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Universities Love Startups
I'm continually impressed with the initiatives and resources I see from local universities to help startups. These definitely are not limited to students, since every university wants and needs the real world exposure and experience of entrepreneurs who already have credibility in the marketplace.

Schedule Your Day to Reflect Goals and Priorities - Part 1 - What Are Your Priorities?
If you are struggling to have your day reflect your goals and priorities there are a number of things that you can do to make it happen. "Sometimes you have to let go a little to grow a lot." -- Marsha Firestone, Ph.D

How to Keep Your Dream Team
If you’ve ever read Sir Richard Branson’s autobiography ‘Losing my Virginity’ then you’ll already know that... Now I have worked with and personally coached a multitude of business owners and their businesses and have noticed over the years that certain things come up time and time again... All business dynamics are continuously in a state of ‘fluidity’ and to get the end result of 1) and 2), you may seriously need to look at 3) first!

How to Find the Best Mentor for Your Needs
When someone is just setting out on a business venture, it is imperative that they find a mentor. A mentor can escalate your business, boost your self-development and improve your business know-how. To be truly effective you should look for mentors with various types of expertise so that you can learn from all of them and use the knowledge to make yourself a better person and run a more successful business.

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Managing Time - Try a Power Hour
Have you ever tried a "Power Hour?" It is a great technique for your business or office. Pick 4 areas of your business that really need some focus. (for example, marketing, book keeping, recruiting, office administration, etc.) The concept of a power hour is that you spend 15 minutes -- really really focused minutes on four tasks that need consistent focus that you find you do not get to on a regular basis. Here is how to make the most of that time.

Six Simple Ways to Boost Your Business and Enjoy More Family Time
Whoever thinks that running your own business is a breeze obviously has never had one. There are so many areas you need to get right otherwise your business could end up disintegrating along with everything else in your life. You need to be organised and disciplined, a good marketer, action-taker, a great communicator, understand finances, have systems, plenty of resilience and so much more. If any of these areas are lacking in your business then you're heading for trouble. Of course you can hire other people who have these skills and attributes so you can focus on what you're good at.

Focus On the Basics for Survival
When a company is facing challenges, the key to survival is a focus on a few key areas. The two most important areas for success are your staff and your performance against pre-determined key performance indicators.

Celebrate Your Talents
As an adult with ADHD, it is very easy to focus on your weaknesses and areas “to be worked on.” So much thought can be given to these areas that it’s easy to forget about your talents. Many adults with ADHD are humble to a fault and dismiss their talents because they come so easily. Naturally, they don’t feel they can be proud of these traits, or that they aren’t valuable. Nothing could be further from the truth. When you notice what you are good at, you can spend more time utilizing your strengths and less time worrying about your weaknesses.

Smart Women Trim the Layers of Their Lives
This article is about taking a look at your life and trimming back the different areas to ensure that you have more of what you want and less of what you don’t want in life. There are 6 areas that women generally focus on. It’s important to shed something that’s no longer a fit.

2010...Cautious Optimism, More Stuff, Fewer Players
To say that 2009 was not the best year for business would be putting it mildly. Profit squeeze was the name of the game and while 2010 doesn't promise significant relief there are areas that will experience exceptional growth for those ready to focus their time, efforts and talents to their long-term goals. We have taken the time to examine the markets and players in our areas of expertise -- PC/CE/communications to help you plan how you will prepare in coming out of the bad times.

Financial Analysis for Evaluating a Franchise opportunity
When evaluating a franchise opportunity there is typically a great deal of focus directed on the business concept, franchise contract, franchisor support and franchisee performance. Each of these areas rightfully deserve attention. However, one area that requires as much if not more focus is in the area of financial analysis.

Business Blog Step 4 - Pre-Posting Decisions
As you start to plan your business blog and decide how you wish to set it up, there are a number of areas that you need to evaluate to ensure that it delivers the best results for you and your business. The answers will help you to focus your efforts in the right areas, to lay out a plan forward and ensure that the blog has the strongest possible impact in your target area.

The Self-Improvement Myth: 9 Reasons We Don’t Know How to Develop Our Strengths
In this society, we’re conditioned to focus on improving our areas of weakness, rather than fully developing our areas of skill. Gary Jordan, Ph.D., shares psychological insights as to why – and how to break free from the pack in claiming your innate talent advantage.

Six Conversations for Team Success - The Key Questions
Intelligent conversations for teams help them to focus on what really matters.  Team development events, away days and team meetings are all opportunities to review how the team works. There are fundamental questions that any successful team or organisation pays attention to on a regular basis.  These twelve questions cover six areas and together ensure a balance between an internal and external focus.  

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