The things to look for in candidates when you are interviewing is to see:
1. If their skills and work experience fit the job description you have in mind (remember, job descriptions in st...
Running a business
A good business works on maximizing profits first, minimizing tax outflows second. Although many business in the tech, pharma and financial sector do both very well at the same time.
A bu...
Running a business
You start to make (or lose money) not when you are selling to customers but when you are buying from suppliers. Look for trusted suppliers.
Ask around in the industry.
The be...
Running a business
Business sense says you must find customers who bring you more business and discourage those who make you less profit (but involve the same amount of overheads and time).
Go after bigger ...
Running a business
Even companies, whose products are selling like anything, run out of cash.
Reason is simple: They are spending a lot in getting the product out to market (staff, inventory, manufacturing,...
Running a business
The small print written on bottom of invoices of invoices, for example.
But they are more than that. They help you set up profitable and sustainable deals with your customers - you get pa...
Running a business
Track everything: Staff costs, overheads, interest on loans, overdraft (help you with any urgent, hopefully short-term working capital needs) fees, bad debt, matching purchase orders (when you send a ...
Running a business
An entrepreneur may not have much money for the business, but everyone has the same amount fo time everyday.
- Make realistic daily to-do lists
- Get more work done when you ...
Running a business
To get more sales,
Read up on effective 'sales techniques'.
Find out why people are buying products from competition - is it about benefits, branding or both? Be help...
Running a business
Use any method that gets you to where most of your customers are. Choose from this mix, or add your own.
- Retail shops: Common in industries with established distributor/retail networks....