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Tips for Upgrading Your PC

Guest — Wed, 16 May 2012 15:38:18 +0000

Upgrading your PC is a necessary step every few years. If you run a business then you may even find yourself upgrading even more frequently than this to keep up to date with the times. Upgrading can relate to three things: upgrading the software, upgrading the hardware, or buying a new computer. Often the first [...]

Be Outstanding For One Year

Brian E. Satterlee — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 10:00:40 +0000

Here is a challenge for you: If you are in your 20′s or 30′s, I want you to make a goal to be outstanding for just one year. What does it mean to be outstanding? It means trying to be the best at whatever you do. Don’t know how to be the best? Good! Read [...]

5 Things Entrepreneurs Hate To Do

Brian E. Satterlee — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 10:00:11 +0000

Entrepreneurs create businesses. We love to create things from scratch and develop a business into it’s full potential. However, there are many things that go into managing a business that we hate, and here is a partial list: Paperwork Many tax agencies make us fill out tax forms every year. I know that this year [...]

Trend: Computer School Graduates Prefer Start-ups to Corporate Life

Guest — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 10:00:59 +0000

Rather than join the recruiting rat race, many recent IT graduates leap right into creating their own business. The path from computer schools to a start-up company is plagued with risk. Yet the relationships between colleges and the tech sector can often spark the essential process of creating a business plan, rounding up venture capital [...]

The One Simple Tip to Help Avoid an Audit

Tim Parker — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 10:00:16 +0000

If you’re one of those people who isn’t happy unless they’re bucking the trend, standing out from the crowd, and getting noticed by everybody, there may be an IRS audit in your future. With the amount of tax returns that find their way to the IRS each year, not every return is reviewed for accuracy. [...]

What Is This Vision Thing Anyway?

Brian E. Satterlee — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 10:00:04 +0000

An entrepreneur creates a vision and sets out to make his vision a reality. What is this vision thing anyway? Is it inspiration from God? Well, vision is kind of putting together the pieces in order to create a world which does not yet exist. An entrepreneur starts with an idea about making a profit. [...]

Call Me: Telephone Training Basics

Brian E. Satterlee — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 10:00:31 +0000

Business phone systems should be considered to be core business issues. Business phones are working parts of your business. In many cases they’re also used for actual transactions, document transfer, and administration and are hooked directly into various parts of your intranet. There are multiple issues for staff training here, including basic competence, security and [...]

Email Rules for the Small Business Owner

Tim Parker — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 10:00:05 +0000

Small business owners often live or die based on their reputation. Because they don’t yet have a product or service that transcends themselves, customers purchase based on their opinion of the owner. This may change as the business grows but until then, reputation management is just as important for a small business as it is [...]

What Are Your Dreams?

Brian E. Satterlee — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 10:00:24 +0000

With the Powerball jackpot at some $640 million last night, a lot of people were talking about what they would do if they won. They would buy houses for all of their friends. They would buy a new car. Fund their children’s college. Perhaps they would give a large amount to charity. What would you [...]

Employee Assistance Programs – Increasing Productivity through Care

Guest — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 10:00:57 +0000

Disgruntled employees are becoming ever more apparent in the modern workplace. The halcyon days when employees trusted their employers and vice versa can, at times, seem a distant memory. This is bad for productivity. A happy worker is a hard worker but no worker will be happy when they view their employer as uncaring. So [...]