7 Steps To Achieving Joint Venture Projects
JVing is an important part of business. But where do you start and how do you find them. Knowing these answers and being prepared is a key to success.
Monthly Archives: January 2010
IT Project Governance And Prince2 Project Management: How To Keep Major IT Investments On The Rails
IT project governance has emerged as one of the most vital corporate responsibilities. With technology at the heart of most businesses, the ability to maintain tight executive and board control over major IT projects throughout their lifecycle has become a deciding factor in determining which businesses thrive and which founder. Prince2 project management has emerged as the world’s leading methodology for ensuring that IT projects stay on track and deliver real value.
Business Plans – What Do They Include?
Ok... so you've finally reached that stage in the development of your home business to get started. You've done the research, you have a game plan and you're ready to go except for one small detail... you need money. Whether it comes from a loan or from investors it doesn't matter but you need a good dose of seed money to put all your hard work and planning into action. However, regardless of who hears your money pitch before they give you a dime they will want see your busin...
7 Signs of an Entrepreneur
How do you know if you have what it takes to start a business? There's really no way to know for sure. But I do find things in common among the emotional and family fabric of people ready to consider an entrepreneurial venture.
Issues in Real Estate
When we speak of the real estate economy, we use national statistics but speak locally. On the other hand the stock market is based on the national or even the world economy.
Business School: Is It Really Necessary?
School in general has become a much more expected and in my opinioned marketed thing than it was in the past. So it is no surprise that the question of the necessity of business school come up fairly regularly. What does surprise me is that people that are business minded are so easily swayed into believing that formal training in business (the quality of which I often question) is necessary to make it in the fast pace business that comes with a globalizing market and the inf...
7 Cold Calling Secrets Even The Sales Gurus Don’t Know
Cold calling the old way is a painful struggle. Change Your Mental Objective Before You Make the Call. If you’re like most people who make cold calls, you’re hoping to make a sale -- or at least an appointment -- before you even pick up the phone. The problem is, the people you call somehow always pick up on your mindset immediately.
Is your company ready to go public?
A public company can attract lots of shareholders from any place, where it sells its products or services.
Business Start-up Costs
If you are considering starting your own business, then you have no doubt considered the investment required for various business start-up costs.
Is It Time To Consider A Pet-Related Business?
If you read up on trends in business or home business, then you've probably seen quite a few articles recently on the pet industry. To put it briefly, more and more people are owning more and more pets. The figures are amazing, both in terms of numbers of pets owned and amounts spent on pets.
According to the APPMA (the American Pet Products Manufacturer's Association), pet spending has more than doubled from $17 billion in 1994 to about $38.4 billion in 2006. And spendin...