READ PART ONE: Effective time management for small business owners
Eliminate the time wasters
Armed with information about how you spend your time, you’ll be better able to eliminate unnecessary time wasters. Some common time wasters are:
Monitoring social media
Responding to emails
Fielding telephone...
How to examine an idea with a start-up business plan
The first thing you should do when starting a business is put together a basic start-up business plan to investigate the viability of the idea. This way, you don’t waste...
As a small business owner, you probably wish you could find that magic formula that allows you to pack more than 24 hours into a day. The never-ending list of things that need your attention often means your work–life...
Idea and execution are two sides of the same coin. If you’re confident you can execute a business plan, the next step is to make sure that plan is going to work.
If you can answer “yes” to the following...
KCB Foundation will be sponsoring at least 240 needy and bright pupils who sat for the 2015 Kenya Certificate of Primary Examination throughout their secondary education.
The scholarships bring to the total KShs. 100 million that KCB will invest in...
“My Business Mentor has helped me transform myself and improve business performance over the past 2 years.”
~ Mentee
Introducing innovation is a race – to win, you have to be fast, efficient and different. Often, you do not know the...
There are a lot of factors to consider before your start your own business. Find out if your business idea is viable, whether you have the personality it takes to be successful, and how to draw up a basic...
Professional social situations can be awkward especially when basic etiquette rules are not observed.
The rules are slightly different from standard social settings, yet business schools rarely discuss professional etiquette topics.
In her new book "The Essentials Of Business Etiquette," Barbara Pachter writes...
Successful entrepreneurs naturally have plenty of money to spend and, not surprisingly, they often spend it indulging their personal hobbies.
Most of the time, those interests are mainstream like yacht racing (Steve Ellison, Richard Branson, Ted Turner) or owning a...
Bootstrap: how to finance your small business yourself
Most first-time entrepreneurs seem to believe the myth that they need a minimum of a half a million dollars to start a business. At least that is usually the lowest number I...
