So there I was, shuffling papers on a coffee table in the corner of my office, waiting for some university sophomore with peach fuzz and frayed jeans to finish reconfiguring my computer. I wasn’t sure exactly what he was doing…something about changing domains and migrating elk. By the time he was done, he had created, with apologies to Andy Worhol, a deeply superficial machine. Read More
Our assistant controller is a likeable guy, young, smart, with good judgment and a good sense of humor. He is also competent. We get our month-end and year-end results on time, everything always seems to balance, and the books, for better or for worse, accurately reflect the reality of the business. You cannot ask for more. But the future for this likeable guy does not reflect the reality of his contribution to the business, nor his desires for personal and professional development. Why? Because he is good at what he does. At our company, that is almost always fatal. No one – especially the General – wants to move him. Not move him up (there is only room for one on the horse)…not sideways to a different role in a different department…not out to a subsidiary. His value is measured by what he does, not by what he can do. He is a square peg neatly placed in a square hole. Read More
Financial planning is simply the profession of helping others, be they individuals or businesses, plan their monetary objectives and analyze and implement the best ways to achieve those objectives. That said, there are several different variations on this basic theme and a variety of job types. But the common denominator always stays the same – it is helping to maximize financial stability and achievement of goals for people who have less financial experience or who need to focus on other priorities than finance. Read More
To get involve in Franchise Businesses, it doesn’t mean that you must start from scratch by launching a franchise unit where none currently exist. But this isn’t the only way you can become a franchisee. You can search for best franchise opportunities in the market and buy an existing franchise from an owner that wants to sell it. This can happen when the owner wants to strike out in a new career direction, or when he or she wants to retire from business altogether. This can also happen when the franchisor wants to sell a company-owned unit to a franchisee and blend it into the franchise system. Read More
Own life is hard enough. Sometimes we just have this in order to themselves to take the straightforward path. Purchasing quick credit cards are no exception. Knowing that we now have written this short article to offer our leading 10 tips of your things that you can end up being focusing on when you compare credit cards. Read More
Time off? No time, you might say. Let me disagree with you.
When I started my woman’s business I worked all the time. Never, ever said no. Didn’t save any time for myself. I did not take a consistent day off and wouldn’t commit to a vacation until the last minute. Granted, I did have some flexibility (a caterer has the luxury of always being able to say no), but I rarely took advantage of the opportunity to take time off. Read More
Thinking of starting a business? You may have been suggested to consider franchising. This is a type of business opportunity where you can sell or offer the products or services of an established company under the same set up. A good example of this is the food company McDonalds, whose franchise allows any interested investor to set up his or her own McDonald’s fast food store. Franchising is a way for businesses to expand and increase their consumer reach. And for some investors, this may be a very lucrative business opportunity. Others may find such no luck. Read More