Small Business Tips

One of the biggest benefits of being an entrepreneur is the freedom to set your own hours and cultivate your own work style. You won’t have to battle commuter traffic to make it to the office at 8 every morning, and your work attire may become flannel pajama pants and a tank top.
Keep in mind that working for yourself requires possessing the self-discipline to work a full day without supervision. Starting your own business involves hard work, and you’ll probably be working far more than 40 hours a week.

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Measure Project Productivity and It Will Go Up

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Measure productivity and people will produce more. That’s called the Hawthorne Effect. And the impact is more than just psychological. A good, real time metric provides feedback so individuals and teams can better manage their time and improve their processes. If you are a software or hardware project manager, you know that measuring productivity is a challenge. Seemingly equal tasks are not comparable in scope and value Individuals have vastly different capacities Estimates of work done and time to complete are inaccurate People distrust the accuracy and purpose of the measurements Nevertheless, we and many others are finding it practical to use ... Read Full Story

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Eliminate Surprises during Project Execution

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If you manage software or hardware development projects, then you know these problems. Over estimates of percentage completion of tasks Under estimates of time to complete tasks Delayed reporting of issues that will impact schedule and scope Expectation that delays are inevitable and excusable The situation often looks something like this. On Monday, the project manager asks, “When can you get that done?” The developer says, “In two weeks.” “For sure?” “I’ll do my best.” The next Monday the developer says the work is half done. The following week he says he’ll need another week but he’s got a good “The ... Read Full Story

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Cut Project Meetings and Speed up Communications

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Problem: There’s no time to talk in project meetings. Wait a minute, you say. All we do in meetings is talk. We don’t make decisions and solve problems fast enough. We just talk, talk, and talk. Actually, the usual project meeting consists primarily of the project manager going once around the table, asking each person in turn about status and forecasts. As everyone else mostly zones out, each person in turn explains and excuses, and the manager questions and cajoles. That takes so long there’s no time for team members to talk to each other to clarify specs and technical approaches and to ... Read Full Story

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Have An Online Store? Need-to-know Info About Shipping Costs

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According to a recent survey by Compete Online Shopper, free shipping offers can and do impact consumers’ decisions to purchase online. Further, free shipping also affects customer satisfaction. The presence of shipping costs, particularly on small purchases, creates bad feelings with consumers. But free shipping offers make your customers happy and encourage them to purchase more. Key takeaways from the survey include these data points: 93% of respondents said that free shipping offers encourage them to buy more. 66.6% of respondents said they’d increase their online purchases if returns were free. 67% of respondents said they buy items in stores to avoid shipping costs. ... Read Full Story

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How to start you own business working from home

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This day and age where internet is the life blood of every business you can start your own business staying work from home. For working from home you would need a computer, an internet connection and a telephone or a mobile phone. Therefore the investment needed for you start working at home is very minimal. You can take of your kids, family and work whenever you get time. Following are some of the tips on working from home and starting a business: 1. Before making any decision on what kinds of work to do and how to, you must make ... Read Full Story

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Strategies: Get started now on end-of-year small business tax savings

USA TodayStrategies: Get started now on end-of-year small business tax savingsUSA TodayFor small business owners, it means it's time to take a few easy steps to reduce your taxes. 1. Do a quick accounting to figure out a likely ballpark figure ...

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Will Small Business See Health-Care Cost Relief?

Will Small Business See Health-Care Cost Relief?BusinessWeekYes, insurers are price-gouging small companies. Bills in the House and Senate would help them fight back By Joshua Kendall Len Nichols: Director, ...

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