Business Models on Which to Base Your Growth Strategy
Starting a new business and making it profitable is a difficult feat. The Bureau of Labor Statistics tells us that 20% of start-ups fail within a year. Fifty percent will be history within five years. But an even greater challenge is transforming a small...
How To Self-Evaluate At Work
Are you wondering how you can become better at work? Self-evaluation provides you with a chance to identify your key strengths, weaknesses, areas needing improvements, and opportunities for growth that will help you excel further at work. The process also looks...
3 Very Overrated Business Tips Not to Follow
Being an entrepreneur or manager in this day and age is not easy. Many business leaders are expected to work over 80 hours a week to see important projects through; other business leaders are expected to sacrifice their sense of self to make sure that their...
How Fear-Based Negotiation is Flawed
According to Rony Ross, founder of Panorama Software, the secret to successful negotiating is taking the ego out of the equation. Early in her career, she developed this strategy to aid her in negotiating. Using fear to dominate the boardroom has been a tactic...
Leadership Skills: What To Look For When Promoting Internally
Often, the leadership skills you need to scale the business are within your current team. The internal staff possesses more information about the growth of the company from milestone to milestone. Due to the institutional memory they hold, internal staff can be the...
When To Hire From Outside Your Company
When it's time to fill a vacant position within your company, it's a good idea to promote from within. This allows you to benefit from the years of training an employee has already received. They will know your procedures and policies so a learning curve can be...
How To Help Communities After A Disaster
A natural disaster creates destruction and causes severe injuries that are sometimes fatal, making it more important for communities to come together. If you want to help a community after such an event and don't know where to start, this guide can point you in the...
Tips on Naming Your New Business
Names are powerful. They’re one of the first things a person will know about you, or a business, or an item—names help determine a person’s first impression of something or someone. That’s why, when naming your business, you can’t name it something random. When you’re...
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