Advice on Starting a Business Writing a Business Plan, Section by Section Are you starting a business? Advice for small businesses on what it takes to create a solid business plan, including forming an outline, forecasting credible financial information, and establishing a marketing strategy. Business Plans by the Numbers When writing a business plan, here's how to run the numbers that matter without getting hung-up on those that don't. How to Choose the Right Legal Structure S Corp, C Corp, or LLC? How to Set Up a Website Want to create a terrific website without spending a fortune? How to Pitch Angel Investors Obtaining capital can be one of the trickier aspects when it comes to starting a business. How to Hire Your First Employee Your business is growing so fast that soon you'll be not only your own boss, but someone else's as well. How to Set Prices Pricing is easily one of the trickiest aspects of starting a business. How to Write a Memorable Slogan How to Choose an Accountant How to Conduct Initial Market Research
How to Start a Business, a step-by-step Guide PI Newswire What Does It Take to Run a Business? Are you smart enough? Are you tough enough? Are you brave enough? Are you stupid enough? To start and run a business. If you do fail, what will it take to succeed at a second business attempt? You can’t really tell at the beginning whether someone will be successful with a start-up. When I started my first business, a couple former bosses made comments on my prospects. Was I lucky? Looking back, my prospects weren’t good. When I started my second business, everything had changed. I failed in six months. Start another business, of course. So what does it take to succeed in a business start-up? There are a couple things I’ve learned over the years.
Student Handouts | Free Educational Materials for Teachers & Students Bureau of Security and Investigative Services Startup How-To Guides Quitting your job to launch your own business can be a hard pill for your company to swallow, particularly if your company is in the same industry. Here's some advice. Laying the Startup Groundwork Starting your own business is not just about having a dream. Planning for a Successful Start The old adage goes: failure to plan is a plan for failure. Raising Capital You've got the idea and you've got a plan. Establishing Your Image You may have a great idea, product or superior service, but have you thought about what image your startup will take on? Finding Customers Without customers, it doesn't matter how great your product is, how well you branded you are, or how well funded your start-up is. More Startup How-To Guides How to Start a Foundation BY Gwen Moran Establishing a nonprofit requires an ongoing commitment, not just an initial injection of funding. An Introduction to Business Plans Why is a business plan so vital to the health of your business?
Tutoring Business: Starting a Tutoring Business: Seven Important Lessons The Tutoring Business is pleased to present By Tony Aitken, President The Wealthy Tutor, Specializing in Tutoring Business Startup Sytems and Resources After working in the telecom industry for 15 years as a marketing consultant, I started looking around for new challenges. As consulting opportunities in the telecom industry were starting to dry up by 2000, I decided to look at different growth industries where I might get a new start. Although exact numbers are hard to come by, I would estimate the current tutoring industry in North America to be upwards of $10 billion annually and growing at a healthy pace. In September, 2003, I started a tutoring business by hiring university students on contract and sending them to people's homes to tutor their children in Math, Science & English. Seven Important Lessons I Have Learned Starting My Own Tutoring Business Do a Self-Assessment Ask yourself why you want to start a tutoring business. Write a Business Plan What services will I offer?
Monavie How to Start a Startup March 2005 (This essay is derived from a talk at the Harvard Computer Society.) You need three things to create a successful startup: to start with good people, to make something customers actually want, and to spend as little money as possible. Most startups that fail do it because they fail at one of these. And that's kind of exciting, when you think about it, because all three are doable. If there is one message I'd like to get across about startups, that's it. The Idea In particular, you don't need a brilliant idea to start a startup around. Google's plan, for example, was simply to create a search site that didn't suck. There are plenty of other areas that are just as backward as search was before Google. For example, dating sites currently suck far worse than search did before Google. An idea for a startup, however, is only a beginning. Another sign of how little the initial idea is worth is the number of startups that change their plan en route. People What Customers Want Should You?
50 Brain Facts Every Educator Should Know January 27th, 2010 By Pamelia Brown The brain is perhaps the most fascinating organ in the human body. Brain Development and Learning Read on to learn interesting facts about how the brain develops, what can affect that development, and how learning is impacted. Read aloud. Memory Learn about the way short-term memory differs from long-term memory, how scent affects memory, and more. Different types of memory. Brain Trivia From how the brain helps while blinking to early brain surgery, these bits of trivia might come in handy the next time you are teaching about the brain. Blinking. The Physical Brain With this list, you’ll be prepared the next time you need to whip out fast facts about the make-up of the human brain. Water. Amazing Brains Here are examples of some amazing people and their brains. Daniel Tammet.
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How to Run a Business Successfully: The Golden Rules ShareShare It’s easy! Understanding how to run a business successfully really boils down to using your common sense. The trouble is that the pressures & strains of running a business venture make you run business operations ineffectively. The strategic leadership skills needed to run the business fall into a couple of key areas, as I’ll show you… Do your market research You wouldn’t buy a house without checking out the neighborhood, would you? You need to do your research into where the customers are, what benefits they are looking for and how your product is going to satisfy these benefits. The Golden Rules are: Check out the competition. Simplify your expenses If you want to know how to run a business badly then look out for those companies who blow their budgets on fancy advertising campaigns, company cars and hugely inflated workforces. Only increase your work-force size when absolutely necessary. Be a proper leader Encourage open feedback within the company. Author Rod Dunne...
How to Become a Life Coach Your rating: None Average: 4 (2 votes) If you’ve found this article from a Google search, I assume that you are already familiar with what a life coach is. Even if you are, reading my article "What is a Life Coach" will provide you with valuable information on what exactly a life coach does, how coaching contracts work, what typical coaching formats look like and how you might want to focus your business as you consider becoming a coach. This article is geared towards the logistics on what you can do to become a life coach and start your own business. What Credentials do I Need? At the risk of turning people off to life coaching in this article, I am going to give you the facts about people that are calling themselves coaches. Lets take a bit of a closer look here. Lets look at some other examples of similar professions that might fall into the same category. Before Calling Yourself a Coach… What Background do I need? This is an interesting question. What Education if any Should I Get?