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4 Essentials for Growing an On-Demand Company
Join us in Miami, Chicago or Denver for our Accelerate Your Business event series kicking off in February. Discover solutions to optimize team performance, improve company productivity, and position your business for continued success. See dates and details » The “On-Demand” industry is exploding: one can hail a citizen driver almost [...]
5 Steps to Create a 1-Page Strategic Plan for Your Business
When I started Cutler PR six years ago, I didn’t have time to ponder and strategize over complex business plans. I needed to dedicate every second to getting results for our clients so that we could build a brand name and grow our reputation and referrals. Since then, we’ve experienced amazing growth. So much so that now we can’t [...]
Protect Yourself from Financial Fraud
Security Tips for the Self-Employed By Christopher J. Bachler The first rule for home businesses and boxers is the same: “Always keep your guard up.” That’s because fraud in the business world today is more common than ever before. Advanced technology, the “shrinking world,” and the ongoing growth of a “virtual economy” are all partly to [...]
What 11 Successful People Did for Their First Jobs — and What They Were Paid
Everyone has to start somewhere. From making paper deliveries to selling tuxedos, the first jobs these 11 successful people shared with Business Insider weren’t always the most glamorous. Read on to see where CEOs, bestselling authors, and self-made millionaires started, and how much their first jobs paid: Farnoosh Torabi worked as [...]
Eight Things You Need to Know About Money
You’re Earning It; Here’s How to Keep It Money: It’s a part of our lives from the first day Mommy tucks lunch money into our backpacks until we finally shuffle off this mortal coil. How much of the stuff we manage to earn, how much of it we save, what we do with it — these things will help to determine how successful we will be in [...]
7 Tips to Build a Business While Working a Day Job
Many people dream of leaving their nine-to-five jobs to start their own businesses. Many successful entrepreneurs had to keep their day jobs until they reached a point in their businesses when it was feasible to quit. This transition time can be stressful and difficult, especially when you don’t enjoy your job, but it doesn’t have to be. [...]
Protect Your Right to Get Paid
Practical Advice for Collecting Your Receivables By Gary M. Heller, Hodgson Russ LLP It is no secret that full and prompt payment from customers is the lifeblood of any home business. Unfortunately, most home business owners quickly learn a hard truth: Some customers simply do not pay their bills. It is, therefore, absolutely essential [...]
Is Amazon's First Brick-and-Mortar Bookstore the Future of Retail?
Amazon Books is now open for business in Seattle. The floor is hardwood and the shelves and displays are weighed down by beautiful, physical books. It looks and smells like any ordinary bookstore. But make no mistake. It’s anything but. Amazon’s new store is the digital economy’s coming full circle — flipping the model to tie [...]
Michael E. Gerber and The Master Game
Michael E. Gerber (www.michaelegerbercompanies.com) is an entrepreneur, thought leader, speaker and best-selling author whose modern classic, “The E-Myth: Why Most Businesses Don’t Work and What to Do About It,” has sold more than 3 million copies. He is the founder of The Dreaming Room™, where entrepreneurs and others are provided the [...]
Why Small Business Failure Rates are Declining
Hidden in much of the gloomy news about small business in recent years is an important positive statistic: business failure rates are in a long-term decline. The rate at which American employers go under has fallen by 30 percent since 1977. Sure, the trend is far from perfectly linear. Business failure rates rise in recessions and [...]