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6 Smart Investment Decisions To Make As An Entrepreneur

Strategy Driven

The entrepreneur, as the human resource, is the most valuable component in the profit-making process. The notion that a good product by itself will drive traffic no longer holds. Strategically including ad expenditure on your budget saves you from being blindsided when you do need it. Investing in marketing.

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Office Christmas Party Invitation Email Templates

HR Digest

It is well known that a positive, social environment boosts morale and productivity at work. Reason being layoffs, recessions and a general tightening of budgets all-around. Big companies and corporate houses generally outsource the Christmas events, so the hard work of organizing the event is passed on to the professionals.

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Planning in Parts: What Is Talent Mapping and Why Should You Prioritize It?

HR Digest

The process of talent mapping refers to how businesses develop a deeper understanding of the human resources they currently have at their disposal and make predictions regarding the future needs of the company. Talent mapping in recruitment needs to be considered just as seriously as a company plans for business or product scaling.

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The Big Picture of Business – Business Success Checklist

Strategy Driven

Design and re-engineering of products-services. Outsourcing, privatizing and collaborating plan is annually updated, with realistic, measurable goals. Each product-service is budgeted. Cash flow, forecasting and budgeting are consistently monitored. Study and refine your own core business characteristics.

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The Big Picture of Business – Planning and Budgeting in Downsized Times

Strategy Driven

Under the rules of supply chain dynamics, one must study your supplier relationships, formalize a plan of outsourcing and develop collaborations. Base Budgets on Value… Not on Cost. Readily measurable values: Time and cost of product development-service delivery cycles. Product-service movement at retail levels.

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How to Innovate When You're Not the Big Boss

Harvard Business Review

Fortunately, demonstrating your skills in this area doesn't demand that you singlehandedly develop a new breakthrough product or revise the company's overall business model. Is the annual planning and budgeting system overly time-consuming and out of sync with the pace of the business?

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The Big Picture of Business: Been There, Done That

Strategy Driven

With a wealth of expertise available via outsourcing, one can quickly become a ‘kid in a candy shop,’ wanting whatever is readily available or craftily packaged. Distinctions must be drawn into three consulting categories (and percentages of their occurrence in the marketplace): Vendors sell products which were produced by others.