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APRIL 1, 2008

Small Business Start-Up Idea – T-Shirt Design by Stefan Töpfer on Apr 02, 2008 There is always a great demand for custom-made T-shirts, ranging from sports teams in need of new kit to event organisers wanting promotional shirts to give away. The estimated cost to start this business varies from £5000 up to around £15,000.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2009

If the supplier knows you are ready to buy for the right price they will cut you a deal. Promise to buy from one supplier for better payment terms, like 60 or 90 days. Small business has no voice, yet they produce over 50% of GDP and supply the most secure and social work environment. Get better payment terms by negotiation.

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MAY 20, 2010

Trust – Trust is fundamental in order to secure a productive work environment. Unfortunately our PC world & laws promote “lying&# to people and this ends up having this effect, that nobody knows what is true and what is phony – I think we need to reverse this trend. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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JULY 20, 2010

People often say to me that their small business doesn’t have a website as it’s too complicated, takes up too much time or is too expensive. start-up in business , use online IT. Online presence brings more traffic (eventually customers) to your business. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2006

Categories Announcements Balderdash Business Books Business Checklists Business Ideas Business Quotations Comments Customer Service Guest Blog How to … avoid growing pain be eco-friendly be successful bootstrap choose your office deal with taxes do a reality check do a SWOT plan do bookkeeping. We are still human after all!

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NOVEMBER 26, 2008

Obviously we have an interest to help, but I have to provide a secure and harassment free environment for my staff to work in. You can look up the registration details for winwebsecurity.com and see clearly who has registered this domain. Believe me when I say, we understand you are upset. — ST. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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JANUARY 14, 2008

turnover within five years of start-up; • only 6.8% A third of all business start-ups fail in the first three years and only 10 per cent achieve high growth. We can only dream of a less regulated business environment – so long as prospective politicians reckon that more legislation is good for all of us.

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OCTOBER 28, 2007

Sooner or later you will think about doing a little more business, protecting yourself more, and that will bring you to the question of changing business and trading environment All small business, micro business, sole traders, freelancers and home businesses can be run in the form of limited liability companies. Ltd, Partnership Ltd etc.

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OCTOBER 26, 2007

In both cases it is true to say, it does not matter what kind of small business and start-up business, like SOHO-, SME, SMB-, Micro-, Lifestyle-, Home-, DIY-, Hobby-, Boomer- or Personal business, like professional, contractors, freelancer, self-employed, sole-trader and virtual assistants, you run. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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MARCH 2, 2010

If a start-up funds the development of their company through internal cash flow and are cautious with expenses, the company can grow with low-risk to all those involved. Simple ideas on how to bootstrap your small business start up are: - Work from home. So many people give up too quickly by saying “I don’t know how.&#

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OCTOBER 10, 2007

Next up one client asked me about “How to run his small business in a recession?&# You may get fewer orders, customers pay later, some customers go out of business – was his answer. Keep your fixed cost down, make sure you have reserves, keep up with your credit control, here I had to help him with most answers.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2007

The fact that our society is wholly unprepared for this revolution in the work place and small business environment, has to do with the fact, that governments often receive no advice from actual participants in this new home based micro business economy. This brings us to the political issues these micro and small businesses face.

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OCTOBER 2, 2007

Many are starting small businesses or home businesses, freelancers, self-employed, contractors, professionals in all small business areas setting up shop. The reasons for this are quite predictable: No safe employment environment, even in big corporations. Have a more flexible work environment, to suit ones needs better.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2007

So I saw little of my family and especially my son who is now grown-up and ready to go to university. So for the past eight years I have been there when my son came home from school, I even picked him up often enough. Then in 1999 I sold my ISP-business and went back to run WinWeb. What do you think?

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AUGUST 16, 2007

look at it this way, you are getting a professional on a timeshare basis, and believe me when I say, having you phone answered in a professional manner makes a lot of difference to your business, or keeping up with your bookkeeping, so you know where you are – this all will make your business much more professional. Have a nice day!

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