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  • Follow Wal-Mart's Joint Venture Example  By : Christian Fea
    If you're a business owner or entrepreneur who wants to find a way to increase sales and enter new business arenas, a joint venture is a great way to break into new horizons.
  • The Right Massage Table Comfort Accessories: 5 Suggestions For The Serious Professional  By : Ed Staff
    Massage tables are the bread and butter for massage therapists of course: a massage table is their version of an executive desk, office, and laboratory, all rolled into one. But serious professional massage therapists know that providing a good solid table is only the beginning.
  • Looking for Business Start up Loan?  By : Simon Johnnson
    It is not easy setting up a business let alone running it.
  • Grow Your Spa Business By Offering Something Special: Deluxe Tables  By : Ed Staff
    If you run your own spa business, you know that clients visit your establishment to escape from reality for a while, to rest, to relax, and to be pampered and fussed over. If you've been cutting corners by purchasing ordinary spa equipment, you may be inadvertently alienating the discerning type of clientele that prefers a little touch of luxury with their pampering.
  • Why Wholesaling Houses Is Better Than Flipping Houses  By : Matthew Stone
    Flipping homes is often fraught with problems and requires you to be a construction expert, a renovation expert and a real estate expert rolled into one. Now, a new phenomena known as wholesaling homes is becoming popular. As you will see, wholesaling has flipping homes beat on many different levels.
  • Initial Franchise Fee: The 4 Elements Crucial To Your Success  By : Cory Barber
    As candidates progress through the due diligence process of evaluating a specific franchise, I am often presented with this very common question about one of the costs involved in becoming a franchisee: "what exactly does the franchise fee cover and how does it benefit me?" This is a great question that needs to be addressed.
  • How To Start And Grow Your Sign Making Business In A Recession  By : Suzy Powell
    Most people only dream of starting their own business. In a recession its difficult to grow a business. I am going to highlight some key points about starting and expanding a sign making business in a recession.
  • Top 5 Tips For Any New Business  By : Shaun Measday
    5 tips for any new business starting up for the first time.
  • Accounting for Your Joint Venture  By : Christian Fea
    You have spent much of your precious time researching potential joint venture partners, making proposals, and finally making a JV agreement that excites both you and your new JV partner. However, once your new business process begins, you and your partner need to agree to an accurate bookkeeping process that one or both of you will need to attend.
  • Entrepreneur, Are You Unleashing Your Power To Create What You Truly Desire?  By : Aditi Walsh
    Who chose your predominant thoughts about your business? Did you? Or were these thoughts chosen for you? Did they come from your heart, or were you hedging your bets? How you answer will determine whether you are a successful entrepreneur or not.
  • Online Business - Why Do We Need One?  By : Stephen Farrington
    A few years ago, the economy was roaring. Stock prices were going up, interest rates were staying low, and unemployment was down. A year later and those indicators were all going in opposite direction. It is difficult to know if the turmoil is over but we have to have faith.
  • Why Flipping Houses Is Dangerous, And What To Do Instead  By : Matthew Stone
    If done correctly and with a huge amount of luck, home flipping can be a viable way to make a living, assuming you enjoy 18 hour work days and an unbearable amount of stress in your life. However, the overwhelming majority of home flips turn sour for a number of various reasons. Here are just a few of the top reasons why flipping homes is dangerous and wholesaling homes is a far better idea.
  • Do Not Get Taken By A Work-At-Home Scam  By : hando kroon
    With all the work at home opportunities advertised today, it can be difficult to pick out the true jobs from the scams. Here are some tips that will help you determine whether a job is legitimate or a scam in just minutes.
  • Online Business - Business Planning  By : Stephen Farrington
    Do you need to write a business plan? The thought of preparing a business plan tends to fill most online business owners with dread; it can be a difficult, stressful, and time consuming process. For this reason alone you may want to think about seeking the help of a professional business plan writer.
  • Creating Your First Information Product: It's Easier Than You Think!  By : Danette Hibberd
    Are you paralyzed by over-analyzing your first information product? There's no need to be, it should be quite easy when you approach it right. Here are some helpful tips to getting your first information products put together and ready for sale faster.
  • 5 Major Advantages Of Multi-Unit Franchising  By : Cory Barber
    Increasingly, the candidates I work with as a franchise consultant are considering franchises that allow for multiple units. One major reason for this is a result of the increasing number of downsized executives in America needing to quickly replace lost six-figure-plus salaries.
  • Daydream Your Customers to Your Business With This Guided Imagery  By : Charlotte West
    Transform your daydreams into powerful tools for success. Access the perfect customer using the power of your mind. Sell without selling using only your awesome imagination.
  • Is an Online Business a Real Business?  By : Stephen Farrington
    I suspect that far too many people fall into the trap of thinking that an online business that makes money at home is easier to start and run than an offline business. It is possible that an online business could require less money up front to start but I'm not convinced less work is an option...
  • Selling Your C Corp Healthcare Company- Negotiate Hard for a Stock Sale  By : Dave Kauppi
    Because selling your C Corp in an asset sale creates such an unfavorable tax situation, this article explores some strategies you may employ to move the buyer to a stock sale.
  • Acquire Others On Your MasterMind Team Who Can Help You Achieve The Riches You Desire  By : Ted Ciuba
    Specialized knowledge is important for your success, and you do need to become an expert in your field and develop a certain skillset within your business. However, it's more important to leverage and organize the specialized knowledge of others.
  • Selling Your Software Company- The Number One Value Driver  By : Dave Kauppi
    When helping our clients sell their software companies, we get to witness buyer behavior first hand. The most important behavior is their economic vote - how much they are willing to pay for a business. Many factors go into their assessment of value, but a contractually recurring revenue stream is consistently the number one value driver.
  • 4 Crucial Things You Absolutely Must Know to Find Your Perfect Customer  By : Charlotte West
    Make more money in your business by only looking for the customers who are a perfect fit. Stop wasting time, talent and resources searching for the people who can't make you successful.
  • 5 Best Recession Resistant Franchise Opportunities Revealed  By : Cory Barber
    With today's unsettled economic climate, thousands of employees are being downsized at an alarming rate, and are discovering that the job search they are undertaking is not a very pretty one. Sadly, this economic climate that we're in is unlikely to change toward the positive anytime soon. So, now is a great time to explore one of the many recession-resistant franchise opportunities available.
  • Increase Your JV Profits by Paying For Advertising Results  By : Christian Fea
    How would you like to save money on advertising AND make more money? Your joint venture is a business vehicle that lives or dies by the bottom line. Doesn't it make sense to use win-win methods that help your JV grow and become profitable? That's why results-based advertising can help your JV increase sales while reducing your marketing budget.
  • Avoid These Ten Mistakes in the Sale of Your Healthcare Company  By : Dave Kauppi
    Selling your healthcare company is the most important transaction you will ever make. Mistakes in this process can greatly erode your transaction proceeds. Do not spend twenty years of your toil and skill building your business like a pro only to exit like an amateur.
  • How to Succeed in a Personal Training Business  By : Tom Fazio
    If you have the ability to train others, you have your own key to success. It is not difficult to start a personal training business.
  • Tax Consequences of Selling a Software Business  By : Dave Kauppi
    The purpose of this article is to demonstrate the importance of the tax impact in the sale of your software business. As an M&A intermediary and member of the IBBA, International Business Brokers Association, we recognize our responsibility to recommend that you consult your attorneys and tax accountants for specific advice on your business sale transaction.
  • Healthcare Company Mergers and Acquisitions- Avoid These Ten Mistakes  By : Dave Kauppi
    Selling your medical company is the most important transaction you will ever make. Mistakes in this process can greatly erode your transaction proceeds. Do not spend twenty years of your toil and skill building your business like a pro only to exit like an amateur. Here are ten common mistakes to avoid.
  • Increase Sales With Results-Based Compensation  By : Christian Fea
    Why pay salespeople who are not motivated or do not make adequate sales? If your joint venture product or service depends upon face-to-face or direct contact with potential customers and clients, you should consider using a results-based compensation system.
  • Create TRUE Entrepreneur Success and Security  By : Heather Dominick
    Did you know your first Energy Point can be found in your body at the base of your spine? This is the area where you house all of your 'security' energy. It is literally about being supported in life. So it makes sense that this will pop up when building a business, right?
  • Selling Your Software Company- Deal Structures and Taxes  By : Dave Kauppi
    The purpose of this article is to demonstrate the importance of the tax impact in the sale of your software company. Understanding the implications of your corporate structure and your deal structure prior to receiving offers is essential.
  • Ten Signs That It's Time to Sell the Family Healthcare Business  By : Dave Kauppi
    A healthcare business owner's toughest decision is deciding to sell. In many cases, he ignores some market dynamics that foretell difficult times ahead. Those difficult times often result in a significant drop in the value of the business. This article will help you identify some of those signs.
  • Entrepreneur, Do You Believe You Will Have Whatever You Vision?  By : Aditi Walsh
    Are you fired up about your Vision? Do you feel it in your bones? And, are you able to sustain your Vision? Most people get tangled up at this stage. A master key is needed to raise your belief level to desire what you could only fantasize before.
  • 5 Deadly Mistakes to Avoid When Starting an Internet Business  By :
    Contrary to popular belief, overnight riches do not happen upon beginners to Internet business. Making a lot of money is possible, but it is not easy until you have been in the game for a long time. The vast majority of people who try to make money online fail due in part to the following five deadly mistakes.
  • 4 Essential Traits of a Successful Entrepreneur  By : Carmen Brandt Wolf
    Have you ever wondered why some entrepreneurs are successful while others fail? Do you realize there are four traits common to almost all successful entrepreneurs? This article identifies the four essential traits of a successful entrepreneur and why they are important.
  • Entrepreneur, You Don't Get What You Want In Life, You Get What You Are  By : Aditi Walsh
    Great leaders and motivators know that, "You don't get what you want in life, you get what you are." Les Brown, in his interview with Armand Morin, is no exception.
  • Best Home Based Businesses to Start With Little Or No Capital  By : Michael Tveter
    If you think there are as few as 101 best home based business you can start with little or no capital, then you are going to have to think again. Not only are there hundreds of different home based businesses you can start without an internet connection, there are thousands of business opportunities to be had online too.
  • Franchisor Support: 5 Key Elements To Expect As A Franchisee  By : Cory Barber
    You've decided that you would really like to own a franchise, but are still concerned about the level of support you'll receive from the franchisor. The phrase "in business for yourself, but not by yourself" plays like a broken record in your head constantly. But what does that really mean to you, the potential franchisee? What should you look for and expect from the franchisor?
  • Should You Sell Your Healthcare Company?  By : Dave Kauppi
    This article discusses the barriers to small healthcare companies in selling their products to large corporations. Some of the barriers would suggest the small company would do better by being acquired by a larger healthcare provider.
  • Getting Your Letter Opened And Ramp Up Your Profits  By : Malcolm Emery
    Some say the era of direct marketing is over, but those are some who are missing out on the big slice of the cake that direct marketing provides. One way to boost profits is getting your letter opened and communicate with your costumers.
  • What It Takes to Be an Entrepreneur  By : Tenzin Pemo
    As an entrepreneur, your job is very detailed. You need to be the creative one. You need to be the boss. You need to hold the vision of your business at the head of each and every thing that you do for that business. But, today is not everything.
  • Selling Your Software Company- Beware of the Tire Kicker  By : Dave Kauppi
    If you are approached by an unsolicited offer to buy your software company, you might think this a good thing. If not handled properly, it could be a real drain on your company's performance.
  • 3 JV Marketing Strategies During A Recession  By : Christian Fea
    Business growth can be difficult during a recession. How do you continue to market and promote your business when spending cuts are necessary and profits are down? It can be done - but it takes some creativity and effort to make up for paid advertising. Here are three good ways to market your JV during a recession:
  • Core Habits For Internet Marketing - Networking  By : Chris Bloczynski
    This article is about a core habit for internet marketers - networking.
  • Selling Your Software Company- Why Use a Merger and Acquisitions Advisor?  By : Dave Kauppi
    Business valuations for software companies are at best a mathematical estimate. If you are selling your software company, the only way to be certain that you have gotten a fair price is to conduct a soft auction process where competing companies establish the market value.
  • Franchise Discovery Day: What Can You Expect?  By : Cory Barber
    The decision to purchase a franchise can be a very complex one. You need to make an informed decision, based on an extensive fact-gathering process, to identify the ideal franchise for you. One of the final steps of this process is to attend a Discovery Day. So, what should you expect at a Discovery Day?
  • 3 JV Marketing Techniques That Work  By : Christian Fea
    Has your joint venture taken off yet? Or are you and your JV partner still struggling to get noticed or even find that special niche? Joint ventures are a great way to promote a business idea with double the experience and double the resources. But without the right marketing strategy, your JV may sit stagnant with flimsy profits.
  • The ABC's of Getting Tutoring Clients  By : Tim Heeter
    Getting tutoring clients is essential to starting a tutoring business as well as maintaining revenue in an existing business. You can efficiently fill your schedule with the best clients by following three simple steps--the ABC's of getting clients.
  • 2 Simple Strategies For Online Business Success  By : Rockford Tapscott
    Billionaire H.L. Hunt shared many pieces of sound advice with the people in his inner circle, and this article shares one of his most important lessons. If you want to build a successful online business, heeding Bunker's advice could be the difference between succeeding and failing.
  • Selling Your Healthcare Company- Why Earnouts make Sense Today  By : Dave Kauppi
    Sellers have historically viewed earn outs with suspicion as a way for buyers to get control of their companies cheaply. An intelligently structured earn out not only can facilitate the closing of a deal, but can be a win for both buyer and seller.

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