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When it comes to business startups, the magic phrase is “save, save, save!” The newest of ventures have very limited capital, so much so that sometimes whatever it managed to cobble together isn’t enough to fund all the necessary aspects of a business, be it marketing, advertising, expansion, or equipment purchasing. It’s hard to spread money adequately to all the crucial areas, knowing you

Building a business website – or any website at that – is more than just code and programming languages. While it requires the essential technical website-building ingredients, developing a website also calls for aesthetic appeal and “web ergonomics” to attract more customers and build brand appeal to your clients. It’s very important to conduct research – market and design-wise – to set y

They say that leaving your day job in order to start your own business is a leap of faith. You have no way of knowing what exactly is going to happen, not until you walk out the door and begin working for yourself. For many, the very thought of not having a stable income and being responsible for their own welfare is enough to send them scurrying back to their cubicles. Unfortunately, as with most things in life, y

Some products make it to the top of their respective heaps because of their quality and sheer control of the market. When a company has something that gets this far and develops a strong reputation, it usually becomes the standard by which its competition is judged. This is good because it sets a bar, a level of quality or a number of basic features that have to show up in the product if it wants to be seen as a se

Funny people have always held the interest of the masses. To more than a few, their ability to make people see the lighter side of every situation is invaluable. People with a good sense of humor live much fuller lives than those who do not. In many cases, they are also able to connect with people more easily. That is a valuable skill in business, where you have to network and cultivate working relationships with a

Here is something interesting. Eclipses – even partial ones that block out only a part of the sun – have a profound effect in the behavior of the stock market. For example, when 85% of the sun was blocked out in early January 2011, the normally level-headed stock exchanges of Northern Europe showed an unexpected shift. Stock returns became far lower than average at the time. A similar reaction was rec

It’s no secret that no businessman in his right mind wants to end up dealing with a lawsuit. For a big company, a lawsuit could mean irreparable damage to their reputation; even if it’s relatively small and fixing the matter will be insignificant for them. For a small company, however, it can wreak such havoc that it is likely the enterprise will never recover. According to statistics, a small business

A starting entrepreneur like you needs a set of resources to start your business. Some commonly identified business resources are capital, manpower and location. Many often miss another important resource, something that has to characterize any entrepreneur, and that is good health. But why do you need to include good health as part of your resources? You, as the boss of your business, are the main man. You are on

I have been contemplating whether or not to apply for a payday loan. You see, I work for this advertising agency firm and although I earn some decent cash, sometimes it isn’t just enough. I pay for my place, I have to account for my daily provisions, and recently I got a call from my sister. My dad was rushed to the hospital due to heart failure. Now, he is confined to his bed and might need to stay for a few mor

As a startup, maintaining your own IT infrastructure with its associated support department can be a nightmare. You don’t have the capital, resources and manpower to compete with the big boys. Worse, outsourcing the information function to another company can make situation uglier. What self-respecting venture would entrust its trade secrets and very business processes to the mercy of another company