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4 Red Hot Tips For Every Entrepreneur Nothing ever stands still and the line between a successful and unsuccessful business is often down to the way in which the entrepreneur works to modify and refine the business model. This drive for development and enhancement of the initial idea or strategy often makes us nervous, yet …
4 Red Hot Tips To Improve Your Business Nothing ever stands still and the line between a successful and unsuccessful business is often down to the way in which the entrepreneur works to modify and refine the business model. This drive for development and enhancement of the initial idea or strategy often makes us nervous, …
The 5 Key Business Growth Challenges Facing An Entrepreneur Starting a business is a huge accomplishment for most entrepreneurs and the accomplishment of a lifetime dream. Starting a business does, however, involve a lot of challenges and a high degree of risk but experience shows that the five most critical tests are outlined below: Depending …
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How To Ask Excellent Interview Questions Having sifted out the applicant that might be suited to your vacancy, the pressure is on to use the Interview as the real test of that person’s ability and aptitude. What a pity then that very often the interview fails to discover what the candidate is all about and …
Pocket-Sized Management Strategy For Every Day Much has been written by many about strategy – what to do, how to do it, when to make changes etc. The List goes on and on. It is time to boil things down to their basics and get a simple, but fresh, perspective that works for you and …
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Four Quick And Easy Ethical Principles Try weaving the following Four Management Principles into your management routine for some very effective results: Treat every customer as if they were your Grandma – you would never exploit or cheat her, would you? When making any management decision, behave as if your Mum is watching – would …
How To Make Yourself Indispensable We all want to be in a situation where we are so good at our job, so effective and efficient that we are just too important and essential to the business and therefore are irreplaceable. Nice thought, but hard to achieve! The plain fact is that everyone, everywhere is replaceable …
Where Can Entrepreneurs Get Innovative Opportunities? Innovation usually builds upon things that are already taking place – unless, of course, you have something truly fantastic which breaks the current mould and is a true game-changer! Finding innovation is not an easy task, but the following sources are frequently used to get that germ of competitive …
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Innovation Principles For Entrepreneurs Entrepreneurs usually start with an idea and then try to find a market for it. Ideas are prompted by personal experience or the knowledge that things can be done in a better, more efficient way. Entrepreneurial innovation tends to flow from inventions that find a new home in the marketplace rather …
Marketing Skills For The Entrepreneur – The Four “Is” Entrepreneurs are at the very heart of their businesses, driving forward with a passion that is not normally seen from managers who are embedded in the warmth of an established organisation. With such a dynamic and fast-paced working environment, the traditional ideas around marketing rapidly become …
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