Prioritizing can be one of the most challenging aspects of any small business. There is so much to do and so little time to do it. All of our daily tasks can seem essential and urgent, and without clear guidelines about how to prioritize and proceed, we can sometimes feel frozen like deer caught in [...]
morePosted by: Linda Sanchez, March 16, 2010
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I’m not sure why I subscribe to so many business magazines; I never have time to read them. Maybe I hope that just the quick glimpses I catch of their glossy covers filled with young energetic multimillionaire entrepreneurs will inspire me to business greatness.
The cover story of the March issue of Inc. Magazine, Secrets of [...]
Posted by: Linda Sanchez, March 8, 2010
As a child, did you ever wonder what your teacher did over summer vacation? Nitesh Banta wondered that too, and to his dismay he found out that many teachers have to settle for subpar summer opportunities that do not fit with their skills, training and education. Upon further research, he found that many companies are [...]
morePosted by: Jennifer Escalona, February 24, 2010
Did you know that you spend an extra $80 to $100 per year on your energy bill simply by leaving your computer on at night? Well, Michael Turcotte knows all that and more, and his company, Turn Cycle Solutions is in the business of lowering residential and commercial energy costs while building a greener world.
Michael [...]
Posted by: Jennifer Escalona, February 22, 2010
Drastic economic times call for drastic measures. While a job seeker might have gotten away with his or her same old tired paper resume when times were flush and jobs were falling off trees, nowadays, every little advantage counts. And Joyce Harold, Certified Professional Resume Writer, is in the business of helping job seekers stand [...]
morePosted by: Jennifer Escalona, February 8, 2010
For those of you out there who, like me, have little or no formal business training, it can sometimes seem overwhelming to be at the helm of your small business. I took a break recently to meet an old friend, a budding entrepreneur, for lunch. She invited me to come early and attend a business [...]
morePosted by: Linda Sanchez, February 5, 2010
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Move over HGTV, Virtual Staging Solutions just might put your “Stagers” off the air! Virtual Staging Solutions is a service that assists real estate agents, homeowners, and developers in staging a home but without a human stager ever setting foot in the space. Clients send them pictures of the space, and Virtual Staging Solutions inserts digital [...]
morePosted by: Jennifer Escalona, December 18, 2009
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As small business owners, we already know that we get by with a little help from our friends, but how about from our government? A recent Business Week article examined what entrepreneurs and small business owners expect from the United States’ new presidential administration.
Perhaps not surprisingly, the entrepreneurs interviewed for Karen E. Klein’s two-part series [...]
Posted by: Jennifer Escalona, June 25, 2009
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