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Starting your Own Business
Call it what you like. Procrastination. Fear. Necessary preparation. The fact is that many new business owners fall into the trap of staying ‘busy’ without actually doing business. Designing business cards and setting up spreadsheets are just some of the tasks that, though necessary, make it tempting to put off doing business. After all, it’s ...
Shifting the Monkey
Everyone has responsibilities, obligations, and problems to deal with in the workplace and in life. Some people, however, have mastered the art of shifting those monkeys onto the backs of others. They claim they don t know how to solve a problem or do the task, they say they don’t have time, they complain, they ...
The Seven-Day Weekend
I posted comments about this book in August 2007 (see post) and am finding that its message remains relevant, especially when business and political leadership is looking for more ways to control people instead of trusting them. The extract below comes from the Amazon site - Email and paperwork have invaded homes. Most people know ...
15 Spreadsheet Formatting Tips
Basic spreadsheets don’t generally look that great – like everything, Excel gives you the tools, but leaves it up to you to use them. Here are 15 tips that can help you step up your spreadsheet design So let’s jump right in and create some sweet looking spreadsheets! Have a look at the full article ...
New Year’s resolutions: Just pick one
If you make too many new year’s resolutions, it all becomes rather overwhelming. This, of course, then makes the temptation to be fair and ditch all of them rather than choose which ones to hold onto, somewhat irresistible. In vowing to achieve everything, one invariably fails to achieve anything. Read the full article at New Year’s ...
Financial Modeling
Your financial model is nothing more than certain inputs producing certain outputs. By designing the model correctly, a user should be able to change certain inputs to assess the impact of these changes on the related outputs commonly referred to as a ‘what if analysis’ or ‘stress testing’ a model. By way of a simple ...
Appointment slots on Google Calendar
The Appointment slots feature lets you set time slots on your calendar that other people can book.For instance, a professor could allow his or her students to reserve time during office hours each week. A hair salon could let anyone visiting their website schedule an appointment during set business hours.This is a handy tool with ...
Instant screenshots and screencasts
Add notated screenshots to all your online conversations, or create a quick tutorial video you can share with the entire company. Get everyone on the same page with Jing. Have a look at TechSmith | Jing, instant screenshots and screencasts, home.
Top 10 Small Business Myths
Unfortunately, small business owners believe a lot of myths about how to run their companies. These are things they assume to be true, but when put into practice, simply don’t work. Here are the top ten business myths, and the truth about each of them. Have a look at Busting The 10 Biggest Small Business Myths
Business ebooks
Here is a site worth exploring, because a simple, free registration will give you access to nearly 200 free small business ebooks. Some examples of topics covered in the free white papers and free documents are maximizing conversion rates, getting website traffic, internet marketing, increasing profits and improving customer satisfaction. There’s something here for everyone ...
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