If you have employees, you must meet a payroll week after week. You must always have money to pay creditors - the man who sells you goods or materials, the dealer who furnishes fixtures and equipment, the landlord if you rent, the mortgage holder if you are buying your place of business, the publisher running your advertisements, the tax collector, and many others. All of these must be paid before you can pay yourself.You must accept sole...more
You Can Start a Restaurant Business - Here's HowThose looking to start a restaurant business need to be properly equipped with the right information. Everywhere you look; there is another magazine or a book that promises to help you along the way. But who can you trust? The good news is that there are some simple steps that anyone can take to make sure that you get started on the right foot. Here are four steps that you can start on today...more
The strongest houses are built on the strongest foundations. No matter how well-constructed and reinforced the walls and roof are, none of it will stand under stress if the foundation is weak. Conversely, a strong foundation will help strengthen an imperfect structure.The success of individuals on your sales team and the direction of your sales efforts are directly linked to the strength of the foundation of expectations the sales manager establishes for his or her team.The link between a strong foundation of clear expectations and the closing of high-value business is obvious. We have previously discussed the relevance and impacts of compensation as an influencing factor in behavior and success. These compensation factors are usually apparent and easily quantified. A sales manager's efforts in laying a strong foundation by setting expectations will not be as obvious to most salespeople as compensation. However, clear, focused expectations are an important aspect to performing the sales management function. Sales managers will need to spend more time explaining and implementing their foundational items than defining the compensation plan, but the time invested will lead to...more
Even the hardest-hitting corporate executives sometimes need to punch up their presentation skills. Nick Paulus, an executive and business coach who offers online articles on effective business presentations, recently recounted his observations during an event sponsored by a highly esteemed investment bank. According to Paulus, "Although it was a...more
If you've ever applied for a loan or credit card, chances are your lender acquired and examined a copy of your credit report before deciding whether or not to grant you credit. Your "Credit Report" is a record of your credit history and it's prepared by agencies called "Credit Bureaus", or "Consumer Reporting Agencies." These are private...more
A certified public accountant (CPA) is a professional individual who works on their own or is a part of an accounting firm. A certified public accountant (CPA) is generally in charge of monitoring and keeping track of the financial records of an individual or business. Each year millions of Americans wonder if they should hire an certified public accountant (CPA). Why hire a CPA is a question that many individuals ask themselves. There are many individuals and business owners who are not organized. Being unorganized can make it virtually impossible for an individual or business owner to accurately keep track of all of their finances. This is why many individuals make the decision to hire a certified public accountant (CPA). Another reason why many individuals or business owners may hire a certified public accountant (CPA) is because they do not have enough time to keep track of financial records on their own. Another reason is because the majority of certified public accountants (CPAs) are trained and experienced professionals. To become a certified public accountant (CPA) individuals need to meet certain requirements that are imposed by the American Institute of Certified Public...more
Key points to remember in understanding what your company is worth The asset approach considers the underlying tangible assets of an enterprise individually. The sum of the fair values of each asset, after netting out the aggregate total of the...more
Perhaps you've decided to relocate. Or maybe you've outgrown your home and need to find homes for sale that will accommodate your growing family. Or perhaps your children are grown, you've made the decision to downsize, and are in the...more
When an individual files their tax returns each year they are able to claim a number of tax deductions. Many times a tax deduction can reduce the amount of money that is owed to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) or it can create a larger tax refund....more
Year after year, the lack of managerial experience and aptitude has accounted for more than 90 percent of all failures.Many factors may adversely affect individual firms over which owners have little control. In such cases, the astute manager can...more
The beautiful thing about being a real estate investor is that there are unlimited ways to make BIG cash all the time in any type of economy. Real Estate is one of those things that everybody needs. It is not quite water, but it is something that...more
Why do people come to your site, stay on your page and then leave without buying your product?? This is the same question that was bothering me for almost 6 months! I was selling an ebook about affiliate advertising, and I could get people to come...more