Raising prices, keeping customers
As Tracy Trotter paid his company’s expenses each month, they just kept rising: bills for materials, salaries for his 22 employees, insurance premiums, etc. Yet for the past three years Potter froze his prices. Otherwise, he said, “I worried that we’d lose customers.”
How do I position my business for sale?
Dear FSB: I’m the owner and sole employee of a company that offers consulting services in a highly
specialized area of corporate finance. My expertise is the core of the business. With no physical assets, how can I
maximize my firm’s value for sale?
Top 10 Signs You’re Ready to Leave Your Home Office
If your business is expanding faster than you have office furniture or you are meeting with your clients in the hallway, you are a good candidate to escape your home office.
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a> There are only a few situations less horrifying to the home business entrepreneur than running into… the former co-worker.Uggghh. continue reading at Startup Nation… Every morning I wake up at 4:30, brush my teeth, and head to the office wearing pajamas. I don’t travel far - my desk is in my bedroom’s walk-in closet. My husband, Tom, and I started our 12-employee firm, Atlantic Infra-red (atlanticinfra-red.com), in 2002 out of our home in Point Pleasant Beach, N.J. We own five trucks equipped with infrared technology, which we use to restore asphalt surfaces, mostly on heavily traveled roads. Our revenues hit $1.2 million in 2006. continue reading at Fortune Small Business…The Run-in, A Splice of Life from Home Entrepreneurship
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20 Tips For Making Sure You Buy the Right Business Printer
Choosing the right printer for your business is trickier than you may think. There are probably a few criteria that you’re most interested in, and it’s only natural that those are the ones you’ll focus on. But it’s too easy to fall into the trap of ignoring other issues you should also be paying attention to. Here are 20 of the most important questions to ask and issues to consider.