Posted in People on Aug 9th, 2007
If you are true start-up with no capital, most likely you can only afford to hire friends and family. There are a few reasons for this: 1. You need people you can trust. 2. You don’t have the money to hire experienced people. 3. Friends or family are the only people crazy enough to believe [...]
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Posted in Finances, People, Random on Jul 30th, 2007
Credit in life is one of the most important things you can acquire. Having a good financial credit score can get you a low interest rate when buying a house, get you a much-needed loan for your business, and possibly save you hundreds of dollars a month when buying a new car. Your credit is [...]
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Posted in Communication, People on Jul 17th, 2007
In part one, I talked about staying positive for your own piece of mind, but in part two, I am going to discuss how this affects the people around you. So here is the deal: as the captain of the ship, if you won’t come out of your quarters to steer the ship and look [...]
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Posted in Communication, People on Jul 12th, 2007
I have heard that 90% of businesses fail within the first five years and 90% of the ones that survive fail within the next five. This is a pretty staggering statistic if you think about it. I am sure a good percentage of these business owners have shitty ideas, another x% fail because of fraud, [...]
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Posted in Communication, People on May 6th, 2007
Staff communication is extremely important. I strongly believe that a small business or start up should include everyone in the company as often as possible on multiple topics. Not only does this make people feel included, but it keeps everyone on the same page. The best way to do this is to create an email [...]
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