Sometimes the words “start-up,” “entrepreneur” and “small business” can conjure images of fledgling dreamers setting up shop in their apartments, struggling to pay student loans while launching their big ideas.
Of course, the reality is much broader and deeper than that image. Today’s entrepreneurs come in all ages, shapes and stages of experience. Many who are starting up new ventures are winding down other successful careers, drawing upon their C-Suites knowledge to try different enterprises.
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We’ll call her Sue.
Sue has a day job, one of those “it pays the bills” positions that’s less than fulfilling. However, Sue also has a brilliant idea for her own business, an idea that, if nurtured, could one day pay the bills and lead to that “fulfilling” thing the other job never will. The irony is that Sue needs the day job to stay afloat and fund the new idea, yet the new idea needs the aforementioned nurturing in order to take off.
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If you’re a small business you may be giving business to your competitors without even realizing it. As a small business owner, chances are that the majority of your workday is spent running the business. But if you can’t be there to take the call, we bet your competition will. Wouldn’t it be nice if you had a receptionist who was there when you needed him/her? Well, stop wondering and get your own virtual receptionist.
Your virtual receptionist will answer all your calls professionally and promptly. You can choose to send calls to your virtual receptionist as often or as seldom as needed. Your virtual receptionist will take a message for you, and then forward the message to you by either email, or text message right to your phone. Virtual receptionists are a great way to capture that business that you might otherwise lose while you’re away from your desk.
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Time and productivity are the two elements which everyone seeks. In business productivity refers to metrics and measures of output from production processes, per unit of input. Labor productivity, for example, is typically measured as a ratio of output per labor-hour, an input. Productivity may be conceived of as a metrics of the technical or engineering efficiency of production. Every business produces something aimed at market consumption.
Time and productivity have also become an important part of personal progress. If we can get things done in less time then we gain more time to do socialize, fellowship and improve our personal relationships. Our personal productivity is also a measure of our worth in the business world. If we “know” how to do things better, more efficiently and effectively then our value to an organization increases. Knowledge and talent play an important role in increasing our individual productivity whether applied to our personal or professional lives.
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