The Small Business Blog

MARCH 23, 2010

If you treat your team like clients; making them feel part of the decision making process, consulting with them on difficult decisions, this will be evident in their working attitude. Employees are, after all the ‘face’ of your organisation. Ultimately, this is the advantage that a small business has over larger organisations.

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The Small Business Blog

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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The Small Business Blog

MARCH 19, 2008

However, the initial process of incorporation can be lengthy and expensive. that you will need the help of a lawyer at some point early on, whether you are in the process of determining the legal form of your business or choosing a name. The corporation itself is able to quite easily raise capital by selling off stock.

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The Small Business Blog

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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The Small Business Blog

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. Good support Vital !! What a great team.keep up the great work.

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The Small Business Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2009

Sustainability and Passion to Succeed Drive SME Business Growth : Transparency and Smooth Processes Help Achieve Sustainability. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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The Small Business Blog

APRIL 27, 2010

I look forward to reading about the featured business, however, I will know that it only made it up there because the owner convinced more of his family and friends to click on the “like&# button, as opposed to a analytical judgement of their business plan and processes. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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The Small Business Blog

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

Carl Said on January 26th, 2010 at 2:47 pm Yes managing chnage and incorporating process and making sure they are adhered to is very challenging. Although it seems obvious, the passion that SMEs have for what they do can lead them to ignore the need for a market. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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The Small Business Blog

APRIL 20, 2010

Mitch Said on April 23rd, 2010 at 3:21 pm I think this is interesting. Not only is my wife employed by a firm that gave her plenty of maternity leave, they also offered help with expenses. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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The Small Business Blog

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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The Small Business Blog

MAY 20, 2008

This would save time and cut down on the level of involvement you would need to have in the process. Another option would be to develop a questionnaire page on your website which would allow the client to enter all the details you will need. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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The Small Business Blog

MARCH 30, 2010

Working a full time job definitely slows down this process considering working online is not my primary income source. If I do not list my goals each day then it is very hard to know which direction to take when first sitting down at the computer. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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The Small Business Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2007

Online business marketing for many is just a task, for me it is a way to see if I can get results from my efforts and I take pride in the process. You must love your job for you not to experience working in your entire life, but still earning in the process. Regards Henal Nataly Said on August 12th, 2009 at 6:24 pm Absolutely agree!

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The Small Business Blog

OCTOBER 2, 2007

This has created not only many health problems like cardiovascular disease, a weaker immune system, frequent headaches, backache to name but a few, but also social problems in areas like child-care, care for relatives, increase in divorces and other symptoms of a social fabric breakdown. Work-Life Balance 2.0

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The Small Business Blog

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.

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MAY 9, 2006

How do most small business and start-up business, like SOHO-, SME, SMB-, Micro-, Lifestyle-, Home-, DIY-, Hobby-, Boomer-, Professional-, Personal businesses start? All I care about is “client mortality&# , the advantages of the SaaS model are enormous, but can be improved upon. You have an idea, then what? Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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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. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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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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OCTOBER 11, 2007

Here is some of what she emailed me: “… I was a nurse of 13 years experience in all areas of nursing and a practicing aroma therapist, so using my extensive knowledge in health care and natural essential oils and emollients I created my blend, Tattoo Aftercare®, (Scots are also famous for blending skills!)

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 2, 2009

it allows you to dump all the thoughts you have in your head out into a coherent plan, indicate which are just "ideas", which are in process, which require additional info, and much more -- you can attach notes, links, and pictures to any node, color-code your map, save to PDF/print/share -- I am just loving this tool so far!

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The Small Business Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2007

This whole process began with the “Industrial Revolution&# some 150 years ago. People look to their employers for entree into systems of social safety nets (Social Security, disability insurance, health care benefits, etc.). There are many more examples. For generations now (at least here in the U.S.), Thank you for your comment.

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The Small Business Blog

AUGUST 16, 2007

Virtual Assistants will enable you to outsource – what I call non core business processes, like bookkeeping, call handling, typing, etc. Lifestyle Management companies will do just about anything from sending out emails to flowers! The only other option is employing staff full time into your business. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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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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MAY 12, 2010

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. We have carried out an exercise and found that it takes between three and five hours to mark-up and check the mark-up of a set of accounts. The implications are vast.

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