Cover Letters: How to Sell Yourself

Your application letter is one of your most important job-search documents. An effective
letter can get you a phone call for an interview, but a poorly written application letter usually
spells continued unemployment. The difference can be a matter of how you handle a few key
points. The following are some tips to help you develop effective application letters.

Individualizing Your Letter
Give your readers some insight into you as an individual. In the example be...
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Starting and Marketing Your Consulting Firm

If you are just launching a consulting practice, thinking of doing so, or have been in business for a while but client projects are stagnant, it pays to evaluate your chosen approaches to practice management and consider less orthodox strategies so as to ramp things up. Even in slow times, there are many methods for insuring consulting success and keeping you profitable while your competition struggles to pay the bills. The way you answer four questi...

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How to write an action plan

When writing an action plan to achieve a particular goal or outcome, you can get much help from the following steps.

• Clarify your goal. Can you get a visual picture of the expected outcome? How can you see if you have reached your destination? What does make your goal measurable? What constraints do you have, like the limits on time, money, or other resources.
• Write a list of actions. Write down all actions you may need to take to achieve your goal. At...

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Angel Investors: Who They Are & When Are They Appropriate

by: Dave Lavinsky

Angel investors are individuals who invest in emerging business ventures. Angels typically provide both capital and know-how to companies who are in either their start-up or expansion phases. To reflect the increased risk of investing in such firms, angels seek a higher rate of return versus traditional pu...

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The Ideal Length of Your Business Plan

by: Dave Lavinsky

How long should a business plan be? A business plan needs to be whatever length is required to excite the investor, prove that management truly understands the market, and detail the execution strategy. From surveys of investor needs, Growthink has found that 15 to 25 pages of text is the optimum length in which to accomplis...

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The importance of planning

by: scott morris

Are you planning to start a new business? Or are you considering expanding your current business and require a bank loan or investment from outsiders? If you are going to look for an investment of capital it is quite likely that you will be required to have a business plan. If you are starting a business, despite the work involved, a b...

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The Number One Reason For Business Failure!

by: Hans Hasselfors

Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door." But when you're starting your own business, there's no guarantee that your "mousetrap" is going to survive, especially in today's fast-paced business world. Nearly half of all small businesses fail within the first tw...

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You Can Make Money With A Home Based Business

by: Hans Hasselfors

Would you like to make money by starting your own home-based business? People choose to work from home for several reasons including the desire to stay home with their children, the need for extra income, or simply being dissatisfied with their current job. A home-based business will provide you with an exciting way...

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Preparing to "get Started" in your business

by: Ryan Hoback

www.motivatedentrepreneur.com Starting a New Business Preparing to "Get Started" in your new business By Ryan Hoback, Motivated Entrepreneur Incubation & Consulting The biggest problem I had in “Getting Started” on making my idea into a practical business reality was my own fear. Whether it was fear of the unkno...

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How To Write A Quick & Relatively Painless Business Plan

by: David Silva

If you've never written a business plan before, the idea alone can be overwhelming. It doesn't have to be the nightmare of your imagination. Traditionally, a business plan is used to secure funding from a lender or a potential investment partner. It serves as something akin to your business's resume, outli...

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