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From Corporate to Entrepreneur – The Journey, Lessons Learned and Tips
This essay is part of a series we developed where entrepreneurs share their stories about life after corporate America. Enjoy! When I was 17 years old a friend of my mother was visiting and told me about a job opening she thought I would be a good fit for – as a computer tape librarian. [...]
10 Ideas to Make Your Next Business Plan Soar by Andrew Rogerson
A business plan is a critical document for any business. PERIOD SCORE – the Senior Corps Of Retired Executives lists the lack of a business plan as one of the top three reasons a business fails. Any creditable book on owning or running a business ownership states its importance. If you put a business plan [...]
Are You a Worker Bee? by Katrina Sawa
In my business, I am constantly redefining myself, my services and my products in order to stay ahead of or at least keep up with the ever changing industry of marketing. If I don’t bring fresh new ideas and material to my clients and contacts on an ongoing basis, then someone else will. To stay [...]
The Great Corporate Kiss-off! Essay by Wendy Van Hatten
This essay is part of a series we developed where entrepreneurs share their stories about life after corporate America. Enjoy! And The Next Stop…Entrepreneurship “You’re not the right man for the job…” Hindsight being 20/20 I probably should have hugged the man who said that to me. No…maybe not. “However, there is another position for [...]
Importance of Terms When Buying or Selling a Business by Andrew Rogerson, Business Broker
In the initial stages of listing a business for sale, all the attention is placed on getting the business in shape so it presents as strongly as possible, sometimes doing a business valuation to arrive at the most appropriate listing price for the business and discussing the tax implications to the seller of the business. [...]
Is Business Ownership Right for You? by Andrew Rogerson
The reality of the current downturn in the economy is that many companies will need to restructure to create the private sector jobs President Obama is talking about. At the time of writing this article there is 7.2% unemployment or the good news, 92.8% full employment. That’s good news if you’re one of the 92.8% [...]
Make Your Life Easier – My 3 Favourite Time-Savers! by Barb Stuhlemmer
There are so many things we are responsible for once we are in business, especially if we are a solo-preneur or a small company where everyone has more than one job responsibility. Coming up with new ideas, writing new proposals, creating new documents, and developing new language for your marketing and operations is time consuming [...]
10 Things to Expect From Your Business Intermediary by Andrew Rogerson
Buying or selling a business is complex task as there are so many moving parts. The moving parts obviously include the buyer and seller but may also include lenders, landlord, franchisors, attorneys, accountants, customers, suppliers, competitors, employees and others. Just as you can get help from a residential real estate to buy or sell a [...]
Top 5 Tips to Collect Money From Difficult People, While Keeping Your Cool by Michelle Dunn
Collecting money is a job most people shy away from, no one likes a confrontation or to ask to be paid. For some people, being asked to pay a bill is insulting and people take offense, resulting in their becoming defensive when you bring up the subject. How can you collect the money your customers [...]
Adding New Form and Function to Fax, and Beyond by Kyle Flowers, eFax
Most business today still rely on faxes to send and receive orders, contracts, forms, and many other documents. But in today’s mobile and web-centric workplace, an old-school fax machine just can’t keep up. Savvy businesses have discovered a modern way to bridge the gap: they have adopted internet fax services that live in “the cloud” [...]
