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Key Strategies for Aspiring Entrepreneurs Considering Franchise Ownership

Strategy Driven

Budgeting wisely, preparing for unexpected expenses, and familiarizing oneself with various financing routes are elemental strategies for financial preparedness. Navigating financing options and loan opportunities. Target market identification and consumer trend analysis. Competitive analysis and market positioning.

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Interns to the Rescue! :: Women on Business

Women on Business

Here are my guidelines: Identify a specific job or two that an intern might do. Sometimes it is for school credit, other times it’s just for building a resume. In the past two years, I have used several interns and find them invaluable for getting those pesky details of projects done. I have paid some, but not all.

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Social Media Compliance Isn't Fun, But It's Necessary

Harvard Business Review

For highly regulated sectors like finance, social media can be a legal minefield. Go to LinkedIn and do a search for people currently employed by your enterprise," says social compliance strategist and financial industry veteran Mike Langford. without any compliance process or technology in place.".

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Integrity: conversation with a teenager :: Women on Business

Women on Business

As I researched the topic and definition I found some great guidelines and best practices that I’d like to share with you here. By Webster’s definition it means “the steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code; incorruptibility.&# I shall teach my friend about that kind of integrity; one of incorruptibility!

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Is Dodd-Frank Too Complex to Work?

Harvard Business Review

For example, in a machine shop where safety gloves often went missing, the company centralized access to new gloves; required request forms for new gloves, with supervisor approval; and had auditors check for compliance. The problem with Dodd-Frank is that it's 1,000 pages of legislative guidelines , all of which need to be interpreted.

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The Questions Executives Should Ask About 3D Printing

Harvard Business Review

Leaders of corporate strategic development need to analyze all of these considerations and be prepared for disruption to ripple through many functions — not just product development and manufacturing, but also finance, tax, legal, human resources, and IT.

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JP Morgan's Loss: Bigger than "Risk Management"

Harvard Business Review

legislators and regulators, believe that risks can be managed by establishing and following rules, standards and guidelines. A rules and compliance-based approach may work well for managing preventable risks, but is inadequate for strategy and external risks as companies that failed during the financial crisis illustrated all too well.