3 Tips for Office Elevator Users
3 Tips for Office Elevator Users
This article is pretty much a reaction to an elevator incident which occurred just today around noontime.
I was heading down from the 24th floor to Basement 2 to retrieve my car for a lunch out, but since I wasn’t alone in the elevator, some people were inevitably heading down to the ground floor. Which meant the elevator will stop at the ground floor, and so it did. When everybody going to ground level got o
Expanding On the Cheap
Expanding On the Cheap
Some businesses want to expand, but find themselves pressed for cash, or the other resources needed to do that. It isn’t exactly the cheapest thing in the world, and an Eddie Bauer coupon isn’t really going to help cut down on the expense. In some ways, expansion is just as expensive as starting a new business. While the entrepreneur does have the benefit of having some measure of stability in terms of
Why Honesty Pays When Facing Investors
Why Honesty Pays When Facing Investors
When you plan to start your own business, there are many things you have to consider. Apart from a viable business concept, you need to research the market and determine if profit can be made. But perhaps the hardest part when jumpstarting a business is raising the necessary capital. Without it, your idea cannot make the jump from paper to reality.
Pitching your idea to angel investors can be as unnerving as when
Weathering the Storm
Weathering the Storm
After a storm comes a calm. Good times can never last forever, and neither do the bad times. Perhaps one of the hardest things that an entrepreneur must know is how to keep his focus and control when things aren’t going his way.
You don’t need to consult a psychic or read the horoscope signs in order to know what to do during hard times. The first thing you should remember is that you must keep calm at
Why Online Marketing Etiquette Matters
Why Online Marketing Etiquette Matters
Time to uninstall that expensive marketing software you bought on impulse. If you only knew how much social media marketing could help you save, you would not have even thought of shelling out the cash for that software. Online marketers these days have one common goal. That is to promote their business via the web without spending too much on their marketing campaigns. Yes, it is time each of them adopts a more m
Japanese Values, Business, and Double-Edged Swords
Japanese Values, Business, and Double-Edged Swords
During the 80s, when Japan seemed poised to economically dominate the world and nothing seemed capable of slowing them down, there was some debate going on. It focused mostly on the perception of different values within the Western corporate structure and culture in contrast with Japan’s. This clash and difference of values and cultural concepts, according to some analysts, was what made it seem like nothing
Protect Yourself Against the Unfriendly Coworker
Protect Yourself Against the Unfriendly Coworker
In every office environment, factions are likely to be formed. As they say, birds of the same feather flock together. People become friends because they have something in common. A group of females who have vanity as their common denominated, for example, would normally talk about their latest shopping finds—clothes, signature bags, shoes, cosmetics, and the like. Health buffs are generally going to be chummy as
Know the True Value of Your Business
Know the True Value of Your Business
The business industry is full of wannabes. Mostly these companies tend to excel compared to those who are truly qualified. What makes these wannabe companies defeat the over-qualified ones? What business strategy are they using?
Here’s the scenario: every person on the planet thinks that they have a great personality, but not everyone has the right to say so. Thus, there is a difference between the outside
A Business Washover
A Business Washover
In automotive terms, a washover usually refers to refreshing the paint on a car. This means painting over a new coat, similar to the old one but returning the shine, gloss and scratchless surface of a new car.
In business terms, the closest analogy to a washover would be a brand relaunch. However, for small businesses, there’s not really much of a brand to relaunch. But the few bits and pieces you could do in
The Importance of a Business Plan
The Importance of a Business Plan
A business plan is an important part of starting a business or becoming an independent business owner or operator (IBO). The business plan is a well thought-out approach to how the business should operate, expressing the details of each operation, and detailing staffing needs. The business plan also demonstrates where the funding originates, and how it will be used.
Having a Genuine Product or Service
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