Great Ideas for your Small Business: Find Out How Disney Does It No one is surprised when an entrepreneur heads to Harvard, New York University, or USC for a management training program, but eyebrows raise when they sign up for a course at Walt Disney World’s Disney Institute in Orlando, Florida. More than 60,000 people … Read more
Great Ideas for your Small Business: Offer Classes in English as a Second Language It’s no surprise to me that two of the nation’s most successful entrepreneurs offer free, onsite English as a second language (ESL) classes to employees. David Giuliani, president of the Optiva Corp., and the Small Business Administration’s 1997 Small Business Person … Read more
Great Ideas for your Small Business: Tailor Benefits to Employees’ Needs In the small business world, one size definitely does not fit all. Every company has a distinct group of employees with varying personal lives, professional goals, and priorities. While big companies prefer to offer the same insurance benefits and options to everyone, small companies … Read more
Great Ideas for your Small Business: Consider Telecommuting as an Option Telecommuting has tremendous benefits for workers and employers, but only if it’s handled right. Telecommuting can boost the productivity of workers who are independent self-starters. Motivated employees who live far from their offices can accomplish more by eliminating a long and stressful commute. Here … Read more
Great Ideas for your Small Business: Hire a Welfare Recipient You can complain about welfare recipients spending your tax dollars, or you can do something about it by offering an entry-level job to one person on the public dole. With training programs and sup- port in the form of public transportation vouchers or help with … Read more
Great Ideas for your Small Business: Work with People You Like John chuang, founder of boston-based Acquent, matches candidates with Mac and Windows expertise with companies that need temporary support. He has some contrarian advice for entrepre- neurs growing their businesses. “You’ve heard that two things you never want to do with friends is lend … Read more
Great Ideas for your Small Business: Look Far and Wide for the Best Person Finding the right person to help run your small business may mean hiring an out-of-towner and paying to relocate that person. Relocation involves a myriad of financial and emotional issues for both you and your employee. It’s a complex and expensive … Read more
Great Ideas for your Small Business: Open Your Store in a Farmer’s Market Americans have loved shopping in markets since before there was America. The first farmer’s market opened in Alexandria, Virginia, in the 1750s. Today the U.S. Department of Agriculture reports there are about 35,000 farmer’s markets across the country. In addition, thousands of … Read more
Great Ideas for your Small Business: Find a Need and Fill It When nellie may sutton was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 1985, her son Joseph began searching for a place where she could live safely and comfortably. After checking out nursing homes and elder care services, Sutton decided to rent a ranch-style house and … Read more
Great Ideas for your Small Business: Become an Exclusive Importer Sometimes being the first to introduce a product to the United States is the best way to establish a successful small business. This was the case for Mara Seibert and Lenore Rice, two former high-powered Wall Street players who traded in their briefcases for a … Read more
