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You Are What You Wear

Tuesday, January 5, 2010 6:46

When you step into a room, you get one free moment. In that moment colleagues and clients are making assumptions of who and what you are all about. If your visual integrity does not reflect your capabilities, it may take many further meetings to undo that first impression. Call it impression ...

“Why You, Why Now” – A Critical Component of a Winning Business Plan

Tuesday, January 5, 2010 6:44

Business plans continue to be an essential element of the capital-raising process. They must convince investors to take notice - investors that are shrewder today due to the ups-and-downs they have experienced over the past few years. Adding to the financing challenge is the plethora of high-quality companies, both public and ...

Why Your Internet Business Is Like The Stock Market

Tuesday, January 5, 2010 6:43

As savvy stock market investors know, chasing after the one "hot stock" with the possibility of bringing instant riches is not a wise idea. You know the old saying, "Don't put your eggs in one basket". This type of thinking carries a high risk. If your stock goes up and ...

Why Should You Have a Business Plan?

Tuesday, January 5, 2010 6:41

Are you planning to start a new business? Or are you considering expanding your current business and require a bank loan or investment from outsiders? If you are going to look for an investment of capital it is quite likely that you will be required to have a business plan. If ...

Venture Capital Negotiating Issues

Tuesday, January 5, 2010 6:39

When companies enter into negotiations with venture capital firms, there are several issues which need to be defined and agreed upon. This article describes the key issues. Valuation. Valuation is the most prominent negotiating issues. Valuation is the price of the company in which the venture capitalist invests. Valuation determines what ...

The Term Sheet’s Role in Raising Venture Capital

Tuesday, January 5, 2010 6:38

Entrepreneurs and companies who are seeking venture capital often negotiate with one or more venture capital firms on a number of important issues. These issues include the amount of capital to be raised, the investment terms, etc. The document which summarizes these terms is known as a "term sheet." The term ...

The Real Estate market in Spain: Making profits out of sand

Tuesday, January 5, 2010 6:37

The Real estate market in Spain keeps gaining momentum and is of a vital interest among overseas investors. Property prices in the country continue growing at rapid pace due to a sustainable development in many areas of the mainland and the islands. Spain’s pleasant climate, low cost of living and specific ...

The importance of planning

Tuesday, January 5, 2010 6:37

Are you planning to start a new business? Or are you considering expanding your current business and require a bank loan or investment from outsiders? If you are going to look for an investment of capital it is quite likely that you will be required to have a business plan. If ...

The 3 Ps Of Picking An Asset Management Team That Is Right For You

Tuesday, January 5, 2010 6:36

Becoming successful in business is not a “my way or the highway” type of deal. Finding the perfect investment firm to manage your assets shouldn’t be either. Because there are so many industries, so many investors, and so many different strategies of success, picking the right asset management team can ...

Small business investments

Tuesday, January 5, 2010 6:35

State laws have been relaxed to make it easier for small business to raise start-up and growth financing from the public. Many investors view this as an opportunity to “get in on the ground floor†of an emerging business and to “hit it big†as the small businesses grow into ...

Sanity Check – Buying a Business

Tuesday, January 5, 2010 6:33

In the business broker community there is a review process that helps a buyer determine if a business purchase makes sense or not. This check can be done by a Fortune 500 company where everything is figured down to the penny and takes 1000 hours of research or it can ...

Sales Tax vs. Income Tax

Tuesday, January 5, 2010 6:31

The United States is currently suffering under an unimaginably complex tax system. The maintenance of this beauracratic behemoth costs the taxpayers billions of dollars every year. The direct costs borne by the taxpayers are small in comparison to the costs borne by corporations and individual taxpayers in attempting to comply ...

Sales Process – The Secret to Closing More Sales

Tuesday, January 5, 2010 6:28

Most sales training programs that teach salespeople how to sell specific products or services do not mention business problems. This is an unfortunate oversight, as qualifying and quantifying business problems is the secret to closing more sales! What is a Business Problem? A business problem is any activity or outcome that negatively ...

Sales Process – How to Avoid Wasting Time on Prospects Who CAN’T or WON’T Pay

Tuesday, January 5, 2010 6:27

Do you have blind faith that, if you can somehow convince a prospect to engage in a sales cycle, you will eventually make a sale? If you do, watch out! This belief can waste your time, effort, and company resources. Unfortunately, time and resource investments do not inevitably produce sales. How ...

Sales Commission – What Return Should You Expect On Your Sales Compensation Investment?

Tuesday, January 5, 2010 6:27

This article answers the following questions: * How do most companies look at return on investment (ROI) for their sales compensation expense? * What portion of sales compensation expense do companies allocate to managing existing accounts versus pursuing new accounts? * Do most companies expect their salespeople to generate new, additional gross profit ...

Sales 101: Learning about Price vs. Cost

Tuesday, January 5, 2010 6:25

For as long as there have been documented records, there have been merchants, or as we are called in modern vernacular, salespeople. People want things. People need things. Considering that there will always be a public demand for something, there will always be a need for salespeople! It has been ...

SAFELY PROTECT YOUR HOME BASED DREAM OF RETIRING WEALTHY!

Tuesday, January 5, 2010 6:24

The SIMPLE retirement account is awesome if you own your own business. Any family business applies such as a home based or “brick and mortar” real estate rental and investment business, car-wash, gas station, restaurant, etcetera, can sponsor the SIMPLE IRA. Like the SEP-IRA, the SIMPLE IRA is company-sponsored. As ...

Russ Whitney – The Real Estate Boom

Tuesday, January 5, 2010 6:23

Russ Whitney has developed training programs, education packages and a great volume of literature in order to educate people on the best wealth-building techniques. The very same techniques that he teaches, writes and speaks of, he uses himself to add to his existing fortune Russ Whitney the author Millionaire Real Estate ...

Residual Income — Making Money while You Sleep

Tuesday, January 5, 2010 6:22

What exactly is Residual Income? "Residual income is the reason that MLM business opportunities can be so lucrative. It's the reason why as many as 10% of new millionaires made their money in MLM... and who knows how many settled for just half a million?" You're looking into business opportunities on the ...

Residential Income Property Financing: Part 2 of 3

Tuesday, January 5, 2010 6:21

Welcome to the second segment of a three-part series about income property. In this second segment we will be discussing financing options for residential income properties as well as the upside (and downside) of owning this type of property. Financial Concerns Financing options for residential income property vary widely from commercial or ...

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