Business Tips

Lately, many entrepreneurs find themselves commiserating as they face prolonged periods of working from home. They miss the interaction with team members and clients. Many may be struggling with keeping their wits about them while spending an unprecedented amount of time with their significant others and children, who also have been mostly homebound thanks to the pandemic. The COVID-19 crisis …

Truly unique concept development is a struggle, which is why there is often a lot of “copying” within an industry. Our new business, product and service ideas often have existing products and services as a base, producing only incrementally different results. Stepping outside of the existing framework, in order to see opportunities in a new light, is the key. What …

The current upheaval with the coronavirus is again driving home the absolute requirement for small to mid-size companies to strive to make themselves bulletproof. In effect, making them less susceptible to changing socio-economic and environmental conditions, abrupt or gradual. It’s about creating a business that is nimble and can react and adapt to any threat. It is about the ability …

Networking is not just about attending events. It is also about attending meetings, making strategic connections and growing your networks. Likewise, relationship building and planning are key components for successful networking. Networking can be a critical piece in business development. Being able to meet the right contacts and further your agenda can lead to a plethora of opportunities. Listed below …

Business strategies are often concentrated in one specific direction rather than involving multiple goals. While this tight focus might enable a process that is easier to monitor and facilitate, there can be distinct disadvantages as well. This article will discuss one example that illustrates how combined strategies involving business training and technical business writing can be more cost effective for …

What makes up your business credit score? What gives you the best chances of getting a loan? Here are a few factors that play into your business credit picture, and what you can do to make the most of them: 1. Payment History – Your payment history is an important part of your business credit profile, and is what your …

Most writers start young, secretly writing journals or poetry, and reveling in the pure joy of stringing words together. As they age, many of them will shelve their talents to make a living in a less-creative field, the majority will spend a lifetime writing occasionally, just for the joy of it, and a small percentage will come out into the …

If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don’t have integrity, nothing else matters. — Alan K. Simpson If I were to ask you what attribute is the most influential in regard to the success of a business, would you know immediately which one is the most important? Based on my many years as a business owner and entrepreneur, …

When your E2 Visa Business Changes: Requirement 1. – As a treaty investor, you must be coming to the United States to invest in a new or existing enterprise. U.S.C.I.S (US Citizenship and Immigration Services) defines an E-2 investment as the placing of certain capital, (including funds and other assets), at risk in the commercial sense with the end objective …

If you are considering starting a commercial or residential painting business you will only need some basic low-cost tools to start with. You can buy other tools as more jobs come along and with your down payments. Here is a list of the most essential painting business tools needed to get you started. 1.) Quality Cage Frame – Also known …