Investors Consider These 7 Elements to Be High Risk
If you aren’t willing to take some risk as an entrepreneur, then don’t expect any gain. Yet everyone has limits, and every investor implicitly has similar limits on what makes a startup investable, or one to avoid at all costs. If you need investors, it’s important that you understand their filters, and even if you are funding your own efforts, you need to recognize the red flags.
Read More Is Your Small Business Going Paperless?
Is your small business struggling in a sea of paperwork? From stuffed filing cabinets to overflowing trays on your desk, paperwork can slow your business down and take up your valuable time. If you want to run your business more effectively and eliminate a source of stress in the workplace, reducing the amount the amount of paper in your office is the way to go.
Read More Social CEO-ing to Create Customer Champs
Stop thinking of yourself as an ‘employee’ of any organization. In reality, you can never be. You are what you are—a living, thinking, caring human. This is exactly you must convey to your customers, that ‘hey, I am not a robot, wanting all the money in your pocket.’
Read More Generating Leads and Referrals on LinkedIn
LinkedIn is a great tool for career building; it has virtually replaced the business card and has become the new way to network for individuals and their businesses.
Read More It’s About Time!
Enterprise time, as opposed to personal time management, is defined as the sum total of resources available to a company expressed in terms of time – time to develop, to debug, to produce, to deploy, to respond to issues, and to make changes in plans that are not working.
Read More Big Data Delivers Customized Experiences or It’s Just Noise
If there is one phrase we couldn’t seem to get enough of this year — that phrase is big data. Suffice it to say, we are leaving quite a trail.
Read More How to Make Your First eCommerce Sale
If you’ve ever thought of starting your own eCommerce business, you know the numerous questions that can pop into your mind: What will I sell? How will I get people to discover my business?
Read More 3 Things Great Leaders Gain from Failure
Sometimes you have to fail in order to win. While this may seem counterproductive, mistakes can actually serve as life-changing experiences.
Read More 5 Payroll Tax Mistakes to Avoid
If you have at least one employee, you are responsible for payroll taxes. These include withholding federal (and, where appropriate, state) income taxes and FICA tax from employees’ wages as well as paying the employer share of FICA tax and federal and state unemployment taxes.
Read More Is Beacon Technology All Hype, or Could It Be a Boon for Small Businesses?
When Apple first announced iBeacon last year, many major brands saw beacon technology as the future of retail. Macy’s, Lord & Taylor, and other retailers have already begun experimenting with beacon technology, hoping to guide customers to the right products, push out personalized offers, and provide a better customer experience. But is beacon technology living…
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