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Forget the Planner - Get a Plan!
When was the last time you took a vacation—not just a weeklong getaway to a luxury resort on some remote island, but actual time off from your job to do whatever you like? If it’s been longer than you can remember, you’re not alone.
Hey, What if the Founder Gets Hit By a Bus? Nada
One of the questions investors in early-stage companies -- both private and public -- often ask is this: What if the founder gets hit by a bus? It is, of course, an investor's way of saying, "How much of this company's continuing success requires this man/women at the helm?"
6 Miracle Closing Techniques for Struggling Contractors
In-home service contractors are finding it very challenging to sell to homeowners these days. If you’re a builder, home renovator, plumber, heating and cooling contractor, pest control company, landscaper or you sell to home owners, you’re probably struggling with your sales. It’s time to change your approach with your customers or you'll go out of business.

Tracking Software - Small Business Owner Financing Tool
Smart businesses use computer-tracking software for just about everything. Digital tapes show employers the exact sequence of everything their employees are doing on the computer. It records emails, chats, IMs, websites, web searches, programs run, keystrokes typed, files transferred, screen snapshots and more. It offers chat and internet access blocking.

Anatomy of a Financial Fraud - Part II
The author,John Franczyk, discusses general principles which businesses can follow to avoid becoming victims of fraud.

Funded Proposal: Advantages and Features
A funded proposal is a term used to describe a marketing method. In this process, inexpensive products (to a degree) are sold on the front end.

Alternative Franchise Funding - Check it Our Service Franchises!
The proliferation of B2B franchises - service based franchises - coaching and consulting franchise opportunities has created a whole new category and level of need for financing. It's been hard enough if you were a capital based franchise (we need build-out, equipment, vehicles, etc.) For a time it seemed all small business capital had dried up. It is a bit better but not a lot. Today, non-capital intense businesses whose primary needs are working capital, capital for growth (more territory, expansion of marketing efforts, etc.) and only minor capital expenditures compared to manufacturing and retail types still may require capital in addition to their candidates capabilities. Where do they go? Where does anyone go? Are there alternatives?
Self Employed: What Goes into Your Billable Hour?
How do you determine what hours are billable? Click here to find out what billable hours you can charge to the client and what are the overhead hours.
Preparing for Security Breaches
A major security breach of sensitive customer data is a nightmare every business with digital consumer records needs to plan for. It may be impossible to stop security breaches, but it is possible, and even a legal obligation, to have a process in place to manage and minimize the damage that a security breach can cause. Here's how to do it.
How to Price Your Service to Sell
Finding the right price for your service is one of the keys to revenue growth. Pricing isn't the only consideration used by prospects, but it can be an immediate deterrent if the price is unreasonably high or so low that your services are perceived as lacking value. What can be done to avoid those two extremes?
Searching for a Restuarant location?
This is a must read for anyone considering opening a restaurant.
Changes in Human Resources: What Should we Look For in 2009?
2009 has been promised as a year of change. How will this affect your organization, specifically in a Human Resources way? Well, in a few ways. With new FMLA laws, new amendments to the ADA law, and a talent retention crisis looming on the horizon, use this article to better prepare your organization for any change which will affect your HR department.

Make Exponential Profits With Backend Sales-Part 3
So you provide a product or service? Great....but that's just the start. Add in "Backend Selling" and watch profitability soar.
Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Economy?
Sometimes it seems like the media points out nothing but bad news because it grabs viewers and sells papers. It's easy to be swayed by isolated statistics, but before you panic, look at the bigger economic picture -- you may be pleasantly surprised.
How to Choose an Accounting Program
Most accounting software companies will have a variety of programs and upgrades for you to choose from, but which one is right for you?
High Demand Business Opportunities--Home Inspection Franchises
In a rocky housing market, you may think that anything having to do with homes would be a bad decision right not. The home inspection market, however, is blossoming in this less-than-ideal market due to the fact that when there is less demand for a home, buyers can take their time in the purchase process, and will therefore order 2 or 3 times as many inspections as they would in a cut-throat seller's market. Here are a few great franchise opportunities in the world of home inspection.
Downsize your boss-is it possible?
In today's economy many people are tired of working hard for others with little to no control over their lives. 'Hidden' entrepreneurs often come to the surface in difficult times. Their potential has been waiting for an opening and often the state of the economy is that necessary nudge they have been awaiting. This article explores the idea of becoming your own boss through a franchise opportunity. This is the beginning of a series relating to franchise opportunities and how they may fit the bill for you to take charge of your destiny.
Three Reasons Why Revolutionary Change is Happening in Education and Training Today
Simulations, games, virtual worlds, and Web 2.0 are revolutionizing education and training around the world. Here are three reasons why it is happening today.
Your Best Summer Ever
As Brian Tracy has advocated for years, when you work, work flat-out. Work hard! Work smart! Work with full concentration and full attention.
Buyers Remorse Story With "Rolls Royce" Ending
My job is to provide you with the finest service and value that I can for the money you are investing in me. The question is not "Why is my price higher?" The REAL question is if you pay less then, "What are you willing to give up?"

Your billion $ idea
How do you know if your fabulous new business idea will make you fabulously rich? Read this insightful article to test your startup idea.
Home Based Business--Start Up Money From Angels
Angels are probably the largest source of risk capital in the small business economy, and while three-quarters of successful small businesses used their founder's money for start-up, so-called angel investors may be an option.

20 MustHave Search Engine Marketing Tools
Here is a list of 20 must-have tools used by busy SEM professionals:

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Meetings
I had breakfast today with a senior executive who estimates she spends more than 30% of her time in internal meetings.
Elephant Math
Darwin pointed out that if you take one pair of breeding elephants and make some conservative estimates about their fertility, you would have more than 15 million elephants in less than 500 years (if none of them died an early death.)
3.8 Working to end child labour: Working Out of Poverty
Ensuring that children have a chance to break out of the cycle of poverty is a cause that has attracted worldwide support. The latest ILO estimates for 2000 are that some 352 million children between the ages of 5 and 17 were economically active.
The "2Bs": Buffett. Basics.
The subprime mess gets nastier by the day. I've seen recent estimates of the fiscal damage alone exceeding $1 trillion. (Not enough pain to reduce Wall Street bonuses, mind you—a record $39 billion in performance-based handouts expected.)

Reducing the Employee Theft Epidemic
The FBI calls employee theft “the fastest growing crime in America!” and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce estimates that 75% of employees steal from the workplace. But it possible to reduce the incidence of employee theft by following some simple tips.
Deflation and the Dollar, Round 2?
The oil inventory numbers came out yesterday and there was an increase of roughly 5 million barrels, 1 million more than the American Petroleum Institute’s (API) estimates. Consequently, the price plunged nearly 6% in its largest drop in nearly 3 months. But is this the whole story?
Padding Estimates
We all know there is a game of padding estimates in most parts of our society. It certainly exists in business. Here are a few helpful thoughts on how you can get more accurate numbers.
By the Hour or Not by the Hour, THAT is the Question
Some more debate on which is better for your budget: results or the price you were quoted. Paraphrasing good ole Ben Franklin: "The sourness of pour quality and workmanship will out last the sweetness of a cheap price paid". We delve into the realm of fixed pricing versus hourly estimates for those pesky custom software solutions.
Multi-tasking: How to Take the “Crazy” Out of Crazy Busy
If you consider yourself a “multi-tasker” and often reply “crazy busy” when people ask you how you’re doing, then you should listen up. A recent analysis from the business research firm Basex, estimates that extreme multi-tasking costs the US more than $650 billion a year in lost productivity. Here are a few tips to minimize multi-tasking and get more done.
5 Contractor Selling Techniques to use with Research-Savvy Customers
There are many kinds of customers, but the most classic might be the “we’re just shopping" type of customer. When this customer presents him or herself to you, they like to make sure that you know they are “just starting the process” of getting estimates.
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