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Business
15th August 2008
As a painting business consultant, I got a letter the other day from one of my good customers named Tom. Tom was having a real bad time with a lady's front door. He called it the "door from hell".
He said it had several coats of paint on it and the top...
15th August 2008
Lean manufacturing's main keys are the following:
Perfect first-time quality - quest for zero defects, revealing and solving problems at the source
Waste minimization - eliminating all non value-adding activities and safety nets, maximization of ...
15th August 2008
Ever get frustrated because it seems that when one person in your office gets sick, everyone gets sick? The person next to you comes down with the flu, and the next thing you know you're at home calling your manager to let her know you will not be in tod...
15th August 2008
We have reviewed the international shipping guides from DHL, Fedex and UPS for use by a novice shipper. We have evaluated these guides on the following points:
- Content Layout
- Ease of understanding for a novice shipper
- "How To" instructions provid...
15th August 2008
Promotional products help business across the world get noticed. They work great as promotional giveaways, trade show products, and employee appreciation gifts. The importance of the product you chose is just as important and what you want the product to ...
15th August 2008
You just don't realize that something happens even on your treasured thing called cell phone. Does locked cell phone ever give a ring? But no, this is not that sort of lock in the keypad that is very simple to remove. This is about the carrier lock in you...
15th August 2008
What is a blog?
A blog is a short for "web log", it started with people making online journals and allowing the public looking and reading their life. Then it expended and today you can find different blogs on different subjects, personal ones and busi...
15th August 2008
The first thing a joint venture capitalist is going to do when considering a partnership is to check out a business plan. They’re going to go right to the financial section, because venture capitalists are very concerned about cash flow and want to know...
15th August 2008
Joining your competitor and partnering with a person or company who already has a client base is the essence of a joint venture. If you're looking to do something unique to build your client base and your credibility, then you need to partner with somebod...
15th August 2008
If you don’t have a list, what else is it that you can offer a joint venture partner? Maybe you have a great sales conversion, or maybe you have other products.
A key element in successful joint ventures is to find someone who has a complementary pr...
15th August 2008
The number one question people want to know in joint ventures is the same as in most partnership situations, “What's in it for me?” Joint ventures are all about building a relationship, so it's important to disclose what your intention is.
You hav...
15th August 2008
The first thing you need to know is that joint venturing isn't just limited to your database. Joint ventures are only limited by your creativity. You can use a joint venture for pretty much anything. Nothing is set in stone, and even if you start out as t...
15th August 2008
Entrepreneurs make money by putting together win-win strategies that include endorsements and building those relationships, getting to a point where they optimize their joint venture so that people will endorse their product, and also equity partnerships....
15th August 2008
One of the first things you want to do in a joint venture is to gain control of the deal. You want to be the one who calls the shots. But how do you ensure all partners involved in the joint venture provide the same input and reap according to what they s...
15th August 2008
Always keep your market in the forefront of your thinking, particularly when doing joint ventures, and ask if these two questions apply to your business:
1. What other businesses or products out there directly benefit from your product?
2. What pr...
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