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Okay, I agree, it’s time to take to the road again!
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| I admit it, I have been lost in space. I have been under the weather, dialing for the invidious dollar, hiding in the cloak of my own fearful imagination, waiting for the other shoe to drop, worrying about phantoms, ghosts, shadows sliding across the wall, ex-wives, a couple of my five children who stopped speaking to me, preparing myself every morning to sit down and write, my new book for one thing, even took to reading my old books just to see whether or not I have actually written anything I could claim my stake on, believe me. |
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Other new year 2000 Related Articles
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Cold Call Concepts
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| Inc magazine’s August 2000 issue introduced Pat Cavanaugh, CEO of Cavanaugh Promotions, to whom cold calling is a sport. He opened 100 new accounts in the first quarter of 2000, and can make 200 calls a day when he does "nothing but get on the phone." Here’s what he says about it: |
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Is This Business a Franchise or Not?
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| Ontario introduced a law specifically designed to regulate franchising in 2000. Many people continue to operate businesses that are franchises, without being aware of that fact. Is your business a franchise or not?
This article examines the definition of a franchise, with particular attention to Ontario's Arthur Wishart (Franchise Disclosure) Act, 2000, and to American jurisprudence in this area. The article compares and contrasts the applicable tests that are currently applied in order to establish what is, or what is not, a franchise. |
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Managing Diversity: A Bliss or a Curse
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| Workforce diversity is a reality at San Francisco. We already reflect the national demographic trends predicted for the year 2000 by the Hudson Institute in its 1987 report, Workforce 2000. Accommodation issues for our diverse workforce, such as childcare, elder care, flexible work arrangements, disability accommodation, and literacy are being addressed in the workplace. |
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3.1 Developments in trade negotiations: Economic Report on Africa 2007
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| World trade expanded significantly between 2000 and 2005. Total world exports
increased from $US6,451 billion in 2000 to $10,393 billion in 2005, an increase of
61 per cent.
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3.0 The African Entrepreneur Personal Traits: Entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship in Africa
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| More than twenty personal traits of entrepreneurs have been linked to entrepreneurial success in Africa (LeVine, 1966; Benedict, 1979; Frese, 2000), and elsewhere (Stewart, 1996). Debate continues as to whether psychological variables, socio-demographic factors or external factors are the best determinants of entrepreneurial behavior and performance (Frese, 2000; Buame, 1996). |
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Advice for Small Business
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| I have been recognized by the President’s Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity as the National Entrepreneur of the Year. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has awarded me their top honor, the Blue Chip Enterprise Award. Steve Forbes included me, along with Donald Trump and Tom Monaghan, as one of the Twelve Great American Business Successes in his 2000 book. This certainly does not mean I have all the answers, but I have identified a few of the questions.
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Case History - How Not to Hire Salespeople
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| A company wants to hire 5000 salespeople - but why?
2000 drop out before completing training, and another 2000 drop out during the first 90 days in the field. Another 500 drop out during the first 6 months, and at the end of the year they only have 500 of the original 5000 standing. What would it be worth to them from a cost, time, resources and practicality standpoint for us to simply identify, in advance, the final 500, before anyone is hired? |
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Mobile Home Tenants - Fixing Mobile Home Park Vacancy Problems
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| Most mobile home park owners today have vacancy problem , thanks to chattel mortgage crisis that began in 2000. It is not uncommon for a park that was full in 2000 to now be at 60% occupancy due to repossession of homes. If you have been waiting for the mobile home dealers to find mobile home tenants, you are probably depressed and making no progress. So here are some ideas to get you back in action at increasing occupancy. |
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Fixing Mobile Home Park Vacancy Problems
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| Most mobile home park owners today have vacancy problem, thanks to chattel mortgage crisis that began in 2000. It is not uncommon for a park that was full in 2000 to now be at 60% occupancy due to repossession of homes. If you have been waiting for the mobile home dealers to fill you back up, you are probably depressed and making no progress. So here are some ideas to get you back in action at increasing occupancy. |
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What A Beautiful Year
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| It was a weird year, and in many ways, a difficult year. It was a year of uncertainty, even a year of adversity for many people. It was a mean year for politics, a brutal year for business, and a disastrous year for the economy. But it was also a beautiful year.... |
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