Focus is the Key to a Successful Startup

Written by Wil Schroter


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Your product launch is justrepparttar beginning of keeping your focus. Once you have brought your product to market and enjoyed some early success, it may become even harder to stay focused. Now you have customers calling you and recommending (or demanding!) features to be added and services to be provided. All of these distractions make it even harder to keep you and your team focused on a single goal. Fortunatelyrepparttar 103316 process of keeping your resources focused post-launch is entirelyrepparttar 103317 same. You need to pick your battles and allocate your resources towardrepparttar 103318 few initiatives that will be best served to dorepparttar 103319 one thing right that is truly driving your company. Servingrepparttar 103320 needs and whims of every customer sounds great, but it can also be a terrible detour when trying to keeprepparttar 103321 forward progress of your company moving. If at any point during your journey you’re unsure whether or not you’re spending your time and resources effectively, just ask yourself one question, “Is this drivingrepparttar 103322 core benefit of our product?”. Ifrepparttar 103323 answer is “yes”, you’re headed inrepparttar 103324 right direction.

Wil Schroter is a serial entrepreneur, author, and public speaker. His latest book “Go Big or Go Home” will be available in 2005. Connect directly with Wil at wschroter@yahoo.com


Laminate Flooring Business - What You Need To After Deciding To Start

Written by E. Timothy Uy


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After you get an EIN you should consider obtaining a license for your laminate flooring business. Again, contactrepparttar Secretary of State website for more information.

If you have employees, you must contactrepparttar 103315 U.S. Department of Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). It's a federal agency that oversees workplace safety. All employers are required to provide a healthy and safe workplace. Health and safety inspections are made byrepparttar 103316 OHSA without prior notice so make sure your workplace is always set up according to their rules. For more information visitrepparttar 103317 OHSA's website at www.osha.gov.

Finally, after you start your laminate business, make sure to purchase a general business insurance policy. This includes liability and other standard coverage. Get an insurance forrepparttar 103318 place of business, no matter if you own it or not. Landlord's insurance might be unreliable. If you have at least one employee, you must have worker's compensation insurance. Check with your state's insurance department to see if there are any other additional types of insurance required.

This article provides only a small overview on what you need to know before you start your own laminate flooring business.For more detailed information contactrepparttar 103319 appropriate authorities in your state.

Laminate flooring enthusiasts unite! Installation, maintenance, selection, e.g., Harmonics, Pergo, Shaw, Mannington - you name it, we are talking about it. Join us at http://laminateflooring.oncloud8.com


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