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APRIL 13, 2010

Stefan Töpfer Said on April 17th, 2010 at 3:17 pm Hi Nicola, most businesses are not thinking about this either – maybe you want to bring it up in the next meeting – it makes for better working and a better lifestyle. I was referred and contracted to him. I never actually met him face to face. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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Anybody in this kind of service business should understand what service is all about, not answering the phone shows they don’t – they will leave you high and dry sooner or later. Get references, if you can. Customer acquisition can be outsourced. Then plan out for the next step. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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NOVEMBER 9, 2009

In reference to your point 6 i completely believe that at some point businesses should be self sufficient however there are a lot of product/manufacturing related industries in trouble because of it and to some degree it is their own fault because they should be self sufficient. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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JANUARY 13, 2010

You can work in the same industry, refer clients to other organisations if there is an overflow and share resources. 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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OCTOBER 1, 2007

Small Business Bootstrapping Techniques by Stefan Töpfer on Oct 01, 2007 I often refer to “ bootstrapping “, when I talk about small business, you may very well be asking “ What the hell is bootstrapping?&# In common business lingo, bootstrapping means using your personal funds in order to finance the business.

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APRIL 20, 2010

VB, Stefan Sandra Mitchell Said on April 21st, 2010 at 5:21 pm Many women have seized the opportunity that you refer to Stefan, they’ve started their own (small) businesses to provide services to the small business sector. Thanks for your comments, hope to see you here again. The rise of the mumtrepreneur is testimony to this.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2010

I would recommend to keep a website content friendly to both search engines and humans, with good, quality content (over quantity of content) and add some related images, charts/graphs, videos, links to more detailed reference information, but not make your articles/posts too long. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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JUNE 29, 2010

The term ‘business overhead’ refers to the general cost of running a business; this can include carrying an inventory, supplies, staff and premises. The money that leaves a small business is often taken up with overheads that are necessary for the day to day running of the business. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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OCTOBER 10, 2007

The result was immediate, looking thru my log files today, I stopped at the search term listings and saw many references to “ recession &# in it. At the same time they announced the economy outlook to be weaker as expected. Next up one client asked me about “How to run his small business in a recession?&#

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MAY 10, 2006

It used to collectively refer to companies too small to be attractive for the major Enterprise Software providers – and of course the same held true vice versa: I assume most readers of this blog are in small businesses, and for you the rule has been that "enterprise software" is too expensive. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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JULY 14, 2006

Class 2 NIC As a self employed person you are liable to pay Class 2 NICs ( this used to be referred to as paying ‘your stamp’ ), but you only have to pay this once your profits are above £4,465 (current year running to 5 April 2007). Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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MAY 8, 2006

third party references 2. Diarmuid ODonovan Said on September 18th, 2007 at 2:40 am I refer to the post from Dennis Would you trust an unqualified Doctor? find funding , grow your business , handle problems , lower overheads , outsource effectively , plan cash-flow , plan your business , start-up in business , use online IT.

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MAY 31, 2006

Simply because the needs of a $100M company, which SAP and Oracle consider a "small" business are not even comparable to a 6-10 person company – traditionally referred to as SOHO , while recently a new term is popping up: VSB – very small business, the absolute "S" part of SMB. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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AUGUST 16, 2007

Building a support network community for your small business and start-up business, like SOHO-, SME, SMB-, Micro-, Lifestyle-, Home-, DIY-, Hobby-, Boomer-, Professional-, Personal businesses is essential to your survival. References always reveal the true colors. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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