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Human Resources 101
When to Hire a Staff Member You will want to hire a staff employee as your business starts to grow and there are several ways that you can do this. Some of the best avenues to explore when it comes …
Business Insurance
Your business is an asset to you, so naturally you will want to protect it by getting good insurance. One of the persons who is likely to be a constant in your business development is your insurance agent. They will …
Managing Money and Finance
Getting Paid If you want to get paid on a timely basis, you need to establish credit terms. You can give discounts to those who pay for your services up front. If you are a contractor, however, you may end …
Setting up a Communications System
Internet Connection When you are setting up an internet connection for your office, you need to make sure that you choose the top speed connection so that you can get online quickly, participate in online meetings and be able to …
Setting up your office
New businesses need modern machinery and hardware to enable them to run efficiently. Some of the office equipment that you will want to purchase for your new business office includes the following: Office computers Telephones Copy machines Fax machines Scanners …
Finding your Workspace
You have many choices when it comes to where you want to work. Take a look at these options to find your workspace. Home Office Working from home is something that an increasing number of people are doing these days. …
Regulations that Matter
The Top 19 Things You Must Do Before You Start Your Business Before you start your business, you have to go over important aspects of the business that involve regulations and rules that you must follow in order to start …
Should I buy a Franchise or an existing Business?
Buying a Franchise Many people who want to start their own business rush out and get a franchise believing that it is the best way to establish a tried and true business of their own with little risk. However, it …
Choosing a Business Entity
There are several different ways that you can structure your business and there are certain tax advantages as well as some disadvantages to every business structure. If you are not familiar with this field the best thing to do would …
Planning your Business
Before you begin your business, you have to have a business plan. This should be written out so that you can decide what your business will do for others, how you plan to run your business, how much it will …
Want to Stay Motivated? Avoid doing these 5 Things
In last week's Entrepreneur University, Joshcommented about being motivated to become an entrepreneur. I wanted to continue on that theme today and connect with Laura Yeates. Laura runs Inspired Life Coaching and today shares with us the 5 things you should avoid …
When is it time to go Full-Time? Entrepreneur Poll Update
Last week I wrote about the startup of my most recent business (7 Steps To Build A Startup From Scratch With No Money) and it received a number of comments so I thought I would expand on Step 1 from …
How to Make Money Online – Entrepreneur University
Is there a topic you would like to learn more about for the next Entrepreneur University? Leave a comment below and we'll try to find an expert to discuss your topic! This week's Entrepreneur University comes from GT Bulmer. GT is …
What is the Best Business to Startup in a Recession? Entrepreneur Poll
It's time for another poll here at Young Entrepreneur and the first of 2009! This month our question is: What is the best business to start up in a recession? Many people are being forced into entrepreneurship because they got …
7 Steps to Build a Startup from scratch with no money
I recently did an interview about how to build a business up from scratch with little or no money and I used my own story as an example. Here are the steps that I took. This process helped me build …
Great Twitter Applications for Small Business.
Okay, here’s a teaser for you. What kind of word can you come up with that incorporates some or all of the word "Twitter" to describe a useful business application, tool or service? You have to think that virtually every …
Reaching People in Your Local Area Using The Internet — A Case Study
We recently received a question posed to us by an accountant in a small town location. His business relied heavily on local directory advertising and he wanted to know how he might be more effective in using the Internet to …
Interview with Alexander Bryan and Jonathan Hotchandani
This week I have had the good fortune to interview Alexander Bryan and Jonathan Hotchandani, who are the founders and executives of Dorm2Dorm. Dorm2Dorm is a smart business that solves a common problem, by providing storage, moving, cleaning and packing …
"I'm Not a Paranoid Deranged Millionaire. Goddamit, I'm a Billionaire." – Howard Hughes.
Howard Hughes was probably the first truly famous, controversial, wealthy extrovert. When you think of an archetypal billionaire his name probably comes to mind. He lived his life his own way and was by any definition, completely unorthodox. In later …
What Software Do You Really Need?
There can be enough to worry about when you are starting or expanding a new business without having to spend time analyzing your hardware and software needs and fretting about the latest versions of this tool and the functionality of …
Push versus Pull Startups – Which Path To Take?
In a recent conversation with a Canadian venture fund about bootstrapping one's startup, I was asked whether I preferred a 'push' or 'pull' model when vetting or building new businesses. Although I had heard these terms before, this was the …
"If you could give someone ONE amazing internet marketing tip, what would it be?" Entrepreneur Poll Results
Adam Toren here, and it’s time for the results of our entrepreneur poll! We have been asking “If you could give someone ONE amazing internet marketing tip, what would it be?” You can check out some of the answers on …
The Essential Blog List for Online Marketing
In our world of online marketing it seems as if we are always being bombarded by "gurus" who have the answer to all our problems. They say that they are on the cutting edge of every particular issue and come …
