Archive for the ‘about business’ Category

Business networking

From my short journey in small business ownership, I draw a conclusion that for small business, the sky is not the limit. Quite often, your premise’s rooftop is your small business limit, literally. Here’s why your local small business networks play an important role to maintain your small business success.

Did you know that most – if not all – small businesses have certain “cap”… Click here to continue »

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Franchisor

What is a franchisor? A franchisor is an individual who awards franchises in specific area’s to operate a business using an established system. The franchisor has many roles in ensuring the success of the franchise.

A franchisor’s responsibilities include:

1. Develop a system that works, is simple to follow, and profitable. A franchise system must be able to put anyone in the franchisee and operate the system without… Click here to continue »

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Sell a business

You are thinking about selling your business. You may have uncertainty, angst, worries, trepidation, fear, unknowns, and sleeplessness nights.  I believe you are not alone.

My approach as a business broker in Florida is from a perspective of a former long term business owner.   I truly feel some of the feelings I experienced as  a business owner are very similar or the same of the… Click here to continue »

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Business plan

Here’s one of the most important reason why you need to have a business plan, no matter how long or short it is: To look up to when you are feeling lost.

When you have a brilliant idea to start a business, you – like me and most entrepreneurs – are probably anxious about making yours into reality as soon as you can.

And many of… Click here to continue »

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Online appointment booking

This is a guest post by Dominic, CalendarSpots.com

Many service-based businesses these days are looking into online appointment scheduling systems in order to offer online appointment booking on their websites. Business owners seem to have the expectation that this will generate new customers. This is also further endorsed by online scheduling companies advertising that businesses will get new clients if they use their online scheduling… Click here to continue »

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Keys to success

Before I began my own business, I worked in the corporate world for 15 years.  I had many bosses, became knowledgeable in different fields, and learned what works to operate a successful business.

Two of the companies I worked for went out of business. Looking back, I now understand why these companies failed. There was mismanagement, no quality control, lack of incentives for employees, poor moral,… Click here to continue »

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businesses for sale

I am a business broker based in Florida, and  also a member of an Association called  the Business Brokers of Florida.  The Business Broker of Florida  Association (BBF) is the largest state business broker association in the country and the second largest association of business brokers in the world.

The activity within this association does provide the business owner and or entrepreneur some insight into actual activities… Click here to continue »

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Ad-supported

If you run a small business blog like Noobpreneur.com, you might have been in this kind of dilemma: How to deliver value while keeping your blog site well-supported financially?

I was in the crossroad last year, and have decided that Noobpreneur.com will go all the way to offering readers free quality small business and entrepreneurship content with online advertising method of blog monetisation.

I also decided not… Click here to continue »

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Bing Education

Do you fancy big business doing philanthropy? Bing is doing it right now – Bing donates $3 for each person set it as default browser – and it stirs quite a controversy.

Well, maybe not Internet-wide controversy – but it is in one of Webmaster forums I often tap for trends and opinions. Check out this particular thread on DigitalPoint forums about Bing’s… Click here to continue »

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business worth

Almost all businesses are for sale to some degree. Lets say your business is not For Sale. Assume your business is worth $100,000.  You love what you are doing, someone contacts you with an offer to buy your business for $500,000.  Is your business now For Sale? The preceding is not a likely scenario for most business owners.

To successfully sell your business planning and preparation is… Click here to continue »

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Small business loan expert

Small businesses and entrepreneurs need to be able to get loans from banks to grow and or expand their businesses.  Entrepreneurs and small businesses go to banks to get loans to make capital improvements, large  purchases, buy a business, and generally expand their business.  Basically small business have financing needs that go beyond the immediate cash flow generated by their business.

Imagine driving to the bank… Click here to continue »

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