Starting a small business isn’t easy. If it were, everyone would do it. Moreover, if running a startup were easy, a much higher percentage of small businesses would succeed. The sad, and often discouraging, reality is that the majority of small businesses fail. Anyone who tries to tell you that there is a tried & true, guaranteed, step-by-step, fool-proof method to start a new business have obviously never done it. If you remember only one thing about starting a small business it is that there is no single “right” way to approach it. It is exciting. It is challenging. It is also frightening and often intimidating. The key is to never let fear or intimidation paralyze you.
Students of economics [...]
Who is a good leader according to you? What are the qualities that make a good leader stand out in the crowd and mesmerize you with finesse in everything he or she does?
Is it enough to have a dynamic personality and be able to stand out in the crowd or handle situations most efficiently? Is it enough to have good management skills and effective listening ability?
Experts say no!
They are of the opinion that while all these qualities are needed for a leader; it is the feeling of empathy towards colleagues and employees that makes a successful leader, and ultimately leads the company towards success.
Many of us hate our boss even if that person has the capacity [...]
It is no longer sufficient for businesses to have a huge set up in one place and expect to grow. It has become inevitable to have a global presence.
Today, most retail and service based brands have the ultimate goal of becoming a global player in their industry. But in order for them to achieve that goal, capitalization is essential and there is also the fear of even the best concept facing resource scarcity.
The most effective solution to this problem is franchising. It is the best way to take a business concept forward, with scope of profitable multiplication at various locations. The beauty of franchising is that the capital investment by the franchisor is low, as the capital for [...]
The biggest healthcare overhaul in decades has been endorsed recently by the US House of Representatives and the bill finally moves to the Senate, with 219 Democrats and 1 Republican voting for it. The lone Republican supporter was Anh Cao of Louisiana. Thirty-nine Democrats voted against the bill.
The bill could only be passed after an amendment was included, which imposes strict bans on using federal funds to finance abortion. This amendment was put forward by the anti-abortion Democrats and their Republican supporters. It was only after that dozens of Democrats came forward to back the health care package.
The anti-abortion amendment was put forth by the Democrat of Michigan, Rep. Bart Stupak, which read, “No funds authorized [...]
There are several helping natured people who give back to the needy. With so many unemployed residents, there is always need for a helping hand. This helping hand is provided by the following businesses for the unemployed in their communities.
Free Dry Cleaning
National Drycleaners in Seattle is offering laundry service free for people who have an interview coming up, and there have been many takers. The owner, Erstad is of the opinion that there are several ways of helping people in the neighborhood.
They got good feedback from people and he encourages other business owners to do the same and offer their services to the unemployed. This not only helps the customers but also their businesses in the long [...]
When you form an image of the quintessential American Dream, what do you see? If you’re like many of us, owning your own business is a part of that picture. In a world seemingly controlled by corporate greed and avarice-driven, overpaid corporate executives, our role as “the employee” is less appealing than ever before. For many, the security that comes from a steady paycheck is wildly overrated. Employees are feeling more undervalued every day.
The motivation behind wanting to follow the dream of business ownership is as unique as the entrepreneur himself, but there are several things every entrepreneur seems to have in common:
Flexible Schedule. Whether you’re a single parent or a happy bachelor, being able to determine your [...]
When this post topic was agreed upon weeks ago, I had a very specific plan in mind. I wanted to talk about the constant claims of sexism in social media that I hear from colleagues — not enough women presenting at conferences, not enough women published on social media topics in journals, etc.
However, the issue of sexism in business on the Web recently took a different turn in the blogosphere — Freelancer James Chartrand of Men With Pens announced that he is actually a she. I’m not going to get into all of the details here. There are plenty of places where you can learn more. In essence though, “James” was struggling to land the kind of work she [...]
“I didn’t get into engineering because I don’t like math!” OR “I dropped out of engineering because of math!” We have heard these remarks hundreds of times.
While parents and mentors guide students to go with what they are passionate about, people who enjoy math are likely to come out winners, going by the current trend. Math is at the crux of who gets paid. Math skills earn highest salaries, according to a recent survey. It was revealed that the top-15 high earning degrees require math skills.
Everyone seems to be running away from math taking the easy way out, but in the end the few that work through their algebra, geometry, trigonometry, complex arithmetic, and differential and integral calculus [...]
In the current economic scenario, many of the questions that were typically asked during job interviews have become redundant. One such question is, “where do you see yourself in five years time?” Nobody knows their fate one year from today!
In such a situation, the way job interviews are looked at has changed and the preparation that is needed needs a different line of thinking.
Here are some popular recession-related job interview questions given by HR people, and the replies that the interviewing companies may like to hear.
Go on, check them out and get an edge over the rest:
Why are you looking for a job change in the current market scenario?
This question is asked to find out [...]
“I suffer no illusions that this will be an easy process. It will be hard. But I also know that nearly a century after Teddy Roosevelt first called for reform, the cost of our health care has weighed down our economy and the conscience of our nation long enough. So let there be no doubt: health care reform cannot wait, it must not wait, and it will not wait another year.” – President Barack Obama
President Obama left no stone unturned to reassure Americans that there will be additional benefits through the reform and they will be allowed to keep their existing health plans.
However, both the Senate and House Health Reform Bills seem to contain several restrictions [...]
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