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May 30, 2017

What Do You Need To Start A Business?

For many Americans, the idea of starting a business seems alluring. Instead of working for someone else, you can create your own hours and earn your own money. However, most of us believe that the process to start a business is long and complicated. After all, don’t you need to fill out a ton of paperwork and invest a lot of capital? Well, while some companies do need money to get started, that shouldn’t stop you from starting with the basics. In fact, starting a new business can be rather simple, if you follow these steps. Come Up with a…

May 25, 2017

4 Tips for Effectively Presenting Complex Information to an Audience

Source Delivering an effective presentation is about more than how you speak and act onstage; it’s about what you say. All the charisma and confidence in the world can’t make up for a presentation full of content that flies right over the audience’s head. In certain industries, it’s a constant challenge to break down dense, complex information for an audience with varying degrees of familiarity. While you might have years of expertise under your belt, it could be mostly new for those watching. So how can you convey complex information as part of an accessible, interesting presentation for everyone in the…

May 14, 2017

How to Get Financing For Your Business

If you have a business idea that you would like to turn into a success story then the hardest part about it is getting it off the ground in the first place. Finance is something that many successful business owners like Lloyd Claycomb must focus heavily on when they are running a business which goes to show just how tough it is for those starting out. Thankfully we do live in a world where there is lots of options for funding for new businesses and there are many ways in which you can get it. Today we are going to take…

May 6, 2017

Ways In Which You Can Get Started With Investments

If you want to grow your wealth then the best way to put your money to work is through investments. I was always a little skeptical in the past about investing my money, I have never really been a risk taker but after a conversation with a mutual friend Micheal Blitzer Kingstown Capital hedge fund manager, I realized that if I was smart, there would be far less risk. So far I have healthy portfolio of investments and I’ve seen some strong returns on many of them, not all of them of course, but I have made far more than I…

April 7, 2017

Timing is Everything: Are You Ready to Start Your Own Business?

According to the Small Business Administration (SBA), nearly 28 million small businesses currently operate in the U.S., with another 540,000 new businesses opening each month. Filing and establishing a business is a fairly easy thing to do, but understanding if you’re ready to devote your time and energy to the startup life is much more challenging. The decision to start your own business is exhilarating. After coming up with the idea for your product or service, you may be eager to jump right into the world of business ownership. At the same time that starting a business presents an array of…

March 27, 2017

How to Protect Your Good Name Online

Do you know how important it is to secure your own name online? This is known as “self-PR” and is a vital element of reputation management. In fact, when you work with an online reputation management company, one of the first things they will look into is who owns your name – on social media, on blogs, and on the internet as a whole. Something that few people understand, however, is that this is important not just in terms of your personal good name, but even in terms of how you raise your children! Post Modern Parenting Is Virtual A…

January 23, 2017

5 Key Factors to Consider When Entering The AU/NZ Market

Image source: Shutterstock There are always risks when expanding your business, whether it be locally, nationally or internationally. However, these risks vary depending on exactly what market you are planning on penetrating. The business opportunities available in the Australian and New Zealand market are huge – attracting both startup endeavours and enterprise expansions alike. 1. Master your own market first The first step in order to expand into the Australian or New Zealand market, as with any international market, is to make sure you have a solid operation going on in your home country. Australia and New Zealand offer huge trade…

April 1, 2016

6 Things That Entrepreneurs Do Differently

Many people who start out with their own business have dreams of becoming a successful entrepreneur, unfortunately only a handful succeed at becoming one. The word entrepreneur is used far too frequently and many believe that simply having their own business means that they have become one. The truth is that entrepreneurs are not just business owners, they are visionaries who begin with their own business and look to do things differently to bring success, these skills can be learned but very often they are in-built qualities that set these people apart from the rest. Here we take a look…