Entrepreneur magazine
September 2000
September 2000
Quick Guide To Insurance
Pick your agent. Pick your insurance. Pick the business disaster you're most afraid of and insure against it.
Home Is Where the Money Is
And improving the home is where today's franchises are headed.
Keeping Track
Don't look for your package in the lost property office.
Don't Just Kick the Tires
Use these tips to avoid buying one of the worst cars of the century.
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A Sharp Opener
In sales-letter writing, it's the most important weapon for capturing your reader's attention.
Got Net?
10 great Web businesses to start now
Use Your Head
It's not enough just to sell anymore. Now every potential client is looking for a few creative ideas to go with your sales pitch.
It's My Party
And you may be crying if you stick with it come Election Day. Entrepreneurial concerns don't necessarily fall along Democrat/Republican lines, so know which candidate is best for your business.
Not Wired
Flash: The Internet is not the final frontier for way-of-life-changing industries. Such opportunities seem to be opening up every time you turn around. Next up: wireless services.
Stop-Gap Measures
Is bringing two age groups together under one business roof brewing success or inviting each other to a nightmare? Meet two sets of entrepreneurs who made their differences work-and one who couldn't span the generation gap.
Touchy-Feely
It's sometimes the little things that are crucial in international business.
Money Master
Helping women overcome their Achilles' heel
Business & Pleasure
Doing business in Washington, DC
Road Notes
Deals from Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Expedia.com and Hilton Honors
Web Escapes
Where to click after you've booked your trip
All Gussied Up
Make money by makin' people prettier.
The Power Of The Dollar
Turning discount into profit
Wrestling for Pretzels
Or vice versa. Twisting dough and twisting on mats--how they combine for big charity
What's New
Updates on the latest happenings at PetPeople Franchise Systems Inc. and Personnel Services Inc.
After Hours
A franchisee goes above and beyond.
Drill Bit Player
Here's a creative opportunity that turns the tables on your fear of the dentist.
Passing The Bread
Subway's co-founder helps you with your start-up dough
State Your Purpose
Mission statements with kick
Equippin' The Kids
.Isn't always expensive: Here it led to profitable inventions.
Wanna Make Millions?
This contest makes it possible
Get Exports Moving
The SBA offers international trade tips.
Make 'Em Talk
Jump-start sales the simple way—with endorsements.
Coverage For All
Can I get insured even though I have a pre-existing health condition?
Small But Special
Is it possible for a new company to compete in the online books market?
He's Giving It Away!
Think philanthropy is a dotcom <i>don't</i>? Anthony Parks would like a word with you.
Trade Shows
Mark your calendars.
Georgia
Business-plan contest targets Peach State entrepreneurs.
Nationwide
Credit card company creates entrepreneur-friendly program.
Lumbering To Success
Someone said, "Try and try again." Tom Sullivan did and ended a string of soured businesses by selling old lumber, proving that you can make a successful business out of almost anything.
An Ergonomic War
OSHA and the GOP clash over a new rule
Oldie But A Goody
Though it may sound antiquated, boiler and machinery insurance is a modern necessity.
Web Site
A concierge-type service for your employees
It's A Given
Sure, charities and nonprofits benefit from employee volunteer programs, but what about your business?
RA-A-A-ID!
Creepy competitors raiding your work force? The law can be the perfect bug spray.
Leaving Business Back at the Office
If the family business is seeping its way into every off-hours conversation, it's time to draw the line on shop talk.
Web Site
A new site from the U.S. Chamber Of Commerce offers tools for small businesses.
Training Ground
In a tight labor market, try asking, "Can this applicant learn to do the job?"
Bad Bait
You're dangling an incentive-program carrot, but no one's biting. What now?
Keeping Watch
Monitoring employees? "They'll never notice" is not the way to start.
More Than A Fling
If you're courting your customers just for that initial sale, you're missing out on the long-term advantages of CRM.
Free Lunch
Don't underestimate the value of free food when seeking employees.
Down And Out
Deny a pink-slipped manager a chance to be "bumped down," and you could get in trouble.
A Reason to Stay
Incentives provide the "golden handcuffs" that keep employees from getting away.
Kick It Up a Notch
Want to turn up the heat on your marketing campaign? Start by turning cold contacts into hot prospects.
Flash
What's the best way to make amends with customers you've ticked off?
Web Site
Free Internet access for Spanish-speaking Web surfers
Cooking Up Clients
The sweet rewards of bringing cookies on sales calls
Make No Mistake
Common ad-campaign screw-ups
Sounds Fishy
Invent your own news story? Why not?
House Passes Estate Tax Repeal
Update of the bill's progress through Congress
Greed <i>Isn't</i> Good
Be careful when deciding what to pay yourself, because Uncle Sam's watching.
Your Feature Presentation
Be a star when you audition in front of investors for a role in their venture-capital portfolios.
Going for the Globe
It's a small-cap world after all.
Wise Words
In business, the learning curve is steep-don't take a leap.
Web Site
News and information on any public company
And On Your Left . . .
What are investors looking for when they take the tour of your business?
Inside Investing
Ever wonder what goes on behind the doors of a venture capital firm?
Web Site
Need business-quality Web-hosted applications? Check out this site.
Wise Buys
Reviews of Tiny Personal Firewall software, Xtime online scheduling solutions and TakeCharge! Accounting software
Of Mobile Birth
Will PDAs commingle with cell phones to form a go-anywhere, do-anything handheld hybrid?
Wise Buys
Reviews of Responsys Jumpstart, Zoomerang and eDepot.com's eCourse
Site in Shining Armor
Your personal quest for intellectual property protection on the Net
Gray Matters
A new study takes another look at cell phone risk.
Picture This
Epson's PhotoPC 3000Z digital zoom camera
Write Me
Plextor's PlexWriter 12/4/32 SCSI CD-R/RW
Safe Haven
Panamax's Surge Protector8Tel
Fast Facts
Internet and technology statistics
Go Speed Go
A service that provides quick delivery of documents nationwide
Go The Distance
Want lower phone rates? Here's one option.
Beat Scene
Equal parts underground icon and mainstream phenomenon, today's deejay has the best of both worlds.
Watt's Up!: The Power of Touch
The cost is nothing. The potential is limitless. Welcome to the future of a "touch" economy.
Close Up: Space Investor
Find out one successful entrepreneur's plans for his future in space.
Virtual Estate
What are domain names going for these days?
Hot Food: Techie Take Out
All work and no food spawns a new line of easy edibles.
What Gives?
Apparently not the SBA when it came to the Small Disadvantaged Business certification program.
The End of Entrepreneurship as We Know It?
Yeah, dotcoms have made the venture capital market volatile; sure, corporate employees are offered entrepreneur-esque development opportunities; but if I recall, we got into this game to take the risk and own our own businesses!
Palms Across America
A review of the latest Palms and Pocket PCs on the market
Sell Block
You're a great business owner, but how good of a salesperson are you? Read these tips if you want to improve your less-than-stellar sales skills.
Dress Is More
Tips for dressing for success no matter your style
I Got The Blues
One company's experience with the cash-flow blues and how it lived to sell again
It's About Time
Time management tips for making the most of your busy days
The Staff of Life
Start your own staffing service.
My Buddy and Me
Got an idea for a cool promotional product? Read how this entrepreneur turned her simple idea into a successful business.
Privacy, Please
The importance of having a sound privacy policy
Reality Check
The 12 most common myths of Net start-ups-and the realities that will save you from the dotcom graveyard
Bridging The Gap
Ol' Will Shakespeare said it centuries ago: ''Crabbed age and youth cannot live together.'' Maybe not. But they can incorporate.
No Place Like Home
If home is where the heart is, then your business belongs there, too. Here are 10 of today's hottest homebased businesses.
Bogus Bills
Phony charges on your phone bill? You've been crammed!
The Bare Minimum
Why pay big bucks for PCs with fancy functions you don't need?
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