Not exact matches
The LNG Canada and Kitimat LNG projects, as
well as a fourth plant proposed for the northern B.C. coast by Malaysian state energy company Petronas and Calgary - based Progress Energy, will likely have to wait for new pipelines to be built directly
from the shale gas fields of northeastern B.C. Kitimat LNG's
owners are separately developing the Pacific Trails pipeline to their terminal.
As a business
owner, I find that there are few things more valuable than being compared to what other businesses are doing so that I can learn
from and even copy their
best practices.
Here, we've put together a dream team of tips, advice, recommendations and
best practices
from small - business
owners who were honored at National Small Business Week, an annual celebration of all small businesses across the U.S.
Small Businesses Do It
Better supports small businesses and helps them grow by featuring small business
owners and their products on the Small Businesses Do It
Better Show and accepting and promoting guest blog posts
from entrepreneurs and industry experts.
Business
owners who can maintain
good business and personal credit scores have a great advantage because they will have many funding sources
from which to choose.
Entrepreneur has been in touch with each finalists; all next week, we will be rolling out
best advice, lessons and insider tips for entrepreneurs
from these leading business
owners.
To find the
best hosting services for a wide variety of small businesses, we began by talking to small business
owners who each use varying types of hosting services,
from shared to VPS and dedicated servers.
If you find a name you like, and you have the time to wait, you can pick up some
good names
from domain
owners that let their names expire.
On Friday, the MBA teams typically give a presentation to the entrepreneur with their findings and recommendations
from over the week, as
well as any tools or models they developed to help the business
owner run the business more effectively.
«Business
owners and entrepreneurs are constantly pulled in the direction of a zillion
good ideas that can keep them
from the effective execution of the
best idea.
United Bank Card has benefited both
from being named No. 6 on the Inc. 500 list as
well as me being named a 30 Under 30 winner by having our brand promoted to business
owners throughout the country.
It's a
good idea to appoint someone (possibly yourself if you're a small business
owner) to coordinate the efforts to create a business continuity plan, but a successful plan requires feedback and input
from all parts of an organization.
Well from my experience business
owners in particular are pretty tough on themselves.
«Equipment leasing works
well for businesses that start off slow, and [it] protects
owners from having to tie up all their capital,» says Bruce Gomberg, a partner at Politziner & Mattia, an accounting and consulting firm that advises small and midsize businesses.
It issued a total of 1.5 billion shares to buy Countrywide Financial (a disaster) and Merrill Lynch (in retrospect, a
good buy), then
from 2008 to 2013 issued an astonishing 4.5 billion extra shares to bolster its capital and skirt bankruptcy, at the expense of existing
owners.
West points out that while it helped to know that both her agent and publisher are
from large,
well - known firms, she maintains that if business
owners mean what they say, say what they mean and are who they say they are, they can't go wrong striking a deal online.
Little do these skeptics, who rain on the home business
owner's parade, know is that the number of people working
from home, and making very
good annual incomes, has grown by leaps and bounds in recent years.
«What we're seeing is a natural evolution of the product,
from a simple digital newsstand to a constantly - growing database of the
best magazine stories in the world,» says Steve Maich, the head of Rogers Publishing (which is a part -
owner of Next Issue and publishes Canadian Business).
«Small business
owners should not worry about [a higher minimum], because they will get a higher quality of work, and your business will get much bigger returns
from happier customers if you have happy employees doing a
good job for you,» Nguyen says.
Barbara Corcoran on How to Win Over the «Crowd» The real - estate mogul and Shark Tank star investor answers a business
owner's question about the
best way to raise money
from the crowd on sites like Kickstarter and IndieGogo.
From Houston to New York, here are the
best cities for aspiring minority business
owners to set up shop.
Proceeds
from the sale of the milk will compound for the
owners of the cows, just as they did during the 20th century when the Dow increased
from 66 to 11,497 (and paid loads of dividends as
well).
«I think there'll always be barriers... (but) we're not just going to sit back and shake our head and say, «OK,
well, I guess that's it,»» said Mary Clauss, a small business
owner from suburban Chicago who recently marched in Washington and now is organizing other women in her community.
Similarly, 72 percent of business
owners said they expect their financial situation 12 months
from now to be
good, an increase of one percentage point
from the first quarter; 11 percent said they expect their situation to be poor, a decrease of one percentage point
from the first quarter.
Have a look at the infographic
from Concur to see what your fellow business
owners are spending on in 2014, and how
best to keep your own expenses on track if you intend to make financial outlays this year.
Here are three reasons why micro-borrowers do
better than
owners who've borrowed
from a traditional bank.
Small - business
owners can do very
well in America with commercial real estate investments if they avoid certain pitfalls and learn
from history.
But if, as a business
owner, you haven't at least considered getting your team to together for a midday meal
from time to time, you're missing out on a seriously
good opportunity to spark conversations, build bonds and get their creative juices flowing.
Business
owners who do it say it can boost productivity
from workers stressed about their finances, as
well as improve loyalty, morale, and a company's reputation.
It sounds awfully steep, but that's the point — to discourage a small minority of
well - to - do CCPC
owners from deferring a whole lot of tax that way.
It's human nature for people to present a
good idea and then try to make sure that
from that point forward, they're the sole
owner and controller of that idea.
One of the
best things about a franchise is that there are so many wonderful business
owners across the country that you can learn
from and share ideas.
The club
owners even started to root for us to get out of the circuit and represent the
best rock had to offer
from the New York and New Jersey area.
Unfortunately, the
best method has been personal funds
from the
owners.»
The
best business
owners take pains to stand out
from the crowd through a culture of innovation.
Too often I get calls
from business
owners sending out an S.O.S. because they're too busy to enjoy life and
good health.
Small - business
owners can benefit
from consulting with bankers to determine the
best solutions for their company.
Shortly after she launched
Better Batter Gluten - Free Flour in Altoona, Penn., in 2006, Naomi Poe saw that to grow her business she needed an infusion of cash, as
well as some wise counsel
from experienced business
owners.
With small - business
owners already telling surveyors
from the National Federation of Independent Business that poor sales are tied with taxes as the single most important problem they face, the gross domestic product forecast isn't going to bring much
good cheer to the
owners of small U.S. companies.
If it all sounds hopelessly obscure, you may
well benefit
from a quickie course on the current set of business - entity options available to business
owners.
Finally, you should make a point to talk with existing business
owners — ideally in the industry you'd like to enter — who can speak
from experience and offer invaluable advice on how to approach a purchase for the
best results.
Tim Christiansen, the
owner of Vino Per Tutti, an independent wine shop in Bozeman, Mont., said in a press release
from the Seattle - based Main Street Alliance, that he, as
well as the vast majority of his small - business
owner compatriots, make less than $ 250,000 a year.
When business
owners borrow start - up capital
from family members or friends, it's
best, most CEOs agree, to prepare for the worst — before it happens.
All successful business
owners learn
from their mistakes, but the very
best always do their due diligence and avoid many potentially catastrophic mistakes in the first place.
He offers three reasons, all
from the perspective of the employee but which clearly show why business
owners might want to get on board with the idea as
well:
They will appeal to a wide range of people,
from a marketing manager at a small or medium business to a business
owner that wants to
better understand how to use Facebook to drive sales.»
Whether you're a master crafter, a carpenter, jewelry designer, or have become passionate about making the
best home décor in town, now is the time to go
from hobby to full - time business
owner.
Boston and Washington, on the other hand, have benefitted
from what media analyst Ken Doctor has termed «50/50 men,»
owners who bought into the industry for altruistic as
well as business reasons.
Business borrowing
from the bank can be a
good option for many small business
owners, provided they can meet the potentially rigid qualification criteria.
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