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- My Worst Small Business Mistakes
- If you've been in business for very long, you've made mistakes. In fact, the longer you're in business, the more mistakes you'll make. It's just that the ratio of good decisions to bad ones improves over time. The most serious mistakes have always involved trust - trusting the wrong people...
- White papers
- Lessons Learned: How to Avoid the Top 10 Intranet Mistakes
- The third best way to improve through experience is to learn from one's mistakes. The second best way is to learn from the mistakes of others. And the best way is to learn from one's own successes. From the author's experience, the author has developed a list of the Top...
- White papers
- Avoid Small Business Mistakes
- If you've been in business for very long, you've made mistakes. In fact, the longer you're in business, the more mistakes you'll make. It's just that the ratio of good decisions to bad ones improves over time. Like everyone else, the author made mistakes. He learned from them, both about...
- White papers
- 7 Biggest Mistakes Of Business Startups
- Many missteps occur because new owners insist on doing everything themselves. Instead, review what you do best and try to delegate or outsource the expertise you lack. And when the inevitable errors do arise, remember the old adage: Learn from your mistakes. If you keep an open mind and heed...
- White papers
- 5 Chronic Small-Biz Mistakes To Correct
- Missteps, miscalculations and outright duds are unfortunate, yet ever-present starters in any small-business lineup. But what can really spell the difference between an established powerhouse and a perennial cellar dweller are chronic mistakes - those repeated and overlooked blunders. In this paper there are five persistent pitfalls that may apply...
- White papers
- Leila's House of Corrections: Saying Sorry
- Do you have a hard time admitting mistakes? Learning how to say sorry is important to developing trust and responsibility as a manager.
- Videos 2008-02-29
- Risking By Not Risking
- The author has often been asked, "What is the biggest mistake you've made in your business?" And the first one that comes to mind was not creating and selling products much sooner. He was in business for years and years before he created his first product. Up to that point...
- White papers 2007-06-07
- How to Criticize People (and Get Away with It)
- Nobody likes to be criticized, and it's usually not a fun experience for the person who's doing it, either. The ever-helpful Lifehack.org has seven suggestions for delivering criticism without the usual bad feelings that go with it. For example:I have made the same mistake myself. This never fails to improve...
- Blog posts 2007-08-13
- Top 10 Typical Resume Mistakes
- More often than not, a company's first impression of you comes in the form of a resume, a simple piece of paper that includes your work and educational history, typically on one to two pages. With such limited space to convey such important information, it pays to make sure you...
- White papers 2005-11-06
- Learning From Others' Mistakes
- Making mistakes is part of the learning process, but all too often, it's plain old common sense that separates a successful investor from a poor one. At the same time, nearly all investors, new or experienced, have fallen astray from common sense and made a mistake or two. Being perfect...
- White papers 2005-07-01
- Avoiding Costly Benefits Bloopers in Mergers and Acquisitions
- Employee benefits can be the source of large liabilities that show up in a transaction, yet deal negotiators often avoid dealing with the issues, or they turn to them when it is too late to adjust the purchase price. Assuming that the details can be worked out after the agreements...
- White papers 2005-07-01
- The Five Most Common Joint Venture Marketing Mistakes to Avoid
- Joint Venture marketing has become a highly popular way for small businesses to maximize their profits. When two or more businesses combine their resources synergistically, it creates greater marketing impact and bigger profits than either can have alone. Doing joint ventures has many benefits, but there are also many mistakes...
- White papers 2005-06-05
- Six Sales Guide Mistakes
- Most companies spend their marketing budgets generating market awareness, but spend precious little equipping their sales force with the knowledge to sell. And in today's economy, selling is anything but easy. The article discusses the mistakes which are made during the sales. Some of these include: Failing to involve the...
- White papers 2003-02-11
- 12 Most Common Direct Mail Mistakes
- Successful direct mail doesn't depend on fancy, four-color design or "creative" copy. Hence this article focusses on Common Direct Mail mistakes. Some of these mistakes listed in this article are: ignoring the most important factor in direct-mail success, not testing, not having an offer, superficial copy etc. All these mistakes...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- How to Avoid the Worst Mistakes Investors Make
- Investing is about taking risks, and when one does that, they are entitled to expect a return that is commensurate with the level of risk taken. However, if one is not careful, the own mistakes can prevent from achieving the return. Some of the mistakes which are made include: No...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Common Mistakes in Selling a Small Business
- There are many ways that a proposed sale of a business can go awry. From past experience and that of countless others, one have come up with 12 common mistakes that sellers make in trying to sell their business. The article have gone a step further, and supplied comments and...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Ten Common Small Business Marketing Mistakes
- Great looking ads, fancy logos and flashy web sites are worthless if they don't bring business to the door. This list of 10 common marketing mistakes can help us produce better results. The normal mistakes are not having a clearly defined USP, selling features rather than benefits, not using headlines...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Make No Mistake
- Mistakes are an everyday part of running a small business. There are bookkeeping miscues, quality control problems and just plain human errors. While these problems hinder profit, by themselves they’re not likely to ruin your business. Some mistakes, though, are unique to a family business. And can prove dangerous to...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Ten Most Common Naming Mistakes
- This article discusses ten most common naming mistakes. Most companies’ wait too long to begin their naming process. Finding an available trademark today can be very difficult. If one wants a global name, the task can be even more challenging. Most companies underestimate the necessary time needed and then they...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- The Top 10 Mistakes Made by Salespeople When Using the Phone
- This article provides top 10 errors made by sales people when using the phone. The list details the most heinous, avoidable errors sales representatives commit every day. Some of these mistakes include: Sending unnecessary literature, poor telephone image, no post-call review, lousy listening, screener abuse and misuse etc. Besides this,...
- White papers 2003-01-01
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