There is a bleak statistics that might discourage wannabe entrepreneurs from pursuing their dreams. Take note however that these numbers will either challenge you to traverse the jungle of an unknown future with a resolve to arrive at your desired mountain peak or weaken your resolve to pursue and be among the majority of people whom Henry David Thoreau described as leading lives of quiet desperation. Brace yourself with these data: Around 20 percent of small businesses fail within the first year. By the end of the second year, it will go up to 30 percent. Half is expected to close by the end of five years and only 30 percent will remain by the end of a decade. If you’re on your 3rd year in business and is going strong, congratulations, you’ve survived mortality! Get ready and be prepared then for the next two years for there is a grimy outlook for another 20 percent death of businesses. At […]
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The major difference between a successful and struggling business is how the owners value their time. There is a new adage that says, “Time is the world’s highest value currency and it can’t be saved up.” We need to identify which tasks best utilize our time to achieve the results we want for our businesses. DId you know that hiring someone to help you in your business will help you focus more on your business? What’s going to happen is it will give you more time to start scaling your business. Around the globe, there is an army of skilled freelancers who are ready to take on the challenge and help you with your goals. Here are the top 4 reasons why you should consider hiring VAs: 1. Disaster-Proof Your Business – Nobody anticipated the global health crisis that brought service disruption and put many businesses to a halt. Having virtual employees even from the other side of the globe […]
First of all, I’m so sorry if it took awhile for me to write anything about my online career again here. My life has been a roller coaster these past few years. Again, I’m asking your forgiveness for not updating you at all. Anyways, back to regular programming. The question is why did I start my online career as a virtual assistant? The answer? I didn’t have a choice. I started my freelancing journey back in May 2013. I was working in a call center early that year. I will always get this headache and be hypertensive so I’ll be asked by my team manager to go to the clinic. When the doctor informed me that I was prediabetic and needs lifestyle modification, I filed for a month leave but my boss later informed me that the company won’t allow me to return back to work because if it’s going to be lifestyle modification, then I need to do an […]
With the vast and almost limitless potentials that you can find in the internet, you may probably say that everything is possible when you do it online. Nowadays, people can access the internet anytime and anywhere, making it a profitable business environment. Not only job opportunities are available, but also potential customers and the expanding growth of an online business or businesses. If you have a decent connection, a working laptop or desktop computer, or even at least a smartphone, you can pretty much run everything at the comfort of your own home. However, no matter how easy or simple that may sound, running an online business can get quite tricky and complicated still. If you do not have enough knowledge or even experience, you may find yourself struggling to succeed at some point. Just like all kinds of businesses, online or not, you need to come up with strategies and an effective approach to make sure that your online […]