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Best Online Processing Options for Ecommerce Start-Ups

Join the Ecommerce Explosion – Shoppers Set to Spend USD262 billion Online Online shopping is set to rise this year in the US with internet savvy consumers, enjoying the convenience afforded by ecommerce, and spending more and more time online.  According to Forrester Research, in 2012 ecommerce generated a staggering USD231 billion in sales for U.S.

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How to Cut Costs in Business

With the fragile economy in these times, you may be looking to cut costs in business. Best is of course to have barely any overhead (which is possible) by working with a good business model. They exist – just join one of our webinars to learn more. Most entrepreneurs however are looking into cutting existing

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11 Business Kick-off tips for January

January normally suffers from the month of December which is often expensive for consumers and either slow after a busy December month for businesses. How can you give a business kick-off in this month? It does not need to be so difficult – and if you have additional experiences please share them in the comments!

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Holiday greetings and our growth plans for 2013

This is a great time to reflect and to think about the year to come. First of all, we want to share our reflection on last year. For the next year, we will commit for further expansion. We are to grow our organisation with 12 business partners, each of them aiming to earn 200,000 euro/year in

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Is ‘teleworking’ the answer?

Teleworking or working from home has pros and cons. It creates flexibility as it enables people to combine the work with flexibility that the lack of need to travel brings. It saves time, and with the current IT techniques the work can be done – when it is concerning office work. I’m not sure if

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The challenge of this economy – it’s a mindset

Last week, I was assisting JCI on a career show, a job fair so you wish. Hundreds of young people passed the stand and took coaching sessions and workshops to further develop their careers. For many, it appears to be a challenge. Even when finishing school (or university), they already are in the deep. They

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What crisis?

The whole world seems to grind to a standstill. What crisis is this? Banks don’t provide money anymore and give incentives to customers to pay back (as a bank – they don’t give the incentive but they just change conditions), central banks try to keep those banks alive, governments are raising taxes to pay their

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Cure for pharmacists economy needed?

I just read in our (Dutch) newspaper that about 400 out of 1,900 pharmacies in The Netherlands are having concerns about their business outlook. Especially in the north and south, rural areas, they struggle. The government is limiting their income potential by regulations on the products they can supply when a cheaper (generic) alternative is

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The challenge of a charity fundraising – solved

You must know them – charities doing very well on a wide range of good causes. It can be an involvement in health or particular diseases, research, useful work that needs to be done but it’s not available commercially, sport, nature, development, history, developing countries, poverty, culture… name it. Hard work, mostly funded by the

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Create a successful business starting from experience

Many entrepreneurs looking to increase their income stream are looking for new markets. Something that hasn’t been done yet. A unique product. A special experience. That is a way to do so. However, do you think that is clever? Yes, you may find this as a great potential but it involves quite a lot! Did

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