You are currently browsing the archives for the Operations category.
Inc.:
Some of today’s hottest companies are virtual: They operate exclusively online, with employees and customers scattered all over the world. Yet to do business, these companies typically are still required by law to maintain a terrestrial office, to hold real-life board meetings, and to keep a paper trail made from dead trees.
That may soon change. [...]
Rhonda Abrams At USA TODAY:
How are you going to spend your company’s money in 2009?
With such a dismal U.S. economy, we all naturally want to hold on to every dollar we can.
On the other hand, a bad economy means real opportunities for those businesses that have the smarts and the courage to take advantage of [...]
USA TODAY:
No, this is not the greatest time to go into business for yourself, but that said, it can be done if you do it right.
What do I mean by that? One way to succeed right now is to start an inexpensive part-time, home-based business.
None of the ideas below are get rich quick plans, but [...]
Inc:
In the current recession, it’s more important than ever to take stock of your business. As the year comes to an end, determine how the business is going, what you are doing that’s working and what you need to change.
Employees are the number one asset of an organization and are critical for business success, particularly [...]
NEWS.com.au:
Often with more freedom, comes less structure.
Because solo business owners have no corporate structure to fall back on, they need to create their own structure for their office organization.
For some people that’s easy, for others it’s the bugbear of their soloist career.
But there is an answer: take small, simple and regular steps to increase your [...]
Washington Post:
Bank loans have been harder to come by, but that doesn’t mean companies’ need for funding has dried up. To get cash, small and medium-size businesses have increasingly turned to firms that get them money they are owed more quickly.
The firms, known as factoring companies (from the Latin word for “to do” or “to [...]
photo credit: kevindooley
One of the thing’s that I think all too often goes overlooked in any business is the importance of how the office is run. You can have what you feel is a well oiled business with a great product or service, but if the inner office business isn’t quite up to par, [...]
The Wall Street Journal:
Relief may be on the way for small businesses stuck with bad Web addresses.
Next year, the organization that oversees the Internet will start selling rights to an unlimited number of new top-level domains — the suffixes like .com that appear at the end of Web-site names. Domains likely to appear include those [...]
Post-Crescent:
In a time when more corporations are searching for ways to automate customer service, entrepreneurs who cater to people constantly on the go are filling a niche.
The days of house calls are not over.
Business owners are earning livings by offering their services either at their clients’ homes or on their clients’ schedules.
For some owners, offering [...]
Inc.:
This is from best-selling E-Myth author Michael Gerber’s Dreaming Room workshop at the Inc. 5000 conference.
Here’s what’s stupid, Gerber says. “You say you want to be your own boss. But why do you want to work for a stupid boss? You have to transform the world with your business.”
Write this down, he says: “I have [...]
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| « Mar | ||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
| 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
| 29 | 30 | 31 | ||||
Link