101 Useful Resources for Online Entrepreneurs Every day more and more entrepreneurs are building successful businesses using the internet. There is an abundance of opportunity online and depending on the venture, there is often less cost and risk involved when compared with traditional businesses. There is also a wealth of resources available to help the online entrepreneur to run a business more effectively and more profitably, and we list many of those resources here. Feel free to leave a comment with your feedback and your recommendations of other resources. Communications / VoIP The internet brings great opportunities to do business all with people from all around the world, and fortunately there are also a number of resources to help with the communication that is necessary. 1. Data Backup Anyone that has important of sensitive information on their computer needs to have a system in place for backing up the data. 1. Invoicing 1. Financial Management and Accounting 1. Time Management and Project Management 1. Contact Manager 1. 1.
How to Write a Winning Business Plan | The Labor Academy Like this article? Please share it! If you’ve ever written a business plan you know that it can be one of the most difficult documents you’ll ever create. I’ve written numerous plans both for myself and others and it was an arduous task – but also a necessary one – especially if it was to be used to secure formal outside funding. The Traditional Business Plan The typical plan I produced usually included the following - - Executive summary – Mission statement – Success factors – Objectives – Company summary – Start- up Summary (funding & requirements) – Locations – Ownership – Services – Competitive comparison – Market Analysis (Trends, Growth, Needs) – Strategy and Implementation – Sales summary (Strategy, Forecast, Milestones) – Management summary (Executive profiles) – Financial Plan – Projected P/L Those are the sections of the typical business plan. The Problem with Traditional Business Plans Why? A Better Business Plan Vision – this is the “big idea” of your company. Like this:
Starting A Small Business: Introduction By Amy FontinelleWhy do people start a small business? Some want to spend more time with family, and starting a business allows them to do that. Some find it exhausting to be outside the house all day, dealing with traffic, co-workers, meetings and interruptions. Maybe you want to build an empire and become famous, or create a wealth-generation machine that you can pass on to your children. Becoming a small business owner has unique challenges and rewards that aren't right for everyone. In this tutorial on starting a small business, we'll address all these issues and more.
Two Lists You Should Look at Every Morning by Peter Bregman | 11:00 AM May 27, 2009 I was late for my meeting with the CEO of a technology company and I was emailing him from my iPhone as I walked onto the elevator in his company’s office building. I stayed focused on the screen as I rode to the sixth floor. I was still typing with my thumbs when the elevator doors opened and I walked out without looking up. The world is moving fast and it’s only getting faster. So we try to speed up to match the pace of the action around us. But that’s a mistake. Never before has it been so important to say “No.” It’s hard to do because maybe, just maybe, that next piece of information will be the key to our success. A study of car accidents by the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute put cameras in cars to see what happens right before an accident. The world is changing fast and if we don’t stay focused on the road ahead, resisting the distractions that, while tempting, are, well, distracting, then we increase the chances of a crash.
The Top 25 Books for Entrepreneurs That Kick Serious Butt Sign up for free below and get the following: Inside access to our Money Dominating Toolkit Exclusive 2 chapters from my best-selling book Advice on how to build real wealth Join the GF¢ community Now! Is Entrepreneurship Worth the Risk? No matter how you look at it, entrepreneurship is more than just the act of starting your own business – it’s a way of life. For entrepreneurs, starting a viable business from the ground up, with little more than a solid idea and the willingness to follow through, is the only way to go. When you’re on your own, however, the risks can be great. In this infographic, we take a look at the potential risks that every entrepreneur faces when starting a new business venture. <p><a href=” src=" border="0" alt="Is Entrepreneurship Worth the Risk?
6 Leadership Styles, And When You Should Use Them You don’t need an MP3 player, a turntable, or a CD player to listen to Tristan Perich’s new album, Noise Patterns. All you need is a pair of headphones—"not earbuds," says the composer—and a willingness to hear music in noise. The 34-year-old Perich’s compositions push the border between white noise and electronic music, frequently straddling the two as if the static on your old television started emitting a strangely beautiful pattern of sound. But Perich doesn’t just compose music: His music is the instrument itself. He composes sound in code, carefully stringing together each 1 and 0 to transform numbers into a symphony. Perich, who studied math, music, and computer science at Columbia and received a masters from NYU's fabled hacking-meets-art Interactive Telecommunications Program, has spent the last dozen years of his life exploring the frontiers of one-bit sound, transforming those lines of 1s and 0s into a living art form. A recorded excerpt from Noise Patterns