For many business owners in today's economy, it is becoming increasingly difficult to get a loan for business. The normal channel of the local business bank has been all but shut down due to tightened underwriting conditions and difficult approval standards. Additionally, many businesses and business owners have suffered through negative credit ratings due to the economic situation. For these business owners, there are few options...more
IntroductionOnce reserved for the upper echelons of senior management, and often viewed as replacement planning should catastrophe strike, today's succession planning is being redefined. The discipline has broadened in both breadth and scope to become a central component of board-level strategy.Succession planning focuses on managing risk and ensuring continuity across all levels of the organization – risk of untimely departures...more
There is a process that is involved in applying for a San Diego business permit, but is worth it if youre starting your own business and looking to the future. Obviously there are several requirements to starting a business and making it legal with a San Diego business permit. This must be done or you could be fined or have to face court proceedings. Not only that, but without a San Diego Business Permit you would then be unable to operate in the city at all.All companies and businesses that are operating in the city of San Diego are required to obtain a Business Tax Certificate, and this includes home based businesses, those who are self employed and independent contractors. Businesses that are a sole proprietorship are required to keep records of different areas that are required by the law. And with all new businesses there has to be a tax ID number that is given to you by the government to state that you are a viable business. This is for tax purposes too and your business will be identified with the government as this number. Now if your business will have employees this number will also be used as your employer tax ID number and will be given information on filing your...more
Small business consulting of today is mostly done through information transfer through the Internet. Web sites today are taking advantage of the situation by adding advertisements and other moneymaking objects to their own home pages to get the products noticed and marketed. When you visit one of these web sites they will ask you to create a...more
IntroductionThere is little doubt that recessions breed a "hunker down" mentality among employees. Layoffs, pay freezes and cuts, hour cuts and furloughs, and a dismal job market all contribute to low employee morale and engagement. Once productive environments can quickly become toxic, further deteriorating productivity.To add insult...more
Many areas of today are becoming densely populated because of technology and information and doing business in San Diego is no different. The world we live in today is becoming dependent on the Internet and the networks that run it. With information being stored in the terabytes, businesses of today need to keep a competitive edge and one step ahead of the competition. The infrastructures there are appealing in the San Diego area because of the vast amount of information that can be stored is a bonus for businesses. That being said, doing business in San Diego can be very lucrative to you and your business alike. And that, after all, is the whole point, isnt it?There are many reputable companies today that can attest to the fact that doing business in San Diego has been the best move thy ever made for themselves and their businesses. Most stated that the technology that has been put in the infrastructure of the San Diego area is a major plus in how they do business in general. This is why it is so important to protect your files and to periodically update your antivirus software to combat the Internet threats that sometimes happen under the radar. There is no real foolproof...more
Shirley is very proud to have built her business up from scratch. An IT consultancy producing bespoke solutions for small to medium sized organisations, her company has proved to be very successful, growing substantially over the past few years and...more
VoIP Phones are also technically known as IP (Internet Protocols) phones because the data such as voice, video or text are travels or transfers using Inter protocols (IP) such as LANs (Local Area Network) , WANs (Wide Area Network) WLANs (Wireless...more
Small Enterprises often find it difficullt to assign resources and funds for Website Development and Internet Marketing. Call it lack of awareness or inability to find the right Service Providers, most Small Enterprises are not able to...more
The competition for paying customers is fierce on the web these days and being a new home business owner online makes it that much tougher to attract business and beat your competition. After you've establish your business on the Internet, decided on...more
Want to get your finances back on track? Go back to cash. Here are five tips to help you get started.If there's an upside to today's uncertain economic climate, it's the fact that the recession has forced Americans to take a long,...more
If you have spent the last two years with your head in the sand, you may not understand that the economy is hurting. Even if the pundits have declared that the collapse is finished and we are moving towards better times, proprietors looking for...more