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Top 5 Tips for Training Employees on a Budget

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Many equipment manufacturers offer free training to companies that purchase their products. Top 5 Tips for Training Employees on a Budget by Stefan Töpfer on Mar 29, 2010 The top 5 tips weekly post is always full of hints and tips for small, home & micro business owners. Don’t overlook the usefulness of this.

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Q & A: What are successful cost-cutting solutions in small.

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Even if you need the service or product from your supplier, check others all the time, insurance, telephone, utilities, etc. I have been running a small marketing consulting business and following these basic tips has gotten me through a recession, paid my dept and now financing my MBA. Analyze your fixed cost every month.

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Small Business World News Round-up - 2009/11/10

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Small Business Crunches Numbers : Small business has fought the health-care bill as too costly. One in Four Businesses Calls the Owner ‘Ma’am’ : More than a quarter of all businesses are women-owned, but a high proportion of those are one-woman shops. Organizations are working to help them size up.

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Ten Small Business Startup Ideas – 2009/09/20 | THE SMALL BUSINESS.

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A company which takes your dead electronic equipment and smashes it until it becomes modern art! A website teaching readers about the day-to-day training requirements for various sports. Improvisational comedy confidence-building exercises. A premium hotline providing legal advice. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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Small Business Start-Up Idea – Weight Loss Consultation | THE.

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This is a very low cost business to set up if you own computer equipment already as you will only need to pay to have your website developed and hosted. Business environment and set-up cost: There are no barriers to online international coaching other than language (although even this can be overcome by translation).

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Why Your Small Business Needs A SWOT

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By recognising these opportunities and threats you will be better equipped to deal with them: forewarned is forearmed! Developing markets are a key example of an opportunity and a threat may be a new competitor in your marketplace. There are many SWOT analysis tools out there, I would, of course, recommend the one from WinWeb!

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Small Business Start-Up Idea – Party Planner | THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG

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The set-up costs for this business are mainly related to computer equipment (including a printer, scanner and digital camera) and software, along with the cost of paying a professional to develop your website. You could sell party supplies internationally but the high shipping rates will probably make this unfeasible.

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