Category Archives: Entrepreneur

6 Must-Have Pages Every Ecommerce Site Needs

Contributed article in our business series. Enjoy! – Kimberly

When it comes to ecommerce, your website is your most important tool. When your site has been designed and planned well, it should provide a seamless experience for customers and site visitors all day, every day.

For every minor fault on your site, you limit its effectiveness and ability to work for you. Many ecommerce businesses make the simple mistake of not ensuring that they have the basic essentials of an ecommerce store, but this can be easily rectified.Continue reading→

How to Go Self-Employed and Work From Home

Contributed article in our business series. Enjoy! – Kimberly

Many people like the idea of working for themselves but don’t want to or are unable to make the investment into setting up a business with all the overheads of renting premises and employing staff. Fortunately, the Internet has opened up a whole new world of possibilities for you to work from home, an approach that requires only modest investment and is full of opportunities for self-employed work.

If you have the desire and the drive to be successfully self-employed, it can be a highly rewarding lifestyle, and once you’re established, you can quickly expand into running a more extensive business if you so wish. In order to make a decent living from your self-employed work, you just need to make sure there is a market for your offer, and that you have the skills to manage to be your own boss.

Identifying Your Skills

Everyone has a skill set they’ve built up, but not all of them are adaptable to working from home. There are two key factors to consider before you decide what kind of work to take on.Continue reading→

Easy Tips For Keeping A Productive Office

Contributed article in our business series. Enjoy! – Kimberly

In the working world, making sure you run a productive office is essential if you want to garner results and turn your business into a profitable, hardworking enterprise. Below are some easy tips to keep your office both a productive and welcoming work environment.

  • Consider the layout

The layout of an office can have an impact on the overall workflow. With correctly positioned desks, you can encourage collaborative discussion, or singular work when necessary. Maximizing on the space you have to ensure a comfortable flow in the office will help employees feel relaxed. Plus, in an environment where they can feel comfortable, employees are less likely to get distracted and can get on with the tasks in hand.Continue reading→

3 Financial Tips for New Entrepreneurs

Contributed article in our entrepreneurial series. Enjoy! – Kimberly

As a new entrepreneur, you’re likely learning a lot about money. This is because as opposed to working and earning a salary, you’re actually the one who has to hire workers and pay their salaries amongst other things. As a new entrepreneur, it’s imperative that you get good at finances whether you happen to be an accounting major or not. This is because knowing where your money is going, how much value it’s bringing you and how to make it work in your favor is essential as a business owner. On that note, this article is going to explore a few financial tips for new entrepreneurs.

Learn to Budget

When it comes to successfully managing finances, budgeting is key. It’s imperative that you’re able to work with what you have without continuously going over your budget. Continue reading→

5 Tips for Running an Efficient Legal Business

Contributed article in our business series. Enjoy! – Kimberly

The first thing to do, whatever type of business venture you have your heart set on, is to have a plan in place. It can be long and detailed or concise and to the point. The important things it will need to cover will include how you’re going to start and then run it. It should include a profit-loss forecast, a cash-flow analysis, and a break-even analysis. Once you’re up and running, there is a variety of things you can do to make it more efficient. Running a legal business is not the easiest of ventures to choose. The hours are long, and you’ll have the problem of juggling several responsibilities. However, with these five tips in mind, you will be the proud owner of an efficient, successful legal business.

Automate Your Processes Where Possible

There’s a large amount of paperwork constantly floating around in a legal firm. A great way to save time and speed up some of your processes will be to use software that can be used for merging data into document templates. Using cloud storage for client and court documents, bookkeeping and internal processes will mean everything is available whenever and whoever needs it, whether they are in the office or not. Continue reading→

How to Fund Your Start-Up

Contributed article in our business series. Enjoy! – Kimberly

Start-up culture is something that has been defining the business world in recent years. With hundreds emerging every day, people are quickly discovering what it is like to take the reigns in their own business. Unfortunately, lots of these start-ups don’t make it past the first year. This is usually down to a lack of funding to kickstart their business. While it can be easy to give up when this happens, you shouldn’t let finances get in the way of owning your own business. Luckily, there are many ways you can find this funding that is more sustainable than taking out countless loans, which will soon see you on the way to success.

Personal Savings

Lots of people choose to finance their start-up with their personal savings, which can give them a great sense of achievement and independence. However, not everyone is in a position this fortunate. When this happens, you can top-up your savings until you have enough to fund the first few months of your business. Keeping your day job and following savings plans are a great start, but you can free up more time to spend on your business by investing. Currently, stock trading has become the go-to, where copper trading is on the up again. The best copper stocks should be easy to navigate when you become used to the world of trading.Continue reading→

5 Popular Myths About Starting Your Own Business

Contributed article in our business series. Enjoy! – Kimberly

If you have yet to launch your first business, it could be easy to believe the many myths about starting a new company. As a result, budding entrepreneurs might be deterred from launching their first business, or might launch an enterprise only to experience a few nasty surprises along the way.

As with any business decision, you must look at the facts to make a decision that’s right for you. Here are five popular myths about starting your own business.

Myth 1: You Need Investment to Start a Business

Believe it or not, but you don’t need a considerable amount of money to start a successful company. Yet it’s a common misconception that you need to seek investment to help kickstart your new venture. However, statistics prove the opposite is true. According to Fundable, only 0.91% of startups are funded by angel investors, and only 0.05% are funded by venture capital investors.Continue reading→

Startups: 3 Business Mistakes You Need to Avoid

Contributed article in our entrepreneurial series. Enjoy! – Kimberly

Starting a new business is an exciting but busy time. Your to-do list is as long as your arm, and unfortunately, you only have a limited number of hours each day to achieve them. It can be overwhelming, but you need to have the discipline and resilience to carry on and make an impact.

New entrepreneurs are vulnerable to making the same mistakes time over, and so you need to be vigilant that you don’t fall into the same trap. Here are three mistakes that you need to avoid.

  1. Not Understanding the Value of Money

Startups invariably have limited cash flow, and that means that money is at the forefront of every decision being made. New entrepreneurs typically fall into one of two camps: those that spend money freely to make more money and those that spend the bare minimum. You must understand the value of your money.Continue reading→

Ways To Finance Your Business

Contributed article in our entrepreneurial series. Enjoy! – Kimberly

The number of people who are choosing to start their own businesses and work for themselves is growing and every year more and more entrepreneurs are choosing to leave their current employment and try something for themselves. Some will fail, but some will succeed and never giving up is an appropriate attitude to have in terms of looking forward to the future of your business.

One thing that all companies need, however, no matter how big or small, no matter how new or old, is financing. Although it’s possible to start a company with little to no money, if you really want to make a splash and be successful more quickly, you will want to have some form of capital behind you. If you’re currently hoping to start a business (or expand an existing one) and you’re wondering where you might be able to find the money to do so, there are a variety of different ways that you can raise the cash and become the business owner and leader that you want to be.Continue reading→

5 Things That Will Destroy Your Small Business in a Flash

Contributed article in our entrepreneurial series. Enjoy! – Kimberly

According to many entrepreneurs, running a successful business can be challenging and very exciting at the same time. When due diligence is observed, financial gains from the startup are almost guaranteed.

Unfortunately, some business owners end up choking the business unconsciously by doing some things that are unsuitable for the organization. In most cases, this is as a result of insufficient experience which is a conspicuous characteristic of new entrepreneurs. Making slight mistakes in management can be corrected if they are discovered early enough and you can recover in a short time.Continue reading→