Business games for kids: The fun way to spark your child’s entrepreneurial spirit. Sparking your child’s entrepreneurial spirit is for pushy moms and dads, right? Let’s face it, thinking up good business ideas for kids is tough, not to mention boring. Who wants their 7 year-old dressing like Warren Buffet, worrying where his/her next big […]
Continue readingAs you’ve probably noticed, new digital technologies and services are often named after older objects or natural features, to reassure us that they’re here to stay: cloud, fire, tablet and blackberry spring to mind straight away. And Blackboard is no exception. It’s one of the world’s leading Learning Management Systems (LMSs), and its humble name […]
Continue reading7 Easy Ways to Make Money with the Pictures on Your Smartphone I recently moved from Florida to Oregon, but before we moved my wife and I went through everything (literally everything) we owned and sold anything we didn’t use anymore. If we couldn’t sell it we gave it to Goodwill for the tax […]
Continue readingIf you’re struggling to come up blog post ideas, I can help. Blogging is one of the most effective marketing tools around and it’s clear every business should be doing it. What’s not always so clear is what you should be blogging about. Fortunately, there is a bottomless pit of ideas just waiting for you […]
Continue readingAs an entrepreneur if you think the secret to getting more clients or more sales is more traffic to your website–think again. These businesses listen to “pros” who tell them that they need to attract more visitors to their site or spend thousands in paid search ads to draw in more potential customers. Its not […]
Continue readingUnderstanding Your Personal Brand An organisation’s brand is supposed to encapsulate its core values. And the same is true of your personal brand. This doesn’t mean you have to spend all day every day marketing yourself, but it does mean that it’s a good idea to know how you appear to the world around. Understanding […]
Continue readingTrying to squeeze your carry-on luggage, plus a laptop and other work materials in a small overhead space, navigating from the airport to your clients office in a city you’ve never been to, spending the night away from home while eating a room service dinner…business travel isn’t always as exciting or fun as one may […]
Continue readingIn 1937 George Valliant, a psychologist and Professor at Harvard University, began one of the longest running studies of physical and mental wellbeing ever recorded. For over 70 years Professor Valliant and his colleagues studied the lives of 268 individuals through wars, divorces, sickness and even a successful presidential election. The purpose of which was […]
Continue readingLatvia isn’t a country that immediately springs to mind when you think of economic heavyweights, but this small state, tucked quietly away by the Baltic sea, is actually one the world’s growing economies. According to the International Monetary Fund, Latvia is expected to overtake its Eurozone neighbours by doubling its economy growth to around 4% […]
Continue readingKeeping an eye on the accounts is an essential skill of any business owner. This is even more pertinent to small businesses, who don’t necessarily have the capability to employ someone specifically to deal with this or to outsource such functions. And while sole traders and small businesses can often save themselves tax by employing […]
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