The Best Top Ten lists for Small & Home Businesses & Entrepreneurs

"You have to assume that you're in business for the long haul. That belief will drive you to build value." Regis McKenna, Chairman, The McKenna Group

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1. Top Ten Helpful hints to increase the odds of success for a small business  "If you want to be the greatest company, you have to start acting like one today". (TJ Watson)..That holds true for both large corporations and small businesses.
   
   
2. Top Ten Ways to Build Your Practice To build a successful private practice, there are many business and marketing items that have to be monitored and reviewed periodically. This list is actually two lists of 5 items each. The first five are things to have in your files or in your office, while items 6 through 10 refer to qualities or personal styles that successful professionals incorporate into their practices.
   
   
3. Top Ten Ways to Keep Yourself Enthused  Almost all of us feel enthusiastic at the start of a new project. However, keeping the enthusiasm going over time is another issue, and is problematic for many people. Wisdom Source G. Gurdjieff suggested that there are points in the progress of every project when energy fades unless there is an influx of external energy. Since we cannot be sure that we will receive an energy boost from outside ourselves at just the right time, here are some ways to prevent our enthusiasm from flagging.
   
4. Top Ten Survival Strategies for Small Businesses
   
   
5. Top Ten Most Common Mistakes that Entrepreneurs Make
   
   
6. Top Ten Entrepreneurial Traps/Mistakes  These are common to most entrepreneurs.
   
   
7. Top Ten Secrets for Developing Fundable Grant Proposals  As human service organizations have experienced the elimination or cutback of categorical funding by state and federal governments over the past decade, the competition for scarce foundation dollars, government demonstration grants or other special funding streams has intensified greatly. In the midst of increased competition for grant dollars, funding organizations have "raised the bar" for what constitutes a fundable proposal. No longer is it enough to simply write an acceptable proposal; it must be exemplary to successfully compete. The tips below, if followed, will likely result in a polished, competitive proposal well worth the funder's consideration.
   
   
8. Top Ten Ways to Make Sure Your Actions Produce more Results.
   
   
9. Top Ten Ways to Show You Value Your Clients
   
   
10. Top Ten Employer-Employee Rules for Successfully Running a Small Business while Maintaining Your Sanity  You've just been in a serious car accident. You've got massive internal injuries and a broken jaw. You're going to be in the hospital at least a month. Your jaw is wired shut so you can't usethe phone. Will your business run easily and well while you recover? Will your customers be served while you are gone? If you've just experienced heart failure over this prospect, the following list is for you. The information below, if put into practice, will reduce your stress, increase your business' productivity, and give you the vacation you so richly deserve. Here's the top ten things you can do to make your business run as smoothly as possible.
    
    

"Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprise." Demosthenes

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