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The 3 Most Effective Methods to Determine Your Company's Value
How much is your company worth? How much of that worth is attributable to your performance? Is a valuation for estate, or divorce, purposes a true reflection of the business worth? These are tough questions and they make calculating the selling price of a closely held company difficult.Although there are three generally used methods of valuation -- industry norms (usually based upon some multiple of earnings computation), comparable sales of public companies, and formula approaches -- no one method does a consiste

t as satisfying as once thought. The remedy is to have your own business and work as long as you wish

We know that small businesses will continue to fuel the economy. They will continue to create about 75% of the new jobs. Many of the service-orientated businesses may be working out of their homes.

We will see an aging of the new small business owners. Coupled with female and minority owners, we can expect them to increase their political muscle both for small business issues as well as women, minority and aging issues.

And finally we will see many small businesses servicing more and more small businesses.

We must recognize that the small business world is changing substantially and that is good. The entrepreneurs of the world must be alert to deal with these changes. New and e

Experiencing Great Service
Last winter, I had a skin condition that baffled my regular doctor and she had to refer me to a specialist.Until then, my familiarity with dermatologists was limited to high school acne. I remember the experience being pleasant. He checked my face, gave me a handful of horse pills and finished with dry ice treatments. Okay, I know, they sounds painful or at least uncomfortable, but they were neither. In fact, for me, they were the best part of the visits.That was then, this is now...As always upon meetin

Another New Year is upon us, hopefully more optimistic than the past. Better economic news, a rising stock market and a stubbornly slow upward movement in small business job creation. Are we returning to the way things were in the 90’s?

Not if we examine the make-up of the new entrepreneurs.

There are more women, continuing a growth that started several years ago. While males are still more predominant in owning and running small businesses, new business start-ups by women are about equal to those of men.

We are also seeing more minorities. Small businesses have historically been the economic entry point for immigrants and that is more true to day than ever before. Recent census bureau statistics indicates that the population growth of Texas, growing about 1.8 % annually is being fueled, in great measure, by continuing immigration growth. Aiding in the growth of minority business is the fact that venture capital is becoming more available to this growing entrepreneurial segment. A recently released study, "Minorities and Venture Capital" by William Bradford, professor of finance and business economics at the University of Washington in Seattle and Timothy Bates, professor of economics at Michigan’s Wayne State University indicates that minority businesses should be able to access regular financing, because recent data suggests these investments are providing competitive yields with similar investment in other enterprises.

As the minority and immigrant entries in the small business arena grow, there is also an aging of the entrepreneur, most likely caused by reductions in staff by the larger corporations. New corporate opportunities are now more limited for many whom lost out during the recent downturn. No longer is the security of the large corporation taken for granted as it once was. These middle-aged entrepreneurs may approach small business as an opportunity. But many may not be prepared to work as hard and as long as the younger entrepreneur, who starts from a much different workplace experience. The aging entrepreneur may also be more service orientated trying to utilize his years of experience to help others, but often with only limited success.

Additionally, a much larger growth is taking place in the service areas and high tech areas. Once a smaller segment, service industries are now the fastest growing segment, outdistancing the retail sector. The smaller manufacturing segment continues but is no longer growing.

As the growth of minority entrepreneurs, Asian, African-American, Middle-Eastern and Hispanic becomes more prominent, and immigration rates continue to grow well into this century, what effect will it have on small businesses in America, in Texas and in the Houston metropolitan area? Languages, other than English, will continue to be heard, encouraging minority businesses to deal preferentially with similar ethnic owners. Will this help or hinder your small business?

Much has also been said about preparation for retirement. Seldom a day goes by that we are not reminded to save more in our 401k’s. For many this means a longer worklife, not only driven by necessity but by the reality that retirement, which means stopping work, isn’t as satisfying as once thought. The remedy is to have your own business and work as long as you wish

We know that small businesses will continue to fuel the economy. They will continue to create about 75% of the new jobs. Many of the service-orientated businesses may be working out of their homes.

And finally we will see many small businesses servicing more and more small businesses.

We must recognize that the small business world is changing substantially and that is good. The entrepreneurs of the world must be alert to deal with these changes. New and e

Problems When Importing from China
The prospect of importing goods from China is both exciting and terrifying for many sellers. On one hand there is huge potential for making money from reselling wholesale goods purchased very cheaply. But on the other hand, language and cultural barriers present a number of difficulties to sellers. The main issue that everyone is worried about is payment: How do I pay? Will my money disappear?, and so on.The difficulty lies in the fact that most Chinese wholesalers will only accept Western Union and wire transfer paym

led, in great measure, by continuing immigration growth. Aiding in the growth of minority business is the fact that venture capital is becoming more available to this growing entrepreneurial segment. A recently released study, "Minorities and Venture Capital" by William Bradford, professor of finance and business economics at the University of Washington in Seattle and Timothy Bates, professor of economics at Michigan’s Wayne State University indicates that minority businesses should be able to access regular financing, because recent data suggests these investments are providing competitive yields with similar investment in other enterprises.

We know that small businesses will continue to fuel the economy. They will continue to create about 75% of the new jobs. Many of the service-orientated businesses may be working out of their homes.

And finally we will see many small businesses servicing more and more small businesses.

We must recognize that the small business world is changing substantially and that is good. The entrepreneurs of the world must be alert to deal with these changes. New and e

Customer Service for Paving Companies
Paving Companies have a tough time with customer service because anytime they have to pave a road, driveway or parking lot it will inconvenience those who wish to use said road, driveway or park their cars. You must beware that upsetting anyone will lead to a complaint and hurt your business.But if you rush the job in appeasement you will have to come back and fix it later and inconvenience everyone again and cost yourself more money in labor, time and materials on a job, which most likely you were the lowest bidder i

aff by the larger corporations. New corporate opportunities are now more limited for many whom lost out during the recent downturn. No longer is the security of the large corporation taken for granted as it once was. These middle-aged entrepreneurs may approach small business as an opportunity. But many may not be prepared to work as hard and as long as the younger entrepreneur, who starts from a much different workplace experience. The aging entrepreneur may also be more service orientated trying to utilize his years of experience to help others, but often with only limited success.

We know that small businesses will continue to fuel the economy. They will continue to create about 75% of the new jobs. Many of the service-orientated businesses may be working out of their homes.

And finally we will see many small businesses servicing more and more small businesses.

We must recognize that the small business world is changing substantially and that is good. The entrepreneurs of the world must be alert to deal with these changes. New and e

Employee Evaluation - Not an Arena of Torture by the Honest Answer Consultant
Employee evaluations are a necessary task that every company should use to improve their human resource and should be used to pick the prospect with the most potential to advance and acquire more responsibilities. Some time, the only way to know the history of a person is through their evaluation as the supervisor may have retired, been promoted or left the company.I have seen both spectrum of employee evaluation. I have been in an organization where the evaluation was convoluted and very complicated to complete. On t

er manufacturing segment continues but is no longer growing.

We know that small businesses will continue to fuel the economy. They will continue to create about 75% of the new jobs. Many of the service-orientated businesses may be working out of their homes.

And finally we will see many small businesses servicing more and more small businesses.

We must recognize that the small business world is changing substantially and that is good. The entrepreneurs of the world must be alert to deal with these changes. New and e

Make Things Easy for Your Customers
I have three complaints and three suggestions.One: I am sick and tired of struggling with badly designed order forms that ask me to write my credit card number in tiny little boxes.Two: I’m tired of getting forms from companies asking me to provide information the company already has.Three: I’m fed up with firms that say, ‘For more information visit our website’, without giving me the specific URL that takes me directly to the page I need.It’s time for every company and every worker to wake up and

t as satisfying as once thought. The remedy is to have your own business and work as long as you wish

We know that small businesses will continue to fuel the economy. They will continue to create about 75% of the new jobs. Many of the service-orientated businesses may be working out of their homes.

And finally we will see many small businesses servicing more and more small businesses.

We must recognize that the small business world is changing substantially and that is good. The entrepreneurs of the world must be alert to deal with these changes. New and emerging small businesses will be our suppliers, our competitors and our customers and we must understand them all to survive in the ever-changing world of small business. May 2004

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Navigating the process of gathering business requirements and creating the business requirements can be hard enough without adding the issue of stakeholder management to the equation.

Outsourcing is successful in increasing product quality and substantially lowering firm and consumer costs. Because outsourcing allows for lower costs, even if quality reduces slightly or not at all, productivity increases, which benefits the economy in aggregate.

The door is swinging wide open on billions and billions of dollars sitting in the coffers of venture capitalists. Never before have venture capital firms been so open to talking with small startups. The time is now.

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