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APRIL 8, 2008

Small Business Start-Up Idea – Sign-Making Service by Stefan Töpfer on Apr 09, 2008 Sign manufacture is a fun way for you to earn some extra income. Business environment and set-up cost: This is primarily a local business because you will work closely with clients and be responsible for installing the signage.

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JANUARY 29, 2009

The worst business start-up mistakes by Stefan Töpfer on Jan 29, 2009 Although many people decide to try and realise their dream of starting their own business, unfortunately it often turns into a nightmare for them. Also, it is important not to lose focus of your main priority as a small business: making money. Sponsors Advertise Here?

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APRIL 1, 2008

Small Business Start-Up Idea – T-Shirt Design by Stefan Töpfer on Apr 02, 2008 There is always a great demand for custom-made T-shirts, ranging from sports teams in need of new kit to event organisers wanting promotional shirts to give away. The estimated cost to start this business varies from £5000 up to around £15,000.

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JANUARY 11, 2010

Add up all your monthly expenses so you can estimate how much money you will have left each month. The best tip from my point of view would be to avoid unnecessary expenses. While trying to keep up with Jones’ people eventually rack up huge credit card bills and are screwed. Thank you so much for sharing.

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JULY 27, 2006

Computerised systems now fall into two very different camps, the first are those that sit on your computer, and as such you need to take responsibility for ensuring you back your data up on a regular basis. Also, when you buy such a system the up front costs can be expensive. Sponsors Advertise Here?

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2013

Quite often I am asked which courses I would recommend for assistants that are just starting in the profession and want to undertake some training to increase their skills and help them move up the career ladder. We have a shed load of skills that have to be kept up to date so that we can do our job effectively. Networking Groups.

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APRIL 13, 2010

While your competitors have to pay out for expensive office space that they don’t need as clients dry up, your business can continue to thrive. Massy Said on April 16th, 2010 at 8:26 pm Gas is the absolute worst… so expensive. We worked very well together via email. makes me appreciate working from home!

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JUNE 29, 2010

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. Shop around : Make sure you are getting the best deals from all you suppliers- right down to your electricity, broadband and gas bills. lower overheads. Tools like Basecamp, WebEx, Skype, etc.

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JUNE 15, 2010

We all start our own businesses because we have passion and drive, this can easily become lost in the day to day monotony of paperwork and tedious tasks, yet employing full or part-time staff can be expensive and risky. Outsourcing offers the perfect balance, to help you regain balance! Sponsors Advertise Here? Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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OCTOBER 18, 2007

Ethics And Small Business » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Thursday, October 18th, 2007 at 9:26 am and is filed under Accountants/CPAs , Question & Answer , Small Business / SOHO , Sole-Trader , Suppliers , start-up in business. There are so many options when it comes to setting up a business.

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MARCH 14, 2010

Web development as well can be pretty expensive. We may send you a confirmation email to check you are a real person We are sorry but any violation of the above rules will mean an automatic removal of your comment. Please enter your real name, not your company, product or services name. Sponsors Advertise Here?

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 2, 2009

I personally use a Franklin Covey planner because I love the look of the pages, but many other companies make planner pages with the same set-up.  Thinking Through A Pen As a writer, I enjoy being able to open up my planner to jot things down. Keeps all your appointments, contacts and email in one spot so it's all synched up.

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OCTOBER 25, 2007

by Stefan Töpfer on Oct 25, 2007 I’m answering three questions here, emailed to me during last week, so excuse the long headline. Examples are rent, some employee costs, property taxes, telephone, heating and interest/bank expense. I will give examples and will let you fill in the rest for yourself. Sponsors Advertise Here?

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NOVEMBER 7, 2007

by Stefan Töpfer on Nov 07, 2007 A few years ago I decided to change over to Apple computers from Windows based computers and up until now it seemed the right decision. I ordered my new computer – delivery 3-4 weeks – got my confirmation email within a minute. But now email to return my current computer.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2007

OnlineOffice is aimed at the small business and start-up business, like SOHO-, SME, SMB-, Micro-, Lifestyle-, Home-, DIY-, Hobby-, Boomer- or Personal business, like professional, contractors, freelancer, self-employed, sole-trader and virtual assistants client. What a great team.keep up the great work. Good support Vital !!

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JANUARY 13, 2010

Brian Scudamore dropped out of high school in 1989 with $700 (£400) and a beat-up old pick-up truck to start his company 1-800-GOT-JUNK? It’s expensive to develop your own resources so it makes sense to share. Consider this story and you be the judge of whether this could work for your business. Sponsors Advertise Here?

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OCTOBER 18, 2007

Let me give you some pointers here, but please remember you can always do more on the cost-cutting front in any small business and start-up business, like SOHO-, SME, SMB-, Micro-, Lifestyle-, Home-, DIY-, Hobby-, Boomer- or Personal business, like professional, contractors, freelancer, self-employed, sole-trader and virtual assistants.

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JULY 20, 2010

People often say to me that their small business doesn’t have a website as it’s too complicated, takes up too much time or is too expensive. start-up in business , use online IT. Today, many existing customers like going to a website to get contact information, or look up opening hours. Thanks for the post!

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MARCH 19, 2008

If you want a similar type of business, but there are more people than just you involved, then you will likely want to draw up a partnership agreement. However, the initial process of incorporation can be lengthy and expensive. It can also be hard for a sole trader to raise funds other than their personal savings or taking out a loan.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2006

Accountants will set their clients up who have no understanding or interest in bookkeeping/accounting. Whatever method you use to record your income & expenses at the moment, instead simply enter the details on a form on the Payments & Receipts pages of ‘Cashbook’ to record any money paid into or out of your business.

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APRIL 20, 2010

In this technologically advanced world there is no reason that work cannot be carried out within the family home, allowing mothers to work and bring up their children, being there when they are needed. Not only is my wife employed by a firm that gave her plenty of maternity leave, they also offered help with expenses.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2009

While the Bank of England has lowered the interest rate to the lowest level on record, the banks have doubled the interest they demand from small business owners, up to almost 20% for certain loans – that is a 19.5% the recession is nothing the media hyped up, since you lost your job because of it, you should know; 4.

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MARCH 2, 2010

If a start-up funds the development of their company through internal cash flow and are cautious with expenses, the company can grow with low-risk to all those involved. Simple ideas on how to bootstrap your small business start up are: - Work from home. So many people give up too quickly by saying “I don’t know how.&#

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APRIL 21, 2008

Overpaying for target – Do not get carried away and end up paying far above the market value of the target, especially in e-business where it can be easy to over-estimate the value of a company because of the amount of potential you believe to be there. In order for the transition to go smoothly it will require a lot of planning.

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OCTOBER 17, 2007

A good side effect here is that you will have to look at your expenses and cost again, and may be able to make a judgement if that was good or bad money spent – you know what I mean – the hindsight thing. I used to put it off for months and end up with a frustrating weekend trying to sort everything out.

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MAY 10, 2006

SME / SMB Have Become Obsolete Acronyms by Zoli Erdos on May 10, 2006 Software Industry analysts seem to have a fun time coming up with three-letter combinations. We may send you a confirmation email to check you are a real person We are sorry but any violation of the above rules will mean an automatic removal of your comment.

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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. We spent a crap-load of money.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2008

When you give your fixed quote it isn’t plucked out of the air, but is based on you using your experience and expertise to weight up factors such as how much time it will take you, what value (ROI) it will provide your customer, and the market rate. Then it is going to be more expensive, therefore, fixed pricing will be more ideal.

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JUNE 29, 2006

The four types of status I am going to give you some bite sized details on are: Sole trader Partnership Limit Liability Partnership Limited Company Sole Trader This is by far the easiest type of status to set up (details on registering with the various government departments will be dealt with in a later post).

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OCTOBER 1, 2007

So if you are thinking about starting, growing or running your small business, like SOHO-, SME, SMB-, Micro-, Lifestyle-, Home-, DIY-, Hobby-, Boomer-, Professional-, Personal businesses , but are worried about if you can be successful, worried about failing, worried about giving up your job, etc. than bootstrapping is for you.

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MAY 8, 2006

This is where I would definitely look for an accountant who belongs to a professional body, and holds a current and up to date practicing certificate, at least this way I would know this ‘stranger’ has gone through a certain standard of training and will have had to achieve a minimum level of experience before being admitted to membership.

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JULY 6, 2005

What emerged as being critical is the recognition of the emergent nature of Virtually Networked Teams, as if the team itself were a separate entity from the constituent members who make it up. Any biological network is made up of a large number of nodes and the links between them. Organizational teams don’t operate Hot-Lines.

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MAY 12, 2010

This penalises small businesses, which can ill-afford to pay out for expensive legal advice. Every time one of these businesses is propped up with public funding, new innovations are being killed off by keeping these inefficient and badly managed corporate giants afloat. It is a basic human right to live in legal certainty.

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