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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Going self-employed ? a few handy hints
- The day you decide to take the plunge and work for yourself will be one of the most life-changing choices you ever make, whether starting a company large or small or as a freelance; from the very first moment of being self-employed, you and you alone will stand or fall by your decisions and actions. You will be responsible for steering your business through all its ups and downs, good times and ba...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Corporate venturing for emerging growth companies
- The boom of the dot-com era in 1999 brought the emergence of corporate venture capital as a major source of funding to the private equity markets. Corporate venture investments peaked in the third quarter of 2000 with 608 deals totaling a combined $4.9 billion. A few of the top corporate venture capital investors of 2000 included Nokia Corporate ($500 million), Oracle Corporation ($400 million), I...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Attributes of companies you dont want to buy!
- There are no "rules of thumb" in the pursuit of companies to buy. Each purchase opportunity has to stand on its own merits. There are, however, attributes of acquisition candidates that need to be defined for what they really are before additional, limited resources are put at risk in a potential deal. It is absolutely critical for any proactive business buyer to understand, consider and...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Innovate today for great leaps forward tomorrow
- How often does your company make a quantum leap forward? My guess is that, on a scale from "frequently (10) ? to ? never (1)" the answer is much closer to "never" because few companies have a process to innovate or think creatively. Very few attempt to formally think through their business model, their relationships with staff, clients, and vendors, and their product / service ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Business process methodologies
- I've either been involved with or held a process-related role since 1994. It started in the government with TQM (Total Quality Management). Then before I left the government, I worked with ERWin and some process standard model -- I've forgotten its official name. We had pages and pages of flows that were not easy to follow.In 1997, we worked with a fancy software application that was not us...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Why do a business plan?
- To Grow (Catapult) Your Business That's Why.When it's in your head it's not as likely to happen--too much missed.Before becoming an executive business coach, in my previous career as an electrical engineer I discovered some key practical things about business planning that showed me how to explode the growth of a business.When I was in college if I was asked to design s...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 3 undercover ways to make big profits from your competition
- You have heard that there is extra money on the table marketing products related to yours. You have also heard that your direct competitors product is off the table. How unfortunate. Wouldn't it be nice to be able to profit from the hard work, expertise and quality of your competitions product?By the end of this article you will be very familiar with three ways to do just that. You will not...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - I always play by the rules and it stinks!
- This week I coached a wonderfully lovely woman I'll call Jill. She's a bright woman, very compassionate and sweet. She's at one of the corporations where I am an outside consultant/coach. This was our first meeting but within seconds I could tell she had a lot on her mind.. and her plate.She basically has to work 12 hour days 6 days a week to be able to keep up with her job. She's highly in...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - What every service provider ought to know about writing a business plan
- It's easy to lose sight of what needs to be communicated to prospective investors when writing the various sections of a business plan. Successful business owners/entrepreneurs use each section of their business plan to work up interest, to present arguments and, most important, to build trust and confidence.How To Earn The Trust Of Skeptical Investors?Usually some sort of upf...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Why six sigma will work in healthcare
- If ever there were an industry where we want zero defects, it's healthcare. Patients, medical professionals, and healthcare administrators all want mistakes eliminated and quality and efficiency improved. Although most industries have undergone some type of data-supported, systematic, quality-improvement process, healthcare still has not. Medical and technological advances continue to outpace proc...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Consolidation in the software industry is hardly new: obsess about it or risk losing it all
- Some analysts credit [Larry] Ellison with anticipating the consolidation in the enterprise software industry and leading the charge. Ellison 'called a major shift in an entire market, which was impressive.'(1)Anticipating consolidation? Calling a major shift? Didn't Microsoft start as a PC operating system vendor in 1975? In the eighties they owned the desktop, today they're across the ente...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - If you dont focus, innovate and evolve, you die
- After 128 years of business, a household word, Montgomery Wards, Inc., closed their doors forever and filed bankruptcy.With 258 stores and 28,000 employees in 30 states, Wards fell victim to competition from service-driven retailers like Wal-Mart, Home Depot and Circuit City. Wards claimed a "poor retail environment" for the failure. Interestingly, Wal-Mart and Home Depot didn't shut down. ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The tables have turned - its officially a sellers market
- Private equity firms have raised so much capital over the last 12 months that they are vigorously competing with one another for opportunities to put their money to work. Business owners, who previously would have had to go hat-in-hand to investors, instead find themselves inundated with unsolicited offers for their companies. Companies with solid balance sheets, good management and strong growth ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Balanced scorecard strategy map
- With the help of balanced scorecard strategy map, it is very easy to design the organization goals and build business strategies. Balance scorecard and strategy map are interrelated with each other. Strategies map is the foundation to design business strategies or perspective. Using strategy map, you can design the strategies and using balanced scorecards you can build business models.St...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Break-even analysis
- A significant advantage of some business ideas is that the venture can break even at what seems to be an easily achievable volume. A technique for quantifying that volume, called break-even analysis, examines the interaction among fixed costs, variable costs, prices, and unit volume to determine that combination of elements in which revenues and total costs are equal.Fixed costs are those e...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - A rough cut on feasibility
- A piano tuner recently moved to Buffalo, NY, and would like to assess the business possibilities for him in his new home. He plans to estimate how many piano tuners the greater Buffalo area can support, and compare that to the number listed in the phone book. How do we advise him as to how to estimate the "right" number of tuners for the area?One approach is simply to guess. Would it be 1, ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Clearing the path: 4 ways fear wreaks havoc on your dream and what to do about it
- Please take a moment before you read any further and answer these three simple questions:1. Are you making daily progress towards accomplishing your business vision?2. Do you find that despite a strong desire to make your vision happen, obstacles always seems to pop up and slow you down?3. Do you find that doubt is chipping away at your vision, keeping it from ever becoming a ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Call in the swot team: produce more opportunities to expand your business
- Have you ever done a SWOT analysis? No, it's not some dangerous military maneuver. It's actually a fun and incredibly helpful business development exercise that will give your company focused direction and great marketing ideas -- whether your business is brand new or has been around for years. This SWOT exercise will show you where your business is flourishing and where it needs to grow to gain c...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Home improvement construction project planning
- The first task before hiring a contractor for home remodeling is laying out the details on what exactly you want done. This will ultimately save you time and money, as you will be able to choose the perfect contractor for your construction job, and get the job done correctly the first time. Personally, I have always found that writing out every detail initially will help you think of the task more...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Making a decision to outsource: strategic constraints
- Many companies are reluctant to dive into outsourcing ocean because of various reasons of strategic nature. As far as strategic goals are touched upon, managers are concerned with the following issues:- Risks and dangers of transferring too much managerial power to one partner. Companies fear to be too dependent on one offshore partner because its failure to meet commitments will de...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Strategic planning consulting
- Strategic planning and consulting is the strategy roadmap to manage business very effectively. To improve the performance in each business level, business strategic planning & consulting is essential. We should draw a clear strategic planning model to dilute the business complexity. If the strategic planning models are clearly set it is easy to find the business solution.We ca...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Questions to ask yourself when starting a new home business
- I love the excitement of starting up a new home based business. I enjoy trying out new ideas and approaches with the new venture. I dream the big dreams and hope to obtain some of them (if not all of them). I am sure you have those same feelings as well. Organization is imperative when starting any business. Some say that a well funded business has the best chance to sustain losses until it's prof...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Cost-cutting essential to maintaining profits
- Why cut costs now? Efforts are multiplying to cut costs wherever possible in order to achieve or preserve high profits. The resulting benefits for all of a company's employees should be obvious.It should be obvious, but sometimes it is not. One of the lessons of the Dot-Com debacle is that many of the companies went belly up due to profligate spending by the executives.Of ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Do you really need a business plan?
- "I don't need a business plan."Neither did Alice in Wonderland."Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?""That depends a good deal on where you want to get to," said the Cat."I don't much care where," said Alice."Then it doesn't matter which way you go," said the Cat.As a consultant, I have people ask me "How can I increase my b...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Do you have a customer identity crisis?
- The trick is to determine what uniquely identifies your best customers. Fortunately, deriving this information is not difficult, and in many cases can be obtained from innocuous questions. Consider a manufacturer of baby goods and the fact that families with new babies often purchase multi-passenger vehicles. This manufacturer could build an effective mailing list by surveying recent car purchaser...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Strategic acquisition strategies for small businesses
- Growth through acquisition should not be considered an option reserved solely for large or Public Companies. Small and mid-size businesses that opt to grow by acquiring other companies, rather than growing one new customer at a time, can gain benefits in addition to increased sales and profits.Timing is Right - Two elements have combined making growth through acquisition an attractive optio...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Mining market data
- With a heightened awareness of opportunity, ideas can often be generated by market research. The National Women's Business Center (NWBC) defines market research as "a systematic, objective collection and analysis of data about your target market, competition, and/or environment with the goal being increased understanding. Through the market research process, you can take data?a variety of rel...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Executive summary for business plans of franchisees
- Writing a business plan for a franchised outlet of a larger company to get funding or find investors is difficult because the franchisor already has a plan which is working, but until you are privy to it upon purchase you actually know relatively few details. The franchisor must keep this information proprietary to insure competitors do not steal the information, but the franchise buyer needs the ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Business plan: planning the operations
- Writing a business plan is no easy task, sure you can whip something together in a day or so, but without proper planning you are setting yourself up to fail. Many first time entrepreneurs have a bit of trouble writing a business plan, which will be acceptable to bankers and investors. One easy place to fall down on is the understanding of the daily operations of your chosen business model....
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Business plan descriptions of computer system
- Entrepreneurs often give little if any consideration to their computer system needs in their original business plans. It is a necessity to have mention of your computer system as bankers and/or investors will want to know how you will keep track of your future endeavor. You need to carefully spell out your needs and their costs to insure you are asking for the right amount of money for your new pr...
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