Starting Your Own Business – Part 3

August 11, 2010
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Bootstrapping is one of the best ways that you can finance your business. What is ‘bootstrapping’ and how can you use it? Watch the video! How have you been able to grow your business using little money to start with? Please relate your experiences in the comments box below.

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Caribbean Freehold Investment Properties

August 10, 2010
St Lucia living the dream

“Paradise Found” available in the Caribbean and Brazil, live the lifestyle you have dreamed of! David Ames, Chairman of The Harlequin and Resort Group explains the investment opportunity. Key Features * Up to 50% below market value * 10% rental guarantee for two years * St Lucia Beach HouseThen potential yield IRO 30% * Exchanging [...]

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Keeping Up Appearances

August 10, 2010
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When you are wanting to do business have you noticed how important appearances are? I am sure you have made decisions on whether you bought a product or a service based on the appearance of the business rather than the price. Imagine going into a store and seeing the paint on the walls peeling off, [...]

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How to Build Your Customer Base

August 9, 2010
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Customers are the lifeblood of any business. Your customer base therefore is your treasure store for without it you are finished! How do you build your customer base? The quantity of customers required for any business varies considerably and the businesses that generally need thousands of customers may be selling a product that make it [...]

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Coming next week!

August 7, 2010

Lots more articles for you next week including an article on building your customer base. Plus we have part 3 of Starting Your Own Business Video. Don’t forget to comment and let me know what your thoughts are and share any tips that you have with our every growing band of readers. Roland The Entrepreneur [...]

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Spotlight On: Emma Windsor – Virtual PA

August 6, 2010
Emma Windsor Virtual PA

Every business has administration work and no matter how we try to simplify those tasks they still take up time. Employing assistants can be expensive and there will be times that you are paying staff to do nothing, take holidays and sickness breaks. Have you thought about outsourcing your administrative tasks? A Virtual Assistant is [...]

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Know Your Business

August 5, 2010
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Whether your business is large or small you need to have a good understanding of all aspects of it. You need to know your business. It is impossible for a business to do well if its owners and managers and even the general staff do not know your business. From an ownership and managerial point [...]

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Video: Starting Your Own Business – Part 2

August 4, 2010

There are many ways to promote a new business but many of them can cost a fortune and a great deal of money can be wasted. Here I talk about using networking both on and offline to help you build your business. Here are some useful links to websites that I mention in the video. [...]

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Pitching to an Investor – Dragons Den Style

August 3, 2010
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There are times that a business needs to raise finance and find expertise. Finding a ‘dragon’ or ‘angel’ investor can be a good way of doing this. If you need to take your business to levels that are outside of your expertise and want to grow it quickly finding someone with the means to do [...]

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Why Entrepreneurs Should Network

August 2, 2010
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“It’s not what you know but who you know!” That saying has been used for many years and does have real meaning. In business good contacts or connections are vital. For entrepreneurs networking should be the first choice route for building a business. The people you meet when you network are your potential customers, suppliers, [...]

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