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Filed under Small Business by on Nov 20th, 2010. 
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
By: Thitima A
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Filed under Other - Business & Finance by on Nov 20th, 2010.
Magazine, Nightclub/Restaurant, Entertainment Company etc…. What are the possibilities a large company will want to buy into your venture and expand you into a big name?
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Filed under Corporations by on Nov 19th, 2010.
Businesses all over the world have changed during the last decade or so. With the advent of internet and the development of some unbelievable software products, the world has changed into a big shopping complex. It is no longer possible to run a business organization in isolation.
Acquisitions and mergers are the order of the day in business community. Even traditional business rivals are joining hands through mergers and acquisitions to take their business to new horizons in this rapidly changing business scenario. The recent news about Microsoft’s attempts to buy one of its main competitors Yahoo is an excellent example of this kind of business expansion.
Business organizations talk about business expansion usually when the company is doing well in its original field of business. Business expansion can be starting a new branch in some other city, starting the operations in a new domain, increasing the employee strength, implementing new technology or acquisition of some other organization in a related field or in the same field. Business expansion is something that should be done with great care and after a good deal of research. There were cases in history where acquisitions and ill-advised forays into an entirely unfamiliar domain have destroyed smoothly running companies.
Generally, business expansion does wonders to the development of an organization. It provides an additional impetus to the organization to do well in every field. It provides a sense of confidence and well-being in the minds of the employees and investors, which should reflect well in the balance sheet of the company. Also, when an organization opens a new branch or increasing the employee strength, the productivity level will surely increase. It provides more options to the organization to do a particular job. This kind of news will surely give the customers a strong sense of confidence to deal with the organization. Another important aspect of business expansion is the effective utilization of funds. If there is a good opportunity to do a particular kind of business at a particular time, somebody is going to do it. So if an organization spots an opportunity, it is better to go for it rather than sitting on the fund, content with the existing business.
However, business expansion is not a sure-fire recipe for further success for any organization. The most vital aspect is the risk involved in the new action. If new branches are added and new people are recruited, if the company does not receive expected business and orders the new facilities and recruits will render useless. So it is important to know the business climate of the time, before proceeding with expansion plans. Another potentially disadvantageous aspect of business expansion is that the company may lose focus on the existing business. When all the energy is concentrated on business expansion plans, it is easier for the existing business to drift down unnoticed.
By: Ian Pennington
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By: LeAnn
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Filed under Small Business by on Nov 19th, 2010.
The CEO & The Captain
Many small business owners are “flying by the seat of their pants.” They wake up early, work hard to put food on the table and are exhausted at the end of the day, hoping they were productive enough to have two nickels to rub together in their pocket. Am I right?
What does it mean to “fly by the seat of your pants”? Most people know this saying to mean someone is deciding on a plan as they go along. It could also mean that a person is reacting to a situation rather than being proactive and planning ahead. “Winging it” could be another way to say it. This saying actually emerged in the late 1930s in reports of a flight from New York to Ireland by Douglas “WrongWay” Corrigan. Mr. Corrigan was a sound and accomplished pilot. He even worked on a special aircraft for Charles Lindbergh and was inspired by Lindbergh’s transatlantic flight in 1927. He requested permission from the government to make a non-stop flight to Ireland, but his application was denied. In 1938 Corrigan told authorities he was going to fly to California, but he ended up in Dublin after a 29-hour flight. His airplane took off in the thick fog and airport officials said he had to first head east to avoid buildings before he could turn around and head west to California. Corrigan reported visibility so poor that he had to fly by his compass, and he swore he was headed west, although he was really headed east. Most people really believe that Mr. Corrigan wanted to bypass the officials and accomplish his dream of a transatlantic flight.
As a business owner, you are the CEO, the chief executive officer. The encyclopedia defines this role as the highest ranking officer or administrator in charge of the total management of the company. A CEO is usually the chairman of the board of directors, and typically the CEO has other officers beneath him.
Some of the responsibilities of a CEO are:
* To advise the board of directors
* To motivate employees in products, programs and operations
* To look to the future for change opportunities
* To formulate policies and planning
* To promote the organization’s mission
* To manage human resources
* To manage financial resources
Most small business owners have many responsibilities. They are the president, treasurer and secretary of their own company, in addition to being the CEO. When you are in business, you need to take your business seriously so that you act like the CEO, whether you have 20 employees, 10 employees or none.
There is a saying in the aviation world: “There are old pilots and there are bold pilots, but there are no old, bold pilots.” What does this mean? It means that pilots who are overly bold and take chances, will not survive long enough to become old. Pilots need to be cautious. Flying is a serious activity, especially when there are passengers involved. Pilots need to pay attention to the aircraft and the conditions in the environment. So too must all business owners pay attention to their business and the conditions that surround it.
CEOs are similar to the captain of an airplane in seven ways:
1. They must be decision makers.
2. They must show leadership.
3. They must be constant learners.
4. They must be constantly alert to reduce the possibility of errors.
5. They must follow policies and procedures.
6. They must be on the offense.
7. They must be good time managers.
Challenge Questions:
1. If you were to score how well your business is doing, overall, from 1 to 10, (1 = poorly, and 10 = extremely well), how would you rate it?
2. What is one thing you could do to improve that number?
3. Rank yourself against these seven qualities of a CEO, in order of your strongest (1) to your weakest (7):
Good Decision Maker _____
Strong Leader _____
Constant Learner _____
Problem Solver _____
Policy Developer _____
Strong Warrior _____
Good Time Manager _____
4. Right at this moment, are you flying by the seat of your pants?
5. Write out your purpose; that is, why you are in business.
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By: gavin h
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THe first three answers are not helpful.
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Filed under Other - Advertising & Marketing by on Nov 19th, 2010.
How long have you been craving a life of luxury? A life of conducting a business from the comfort of your own home, making massive amounts of money? Is this something that’s on your mind a lot of the time?
If so… then this article is probably a great find for you. Let me explain why.
First of all though, there’s something that you need to realize. Most people think that when you work from – or run a business from the comfort of your home, you get to just sit around doing basically nothing. The fact of the matter is that there’s a lot of work to be done to run a successful business. There’s no free ride, and you should go about your search for business opportunities with that in the forefront of your mind, or else you’ll end up very discouraged when it comes time to actually run it.
Okay, now that all of the bubble bursting is over with (sorry), it’s time to tell you the good news. The good news is that if you are willing to work hard at building a foundation…down the road in just a few years – maybe less – you could very well get to a point where you can relax more and more as time goes by.
Now, to do so, you need to be looking at certain types of business opportunities and not wasting your time with others. The type that gives you the best chance at being able to have to do less work as time goes by, is with a business model that allows you to leverage the effort of other people. Therefore the greatest thing you can do for your future success right now is find a great network marketing company and go to work with people who are successful and will teach you how they’ve achieved their success.
The company that you choose should feature superior products in a market where people keep buying consistently. One of the best markets for this is the health and nutrition market. Here’s why. First of all, the world is aging. Baby boomers in the US are just starting to come to the age where there health is a huge concern for their quality of life. So, they’re very happy to dig into their wallets and spend money on products that actually work to improve that quality of life for them. However they want convenience as well. They certainly don’t want go around popping pills anymore or mixing up shakes. There are plenty of those types of products out there, especially in the network marketing industry.
You need a product to market that is new and innovative, tastes good (most products taste like chalk), and something they can take on the run – because today everybody is in a hurry and time is one of the most precious elements in our lives. Now having the ability to build a work-at-home business for yourself is wonderful and you’ll want to access lots of great MLM resources to put together and align with the best MLM marketing plan that there is around for you!
You also need a company where you get phenomenal training from people who have already succeeded greatly in this industry. Put it this way…you can find tons of people in network marketing to work with, there’s surely no shortage of people who would be willing to take you. However, most of those people haven’t even succeeded themselves, and therefore have no way of teaching you to succeed. You’d be just as lost as they are once you’ve started, and therefore would be floundering with a lot of disappointment. Not the way that you want to start.
Your better bet is to find people to partner up with that are actually more reluctant to take you as a partner because they have a long list of people wanting to work with them – simply because they’re so successful themselves, and have a system that works and works extremely well (hence their success).
Does that make sense to you at all? I hope so! Searching for business opportunities is a tedious task. Searching for business opportunities anywhere is a pain in the neck actually. But here’s where your day starts looking up.
Right now there are tremendous companies taking hold of the health and wellness market because they have a product just like the one described above. They are looking to partner up with folks in willing to work their ***** off to achieve their dreams. They want people who are tired of searching through countless business opportunities and finally buckle down and start running a successful business.
By: David L. Feinstein
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Filed under Business by on Nov 19th, 2010.
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