It’s important for business owners to understand the ins and outs of operating a business. Read on for some business tips and best practices that you can take advantage of.
How to Spot Fraud and Save Money?
Stock counts out, and your competitors are doing better than you. Something seems amiss. Maybe it's something as simple as you're having a bad day, or it could be something as terrible as one of your employees is smuggling away paths or clients. Read on to find out what you can do about it, what measures you can put in place and how you can work out what it is that's going on.
Look at this geyser. Sorry, I mean this one. That's Old Faithful, It's one of the most famous sites at Yellowstone national park and do you know why it's called Old Faithful? It's because it's reliable. Other geological events are hard to predict, but this geyser has been erupting every 44 to 125 minutes. It's not an exact timetable, but still, you know you're going to get to see it when you come to the park because it's reliable. In business, these two ideas have often gone hand in hand. Reliability and faithfulness.
You've got this cool, wicked-awesome idea or service that you want to see come into fruition and actually help change people's lives. You know it's going to be amazing and you've written everything down. You've got your SWOT analysis done. You've gone, 'This is going to go gangbusters. It's going to go nuts.' Super-exciting stuff. Now, you're really worried that someone's going to steal your idea.
You've decided to start a business. Well, let's sit down together and have a business brainstorm. You might have an idea or you might have something that you want to do to change the world. It could be a service or a way to do something differently. Whatever it is, you need to make sure you sit down and note it down, right? How is your product going to be different from what's already out there? How are you going to make money out of it and how are you going to reach your target audience?
How to Run Your Business While on the Move
So you're at that spot in your business where you've decided to go travelling. Your business is all set up, you've listened to everything I've said, you've got fantastic documentation processes, you've got great accountability practices and all of your staff are ready to see you leave. Bon voyage! So, you've now decided what do you pack? What if something goes wrong? How do you do this?
When did your IT guy last pay you for downtime?
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