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Total Cost of Ownership TCO of IT
Business owners too often don't factor in the total true costs of IT assets. Indirect, or "hidden", costs (lost productivity) are frequently higher than the more obvious direct costs (hardware, software and support). Detailed TCO calculations aren't practical for small businesses, but it's feasible and, we'd argue, critical, to understand and apply the general concepts of TCO. This topic is the first in our 2009 whitepaper series: "Making every IT dollar count!" The full whitepapers are available on our website.

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Small Group Networking Among Entrepreneurial Peers
The founder of a junk-removal franchiser advises seeking support and information from peers in small group networks sponsored by entrepreneurial peer organizations.
Replace Your Thank You Cards
Thank you cards may be sending the wrong message. Learn how to make subtle changes that will keep your relationship on a peer-to-peer level.
Ending poverty means abandoning charity and accepting reality
Benin Mwangi, who blogs about doing business in Africa, asked me recently: "should the discussion be about how to get the informal sector to become part of the formal sector or should it be how to cater to the informal sector?" This in an excursion into the morass of African poverty and development. The short answer is: neither; ending poverty has nothing to do with the informal sector.

4.1.2 Enterprises with growth potential: The demand for training
Most training strategies in the informal sector have targeted manufacturing microenterprises that are considered to have some growth potential. However, even within this relatively better-off segment of the informal sector, the effective demand for training has frequently been found to be quite limited.
Peer 2 Peer Mentoring
While many companies look to outsource their soft skills training a few have taken the idea that excellence is closer than they first thought. Taking the lead from some of the most innovative thinkers peer 2 peer mentoring is not only cost effective but has hidden psychological advantages in-built. Take a closer look at what you may be missing right before your eyes.
Transform Your Career With Peer Support
Peer support should be institutionalized in every company, but you don't need a corporate mandate to get started. Today, I want you to reach out and find one friend at work.
Why the Classroom is Still King & Other Training Myths
Arupa Tesolin takes a look at how training is evolving and how formal training, while still very relevent is being supplemented by informal peer training.
Mental Momentum
Today, we cannot arrive at innovative business solutions by conventional thinking alone. We need to discover unique ways to tap into our mind’s creative energy. There are several ways to do so. One way, is to form a master mind peer group. In the coming weeks, we will explore ways to put together a peer master mind group, and ways to keep the group energized. Many peer groups continue to be active after many years. Active members become future community and business leaders.
Sales Development Training For When Prospects Don't Remember What You Offer
To say I was frustrated would be an understatement. I had been a member of this peer support networking group for over a year. I had not only explained in a presentation to the group what I did but had made a point to take each member out to lunch to make sure they understood. Look, you can’t get referrals if people don’t know who you are and what you do, so I wasn’t leaving any proverbial stone unturned.
Peer-To-Peer Lending and Your Small Business
Before the internet, before computers, before the stock market, businesses still needed money. Terms like ‘Barter’, ‘Partner’, or even ‘Susu’ were a critical part of the financial vernacular. With the advent of the internet, so much has changed. Here is one such major change – “Peer-to-Peer Lending”. This form of financing has drastically changed and improved because of the internet. Due to its supercharged online growth, this is now a term you must know.

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