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Serial Entrepreneur Reveals His 17 Start-up Mistakes
A seasoned entrepreneur reveals the 17 most common mistakes start-ups make and how to avoid them — plus, the 5 things you must do to ensure success.
By: Mark Henricks, Entrepreneur Magazine, February 2004.
A seasoned entrepreneur reveals the 17 most common mistakes startups make and how to avoid them — plus, the 5 things you must do to ensure success. John Osher has developed hundreds of consumer products, including an electric toothbrush that became America’s best-selling toothbrush in just 15 months. He also started several successful companies, including Cap Toys. He built sales to $125 million per year and then sold the company to Hasbro Inc. in 1997. But his most lasting contribution to the business world just may be a list of screw-ups he jotted on the back of a piece of paper. Read more
Quickbooks: General Overview
Krystal Siebrant, a Certified Public Accountant from HBE Becker Meyer Love, LLP (Lincoln, NE) lists the main reasons why a business should use the Quickbooks accounting software – data storage, reconciling accounts, print reports, ease of use. Krystal also emphasizes the importance of using a correctly designed accounting process to help save costs and time! http://www.hbecpa.com/
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Follow Your Passion When You Lose Your Job
Bruce Arant, a new business owner of Arant Creative Group (Omaha, NE) discusses his passion for producing illustrations for children and moving from a corporate job to owning a small business. http://www.arantcreative.com View Video
How to Speed up Your Mail
Follow these guidelines to avoid postal errors and speed up your outgoing delivery.
- Include only the city, state and ZIP+4 code on the last line of the address. In particular, make sure that nothing is placed beneath the ZIP code. Most mail is scanned by machines these days, and if phone numbers or business codes are written beneath the ZIP code, the machines may misread the address, possibly slowing delivery. If you’re ordering or designing mailing labels, check to be certain that they conform to the above points. Read more
Transitioning from Corporate to Business Ownership
Bruce Arant, a new business owner of Arant Creative Group (Omaha, NE) talks about his transition from the corporate world to owning a small business. http://www.arantcreative.com View Video
Guidelines for Selecting a Good Web Developer
Sally Cohen, owner of E-Growth Marketing (Omaha, NE) provides guidelines on how to select a web developer to best meet your business needs. http://www.egrowthmarketing.com View Video
Blogging to Improve Customer Relations
Sally Cohen, owner of E-Growth Marketing (Omaha, NE) shares her experience on how businesses can use blogging to enhance their customer relations and marketing efforts. http://www.egrowthmarketing.com View Video
Innovation and Patent Issues
Attorney John Miles from the Lincoln, NE office of Cline, Williams, Wright, Johnson & Oldfather L.L.P. discusses the different patent issues inventors may have when dealing with idea and product protections. http://www.clinewilliams.com View Video
Quickbooks: Setup
Walk through the 25 steps to correctly set up your accounting system using Quickbooks software. As the software moves the viewer through a series of questions, Krystal Siebrant, a Certified Public Accountant with HBE Becker Meyer Love, LLP (Lincoln, NE) highlights the questions that are most important to the set-up process. (http://www.hbecpa.com) View Video
Local Economic Developer is a Source of Assistance
Kevin Wilkins, Certified Economic Developer located at the Greater Fremont Development Council (Fremont, NE) describes how a community economic developer assists a business with community demographics, location assessments, gap financing, and helping owners succeed in their community. http://www.gfdc.net View Video
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