Category: Entrepreneurship
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Easy Steps for a Great 2008 Kick-Off
**This post was originally written for the Virtual Biz Group’s newsletter. It’s re-posted here with permission.** “We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year’s Day.” ~ Edith Lovejoy Pierce What did you do…
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How Many Hats Can You Wear?
**This post was originally written for the Virtual Biz Group’s newsletter. It’s re-posted here with permission.** Why small business owners should use Virtual Professionals to expand their businesses… As of June 2006, the U.S. Small Business Administration estimates that there are 25.8 million small businesses in the United States. With over half a million closings…
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How to Start a Virtual Assistant Business
“Falling into” a position such as a Virtual Assistant is not how it happens for everyone; I was very lucky. When I was starting out, I didn’t even realize the career path that I was choosing. My husband was working for a small web services firm as head of their web design department. They were…
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Using Telecommuters = Business Expansion
What is telecommuting? The practice of telecommuting or workers using a “remote office” is becoming a more widely acceptable company practice. Workers utilize technological resources to do their work “virtually” from their home office or a local work center. The U.S. Department of Labor reports that the number of U.S. workers who telecommute at least…