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Dec
21

Tools I Use To Run My Business, Hware LLC.

By Brenda | Blog, Business, Planning, Productivity, Small Business, Training

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Nevada County Online - A Meetup Group I started in 2010 for local businesses.

As a software entrepreneur people often ask me for advice on the best online tools to use for their small business. So, here is an extensive list that we (Hware) have compiled to help you get your work done.  Some of the tools we use daily, some a few times a week, some a few times a month, and some a few times a year.   Most of all, we use all these tools for the following reasons: 1. It helps us become more efficient in our workflow. 2. It increases our productivity. 3. It saves us money or … [Read more...]

Oct
06

5 Reasons Why Your Business Idea Will Never Take Flight

By Brenda | Action Plans, ActionPlanr, Blog, Business, Entrepreneur, Planning, Small Business, Start-Ups

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How To Make Sure Your Business Idea Will Fail We've all heard the saying that ideas are a dime a dozen. Guess what?  Cliches are often true. The hard part about an idea is the execution, the implementation, the acting upon that idea and bringing it to reality.  There are many reasons why business ideas never see the light of day.  Some are obvious and some are not so obvious.  You launched too late in an already over-saturated market. Or, you launched too early and the market wasn't ready … [Read more...]

Sep
24

5 Reasons Why Your Business Idea Needs An Action Plan

By Brenda | Action Plans, Business, Entrepreneur, Envision Plan Act, Planning, Small Business

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What Direction Is Best?

How An Action Plan Can Take Your Vision To Reality Every successful entrepreneur knows that going from point A to point B needs a plan or a clear direction.  The path to a profitable business requires planning. You would not drive cross country from California to NewYork with out a map or GPS (Global Positioning System). Right? So, why would anyone attempt to build a business without a plan? Or, launch a promotional campaign with out a plan, or produce an event without a plan? We all … [Read more...]

Aug
04

How Perseverance Passion and Purpose Got Me To The Top

By Brenda | Blog, Business, Coaching, Entrepreneur, Green Business, Leadership, Small Business, Training

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Yosemite Falls

What Yosemite Falls Taught Me About Business Yes, it was perseverance, passion, and purpose that got me to the top of Yosemite Falls, the tallest waterfall in America.  I recently took a vacation to Yosemite where I hiked 2,700 feet of steep vertical terrain up the Yosemite Falls trail. It was a steep 8 mile and 8 hour round trip hike. The last hour to the Falls was brutally steep. The sun was pounding on my back. My feet were screaming at me and my muscles were beyond tired. To say it was a … [Read more...]

Jul
15

How To Keep Customers Coming Back

By Brenda | Blog, Customer Service, Entrepreneur, Small Business, Start-Ups

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CARE About Them I used to work in the real estate industry and for many years the Brokers held the keys to the kingdom, meaning that only THEY had access to the listings. Today, the power lies in the hands of the customer with access to mountains of information on the internet.  Yes, the business world is continuing to change at lightening speed. With information being indexed, categorized, organized, systematized, ranked, tweeted, posted, podcast, videoed, etc., it is the customer who now … [Read more...]

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