Are Your Sensitive Parts Exposed? Protecting Intellectual Property

Are Your Sensitive Parts Exposed? Protecting Intellectual Property

by | Thursday, September 18, 2014 | 04 Protect & Use Intangible Assets, Business Secrets, Business Tools, News, small business management

In our Small Business Management and Start-Up Course, we feature a module about protecting your intangible assets, which relates to your intellectual property rights, such as your right to use your business name. Few people are aware of when they need to register...
Setting Goals: What Makes or Break Them?

Setting Goals: What Makes or Break Them?

by | Thursday, September 11, 2014 | 02 Market the small Business (Business Planning), 06 Plan small Business Finances, 07 Marketing Action Plan, 14 Productivity, Business Secrets, Business Tools, News, small business management, small business marketing

In a previous post we talked about how important it is to plan and keep taking risks in business. A big part of planning is goal setting; in fact, the two are so intimately linked, it’s impossible to really do one without the other. In our Small Business Management...
Risk Taking: Are You Climbing Out of Your Cot?

Risk Taking: Are You Climbing Out of Your Cot?

by | Monday, September 8, 2014 | 02 Market the small Business (Business Planning), 06 Plan small Business Finances, 14 Productivity, News, small business management, small business marketing

We often talk about how important it is for businesses to make plans – marketing plans, financial plans, business plans; they’re all subjects we cover in our Small Business Management and Start-Up Course. The reason we suggest all this planning is that it helps you to...
Financial Planning: What Costs are Depreciable or Not?

Financial Planning: What Costs are Depreciable or Not?

by | Saturday, August 16, 2014 | 06 Plan small Business Finances, Business Secrets, Business Tools, News, small business management, training courses

We’ve talked about financial planning in previous posts and in our last post specifically covered sales forecasting. In our Small Business Management Course, you will learn, in much greater detail, how to create a financial plan for your business, but we thought...
Sales Forecasting: When and What Can My Business Afford?

Sales Forecasting: When and What Can My Business Afford?

by | Thursday, August 14, 2014 | 06 Plan small Business Finances, Business Secrets, News, small business management, training courses

We’re publishing a series of posts about financial planning for small business and in our most recent post about ongoing capital purchases and running costs we mentioned creating a financial spreadsheet to track all of your expenses, which we’re going to talk about in...
That’s a Deal Breaker! Common Business Clauses

That’s a Deal Breaker! Common Business Clauses

by | Friday, August 1, 2014 | 03 Legal & Risk Management, 04 Protect & Use Intangible Assets, 14 Productivity, News, small business management, training courses

In our last post we talked about the various different kinds of legal agreements you may come across when you’re in business. It’s important that every business owner properly understands the legal contracts they’re entering into, which is why we cover general law in...