibility on the taxpayer to code up accounts to save them having to carry out data input. The implications are vast.

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