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How to Save Money as a Startup

Contributed article in our small business series. Enjoy! – Kimberly

Startups are notorious for running into financial difficulties before they reach the maturing point at which they’re stable and secure enough to be considered successful small businesses. It’s imperative that startups are tight with their money, ensuring that their cash flow is as efficient and well-attuned as possible. Hemorrhaging cash when at the startup phase is an absolute path to failure. It’s in this sense that this article aims to provide money-saving advice to startups. The tips provided below are designed to reduce losses to an absolute minimum, which will mean your young startup will be best-placed to succeed.

Consider Your Tax

Small companies benefit from a series of tax breaks and incentives that you should school yourself on before you make specific financial commitments. Continue reading→

How to Create a Start-Up in Style

Contributed article in our entrepreneurial series. Enjoy! – Kimberly

Sometimes a little style, confidence and razzmatazz is just what’s needed to launch a new business into a prosperous future. It’ll show off your credentials and will cast away any lingering doubts or worries, instead investing you and your team with a confidence that may well lend itself to the first stages of opening a business up to new, competitive markets. This article takes a look at some of the best ways to start-up in style, using the invested money you’ve got to position yourself squarely in your industry without any hint of weakness or insincerity.

Launch Party

Every promising new business deserves a launch party, and yours should be no different. After all that preliminary work – most of it fairly dull paperwork – to establish your business as a trader, your launch party is a celebration of what you’ve achieved so far as well as a momentum-builder for the immediate future, filling everyone connected with the business with hope and positivity. Buy some bubbly and get some nice nibbles organized and prepare to bask, just for one evening, in the preliminary successes of your business.Continue reading→

Marketing Tips for Startup Businesses

Contributed article in our business series. Enjoy! – Kimberly

Getting your business off the ground is hard work, regardless of how experienced you are and what industry you are hoping to break into. Those first few months of operation can take their toll, with registering your business, developing a business plan, investing in equipment, etc. The list is endless!

However, one important factor you must consider is your marketing strategy as it is a major element you simply cannot neglect. The marketing strategy you choose and develop is the difference between your businesses unwanted anonymity and having too much work to cope with.Continue reading→

How to Prepare for Healthcare Entrepreneurship as a Registered Nurse

Portrait Of Medical Team Standing Outside HospitalContributed article in our business series. Enjoy! – Kimberly

Many nurses who are tired of working hospital shifts and dreaming of becoming their own boss will pursue the pathway of becoming a nurse entrepreneur. But, for many nurses who are working full-time for employers such as hospitals, clinics, and care homes, taking the plunge and becoming self-employed or launching a new business in the healthcare and nursing fields can often be a very daunting idea. However, if you’re a nurse who’s hoping to leave your day job and become your own boss in the industry that you love, there’s no need to up and leave everything behind straight away. In fact, many successful nurse entrepreneurs will spend a lot of time building the foundations for their new business empire whilst still working in full-time employment.Continue reading→

Four Costs to Think About When Launching a Startup

currency-global-4_3_rx404_c534x401Contributed article in our business series. Enjoy! – Kimberly

Starting your own business is often a dream come true for many people. However, launching your own company often doesn’t come cheap, and there are a range of costs that you’ll need to take into consideration. Of course the type of costs that you can expect to pay will vary between industries, however there are some basic costs that businesses of almost every industry will need to consider when starting out. We’ve listed just a few of the costs that you will almost definitely find yourself paying.Continue reading→

Should You Quit Your Day Job and Become an Entrepreneur?

dreamstime_xs_57497446Contributed article in our business series. Enjoy! – Kimberly

If you’re absolutely tired of your day job and it’s no longer fulfilling you, you may be tempted to quit and start on a brand new track towards entrepreneurship. But is this really a wise decision? Should you really quit your job to become your own boss and run your own company? Continue reading for a few helpful insights that will steer you in the right direction.

Are You Ready to Lead a Company?

Being an entrepreneur means more than just having a good idea; it also means actually putting that idea into action and making decisions as a leader of an organisation.

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Telling Your Story in the Best Possible Way

Contributed article in our entrepreneurial business series. Enjoy! – Kimberly

2015-01-10-storytellingdesigninnovation-thumbThe design choices you make for your website, business cards, and brochures should be about more than just looking good. You want everything that bears your company logo and name to be about telling an engaging story that will draw people in and make them want to learn more about you. In this Huffington Post article on storytelling and design innovation, there’s a discussion about just this, and this story on the best and worst branding of 2014 also confirms: the best way to grab people’s attention is by telling them a great story.

 

You may find yourself wondering how you can tell a story through design choices, but as we’ve talked about in a previous blog post, it’s all about making sure that you follow some simple rules of design when you explain your products and services.

Keep Things Simple

Telling your story doesn’t mean that you need to write an epic about how you founded your business. The old cliché less is more is usually true.Continue reading→