11,381 articles related to "business and finance"

Do Lifestyle Funds Provide Greater Security?

ifestyle Funds Provide Greater Security? by: Ulli G. Niemann With the stock market stubbornly refusing to settle down and smooth out, Wall Street has been scrambling to come up with "product" they can sell to gun shy investors. One such new con...

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Reminders For Running A Better Business

nders For Running A Better Business by: Sue and Chuck DeFiore The following tips are from an article we contributed to Compute magazine. These are ideas that we all should know, but many times forget. It constantly amazes us how quickly a basic ...

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Peggy Smedley and TR Cutler to Address PRONTO North America Users Conference

Peggy Smedley is the editor of Start Magazine and will be addressing the first annual PRONTO North America Users Conference on Thursday, May 5th. Smedley was recently profiled in the Wall Street Journal and authored Mending Manufacturing, How America...

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Hiring a Virtual Assistant A Professional VA Offers Advice

Many of you are just beginning to learn about the Virtual Assistant (VA) industry. Others have enjoyed the amazing talents of a Virtual Assistant for months or years! Whatever your exposure to the Virtual Assistant industry may be, I’d love the opp...

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Adware - Are Downloads Safe

Adware, Should I be Afraid?Developers offering downloads are paying the price for the malformed truths that have been put forth regarding downloads. While not a political campaign the smears are ever present in the adware arena. Years ago developers ...

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BELIEF MANAGEMENT - THE MISSING INGREDIENT

"Joan, I'm working so hard and I'm not getting anything done!" Ihave heard some version of this cry of frustration by many anentrepreneur. It's a common complaint voiced by those of use whosought the freedom to have complete authority ...

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Zero-based budgeting start fresh, achieve more!

Every year, good business executives develop a budget. Peek into the planning sessions and operating mode of any well-run company and you will find a strong budgetary process at work.Simply put, a budget is a financial tool sort of a "spending-guide...

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Considering the Importance of Corporate Culture

Considering the Importance of Corporate Culture When it comes to sizing up job candidates, cultural fit is just as important to consider as qualifications.That’s why hiring managers must use their heart and not just their head during the selection ...

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Protecting Your Business from Spam

Protecting Your Business from SpamEven being as careful as possible with my email address, I still used to receive more than 100 email messages a day, which is no exaggeration. Only about 10% of those emails were from people that I knew and the rest ...

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Noncompete Agreements Help Protect Your Business

Small Business Q&A with Tim KnoxQ: One of my former employees has started a competing businessand is calling my clients and trying to steal their businessfrom me. Do I have any legal recourse against him? Brad J.A: I hate to break this to you, Brad, ...

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