Growth Topics Articles

Business » Entrepreneurship » Growth Topics | By Elinor Stutz @ Tuesday, 9th December 2008 @ 9:56 AM

Have you ever been so intent on achieving your purpose that you gave no thought to the other person being affected by your needs? Being so focused on your own goals that you are unable to hear those of anyone else - is the act of being stuck in your story. This is the exact opposite stance of relationship building and selling and will greatly limit your success. In order to build and maintain a happy, thriving clientele, you must listen first to hear what the other person is s... more...

Business » Entrepreneurship » Growth Topics | By Edwin Linares @ Friday, 5th December 2008 @ 8:17 PM

Buying a business would always be a big decision in the business world. Passionate businessmen and entrepreneurs would always consider buying another business to expand their probability for more business success and profit. However, there is always the big question on where to get the money to purchase a business. This problem is more or less similar to searching a capital for start up businesses. Financing a business acquisition would not be that hard if there is an existing business ... more...

Business » Entrepreneurship » Growth Topics | By Edwin Linares @ Thursday, 4th December 2008 @ 8:40 PM

A shelf corporation is a full and legally established company that remains inactive and having no existing operation and assets. The mere fact that it contains the word \"shelf\" means that it is put or stored on a shelf for a few years and then sold to business buyers. The main idea of shelf corporation is that time gives much credibility and quality to a certain business entity. It is like a wine stored in a barrel for a long time. The longer it is stored the better its taste a... more...

Business » Entrepreneurship » Growth Topics | By Paul Chavez @ Thursday, 4th December 2008 @ 1:06 PM

Financial independence is the American Dream, and for many, acquiring capital for their business is the surest path to realizing that dream. Obtaining signature (unsecured) loans through traditional lenders can be difficult for new businesses --because lenders prefer to loan to businesses with established financial histories. Getting your loan application approved to obtain the business capital you need in this market is increasingly getting more and more difficult. Just about ev... more...

Business » Entrepreneurship » Growth Topics | By Laurie Taylor @ Wednesday, 3rd December 2008 @ 6:54 PM

As a business owner, would you be interested in learning three distinct activities that if you implemented today would bring you sustained success for your business? Jack, a business owner of 4 years, recently received a phone call from Bill, his supplier. In the conversation, Bill mentioned a meeting he had had with Jack\'s employee out in the field in front of the owner of the project. Jack hung up from that call, walked into his employee\'s office and preceded to rail on the ... more...

Business » Entrepreneurship » Growth Topics | By Valerie Young @ Wednesday, 3rd December 2008 @ 6:18 PM

It\'s been over thirty years since Pulitzer Prize-winning author Studs Terkel traveled the country conducting interviews for his book, \"Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do.\" In it is an insightful quote from Nora Watson who says, \"I think most of us are looking for a calling, not a job. Most of us, like the assembly line worker, have jobs that are too small for our spirit.\" The same can be said of dreams. So many o... more...

Business » Entrepreneurship » Growth Topics | By Laurie Taylor @ Wednesday, 3rd December 2008 @ 1:28 PM

Scattered thinking is deadly to a business. Are you at risk of falling into the trap where you become too busy to really work on your business? Do you constantly run after potential work or clients, spend your days jumping from one activity to the next and end up exhausted with little to show for your efforts? It can happen to any business owner, no matter how large or small their business is. This scattered thinking syndrome happens for a variety of reasons. The outcome, however, is neve... more...

Business » Entrepreneurship » Growth Topics | By Robert Bylett @ Monday, 1st December 2008 @ 2:35 AM

Having a restaurant strategy plan is a vital part of running a successful business. It will help you stay focus and meet your goals quicker and easier while increase your revenue in the process. It will also help you avoid many of the common mistakes made by entrepreneurs when starting up a new company that can cause their business to fail. Some of the obvious reasons why a new business fails include the following: borrowing more money than what can be paid back, similar businesses grow... more...

Business » Entrepreneurship » Growth Topics | By Stevey McGeown @ Friday, 28th November 2008 @ 2:27 PM

Negative cashflow is the last thing anyone wants, especially in the current economic climate, however for many it is a real and pressing issue that needs to be addressed. The problem is that often those who find themselves in this position have for years been conditioning themselves to ignore their financial problems, pretending that they don\'t exist, and even spend more money to make themselves feel better rather than dwell on or better deal with their immediate problem. The... more...

Business » Entrepreneurship » Growth Topics | By Stevey McGeown @ Tuesday, 25th November 2008 @ 10:12 PM

Serendipity means the seemingly random things that are continually going on in our lives, that we feel that we are not controlling or in control of. Sometimes these things seem good to us at the time and sometimes they don\'t. However, its only with a large serving of hindsight that we can ever really tell. And the interesting thing is that with hindsight, its often the things that we didn\'t like at the time that were some of our most valuable experiences. The things that chall... more...