Fatal Flaws in Your Business Plan

A business plan is the blueprint that guides aspiring entrepreneurs as they build their new business ventures. From 2008 – 2010, I taught a 20-week business plan writing course at an SBA-affiliated women’s business development organization. We met for three hours each week and students wrote their plans week by […]

Perfect Call Centre Desks – Calling The Shots

In the increasingly demanding call centre market, businesses are under considerable pressure to make and process more customer calls without increasing overheads. In an effort to meet these demands, call centre desk design has advanced considerably in recent years and the days of cubicles are long gone. Modern call centre […]

20 Small Business Survival Strategies

How to survive tough economic times without laying off employees. As a business owner or manager, during the last 18 months you have been faced with shrinking profit margins and fewer customers lining up to purchase your once thought to be “hot products or services.” The question of how to […]

General Rules for Patent Drawing

Creating a drawing for a patent is very much different from the one we did in our school days. Unlike the drawing in school, here, we have certain rules and we need to follow these rules religiously, failing which can cost a rejection in the patent application. No matter whether […]

Choosing a trusted gold dealer

Rehan

When looking to buy gold, you may do the easiest thing and take the first company that pops up when you do an internet search. However, not all gold dealers are what they claim to be. It is important to find gold dealers that are scrupulous and trustworthy. Here are […]

The Five Components of a Business Strategy

Can you define exactly what makes up a business strategy? Some people say no, but we think you can. In fact, we believe a valid business strategy has five components: Your company’s current or desired core competencies A description of how you will differentiate vs. competitors The industry or industries […]