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Recipe for Trouble Documentation or Lack Thereof
Recipe for Trouble:Documentation (or Lack Thereof) We all like to trust people and we would like really be much better of if people always did what they said they would do. But we all know that this is not always the case. If you are a business owner, you can find yourself in deep trouble if you do not document.
What do you need to document? Anything that requires an action on your part or on the part of someone else. Here are some examples:
- You tell an employee that if...
Recipe for Trouble Success
It may sound strange to say that one of the things that can get you into trouble really quickly is success. After all, that is what you are trying to accomplish, right? Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on how you look at it), some companies become more successful than they ever imagined and find themselves in trouble.
One commercial that illustrates this point rather well shows a group of very young people surrounding a computer. They click and turn on their website which is...
Recipe for Trouble Human Resources
When you are stating a new business, or even if you have been in business for some time, one of the easiest things to overlook is human resources. When your business is small, you might have a nice family-type atmosphere. You may be spending more time at work than you are at home. It is easy to forget that people are your employees not your family.
Taking human resources for granted can be one of the most costly things you can ever do in your business. The rules governing employees are...
Recipe for Trouble Communication
In a new business there are always lots of things going on. At least, there should be if things are moving along. If you are the only one involved in your business then communication is easyyou just look at yourself in the mirror every morning. But it is far more likely that there are several people involved. These people may be anything from investors to vendors to employees. The more people you have involved, the more effective communication becomes essential.
Effective communication...
Recipe for Trouble Expansion
Everyone wants their business to grow and everyone wants to make as much money as possible in their business. If they didn't, they wouldn't have started the business in the first place.
Starting a new business can be a long and trying process. It can also be expensive and it may take some time before the business becomes profitable. However, it is important to stay true to your business. You started the business with a particular goal in mind and with particular products. You developed...
Recipe for Trouble IT
Depending on how dependent your company is on computers, IT (or information technology) can be your biggest ally or the biggest thorn in your side. While people tend to refer to IT for anything that involves computers, information technology can encompass a very large variety of business needs from servers to websites. There is no one-size-fits-all IT professional any more than there is a one size fits all employee of any type.
If you don't know a lot about the type of computer services you...
Recipe for Trouble The Business Plan
Everyone knows that new business fail at a fairly high rate. Most people assume that the reason is there is not enough money. While that might be true in some cases, there are other things that can cause a new business to fail, even if they have plenty of money.
It would seem like common sense that the first thing that one would do when starting a new business would be to develop a business plan. Some businesses are forced to do this by the bank if they wish to borrow any money. However,...
The Network Marketer versus the Internet Marketer
The network marketer and internet marketer; aren't they the same thing? While the two terms may seem similar there are some very significant differences between the two.
What is a network marketer? A network can be defined as any arrangement of elements that are interconnected. A network marketer( aka MLMer) puts together this network - in this case, distributors and customers - to move (sell) a product or service. These marketers are generally selling products or services that are offered...
Protect Your Internet Reputation
Have you ever Googled your own name? Checking how you are being portrayed out there on the internet is probably almost as important as checking your credit score. We all know about identify theft, but how many of us think about what is out there on the web about us?
We all know how easy it is to put information out the internet. There are plenty of sites that don't care what you write and there is no one there to stop you from writing whatever you want about whoever you want.
We also know...
Are You Getting What You Need to Get You What You Want
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There are lots of situations where the line is blurred between what we want and what we need. The dictionary defines a want as to desire greatly; wish for or to be in need of; require and a need as a condition or situation in which something is required or wanted or necessity, obligation. Hmm. So, a need can also be a want and a want can also be a need. No wonder there is so much confusion about these two words!
It is also easy to confuse want...
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