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The Corona Virus for Small Businesses

Consultant Journal

How should small business owners manage the corona virus, aka COVID-19 ? It’s a question on the minds of many entrepreneurs, as Fortune 500 companies announce new protocols for travel, meetings and even use of coffee cups.

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100 Small Business Ideas To Get You Started

Business Consulting Agency

These days, it is easier than ever to start a small business. Working from home, just about anybody can operate a small business with an Internet connection and computer. Simple as that and enough to start a small business. To help, here is a small business idea list. Travel Consultant.

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Business Ecosystems: Building Stronger Connections

Tom Spencer

By creating an ecosystem, a business can funnel start-ups and small businesses to its core service, and create a one-stop-shop experience. Alternatively, an accounting software company might offer additional services that cover legal incorporation, logo design, CRM, inventory management, and invoicing.

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Avoid W-2 Status and Extra Tax: Become a Licensed Business

Successful Independent Consulting

Moreover, you are usually required to have a license in all counties or cites in which you do business. For example, if you work out of your home in San Francisco you would need a San Francisco business license. If you then travel to Los Angeles and do work there, you are probably required to have a Los Angeles business license too.

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Managing the very small business

Seth Godin Blog

Fellow travelers: This is a group of people with similar goals, approaches and perceptions. Businesses often fail to spend the time and money to recruit, hire and train fellow travelers, instead, hiring what they can and then being disappointed when they try to lead. This group is led more than managed.

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Contrasts in Style

Martinka Consulting

Learn from these government extreme policies, apply them to small business, and pay attention to the following. Sometimes (often) we can learn a lot by traveling and helping others, as well as listening to them. Pay people what they’re worth and bonus them when they exceed expectations. Okay, that’s it, I’m out of here.” (The

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How I Became a Millionaire as an Independent Consultant

Successful Independent Consulting

(A Simplified Employee Pension is a type of IRA for self-employed individuals or small business owners. For me it’s time with family and friends and traveling. To learn more, please read my blog post on the topic.) Live within your means. Know what’s important to you and spend your disposable income accordingly.