As an entrepreneur thinking about starting a business or expanding a business you always have two choices and two directions to pursue. The first being the opportunity route the second being apathy. Nobody would choose apathy over opportunity – or would they?In a recent survey conducted with ‘would be’ entrepreneurs, it was remarkable that when […]
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As the new year unfolds many people start to think about those important New Year Resolutions that they diligently made just a few weeks back.Statistics tell us that by this point in the new year the vast majority of resolutions have either been broken or abandoned. It seemed like a good idea at the time, […]
One of our readers has just asked what the main things you need to consider when buying a franchise and how to buy a franchise? Franchising as an industry has been with us for many years and continues to grow at a substantial rate in virtually all of the developed world. For entrepreneurs seeking a […]
Network Marketing | Thanks to one of our readers who are asked do network marketing really have a positive effect on sales. As we have indicated in a number of our publications- stainbooks.com we believe that network marketing is not only one of the most cost-effective sales and marketing approaches it is probably also one […]
Should I buy a business, or should I start a new business from scratch a question that arises for entrepreneurs time and time again? There is no definitive answer to the question because every entrepreneur has different needs and talents. If you’re just looking to exploit new business ideas, then most certainly starting a new […]
We mentioned in a previous blog that technology was here to stay – the same applies to social media – it is here to stay. How social media works for small business? As an entrepreneur you are almost certainly familiar with household names such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn etc. but do you really know how […]
Quick-facts.info is determined and focused on a philosophy that starting a business must be easy – hundreds of thousands of people do it every year around the world. If it is so easy, then why is there such a high failure rate for new start-ups? There are two main contributors to early failure – […]
Management For Success|Andrew Stain author of the Keep It Simple series answers his readers’ questions. One reader asks how do I start t build a management team and does management for success is important? There comes a time in all businesses when the owner, the founder has to acknowledge that it is time to build […]