Monthly Archives: November 2019

'Building a Business Is Just as Hard as Combat': How a Life in the Military Gave Patch Baker the Skills to Help Veterans Excel at Becoming Entrepreneurs

by The Oracles • November 20, 2019 • 0 Comments

The Marine Veteran and CEO of Mobius Media Solutions is on a mission to make Veteran Owned the new American Made.

3 Major Crypto-Mining Challenges and How to Conquer Them

by Ejiofor Francis • November 20, 2019 • 0 Comments

Everything from high costs to security vulnerability can be mitigated.

How to kill ‘hustle-and-grind’ and create a healthy startup culture

by Brigid Charmant • November 20, 2019 • 0 Comments

Originally written by Brigid Charmant on Small Business
“Looking for a #superstar biz dev person who can hustle their way into a FTSE 250 boardroom.”
“Wanted: dev genius who’s got the grind to keep going when the going gets tough.”
Okay, so these aren’t real job postings on a recruitment site. But were you able to tell the difference? The wording is eerily familiar to anyone in the startup world – the glorification of the grind, the headlining of the hustle. Entrepreneurial culture is obsessed with going hard and not going home. This work ethic might initially seem admirable – but at its core it’s rooted in a toxic approach to the world of work which is taking its toll on staff at all levels of the business.
>See also: Is a four day working week really a boon for productivity and staff wellbeing?
In our own recent research, we spoke to 2,200 business owners across Europe. What we found was alarming – almost one in three said that they or their staff have taken leave for mental health reasons, while almost half said that lack of time was detrimental to their or their employees’ personal health.
What’s ironic is that a significant majority of SMB

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4 things small business needs to think about when buying-in tech

by Colin O'Flaherty • November 20, 2019 • 0 Comments

Originally written by Colin O’Flaherty on Small Business
Over the past 10 years alone, technology has changed the world almost beyond recognition. In a time when cloud computing, big data analytics and digital-first consumer experiences are the norm, it is hard to believe that it was only in 2009 that music streaming went mainstream and the video-on-demand market exploded.
Against this backdrop, American Express’ latest research into the business strategies of the UK’s small and medium sized enterprises found that these businesses are prioritising harnessing the latest technology to unlock growth and opportunity. In fact, almost two-thirds (65pc) of SMEs believe that digital technology will create new business opportunities, while the majority of UK SMEs rank adopting the latest tech as one of the top business challenges they’ll be working hardest to address over the next three years.
>See also: Upgrading business technology – new vs refurbished
The UK’s SMEs are also clear on the types of technologies they want and need. The top three they plan to implement in the next three years are workforce productivity tools, faster and more reliable communications systems and integrated enterprise-wide software platforms and enterprise applications. In addition to these more functional applications, SMEs also have big plans

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Five OpenCourseWare Sites for Free Online Learning

by Holly - The Work at Home Woman • November 20, 2019 • 0 Comments

Do you want to expand your skills or knowledge base while at home but can’t imagine spending more money on overly expensive online courses? What if I told you that you could learn from Ivy League schools at home FOR FREE? Too good to be true? Keep reading! Whether you’re looking to build up your […]

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Entrepreneur Elevator Pitch Season 5 Episode 6: 'Are You Saying You've Had $5 Million in Sales…in 9 Months?'

by Entrepreneur Staff • November 20, 2019 • 0 Comments

Watch our panel of investors bid against one another in this episode of our weekly pitch show.

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Figuring Out What Success Really Means to You

by Debbie Allen • November 20, 2019 • 0 Comments

Most of us want to be successful. Do you? Then find out how to determine what your definition of success really is.

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Claiming mobile phone expenses as part of your business

by Adam Wayland • November 20, 2019 • 0 Comments

Originally written by Adam Wayland on Small Business
You do not say whether the business in question is a limited company or a sole trader or partnership. It makes a difference.
If the business is not a limited company only the business proportion can be claimed, so you will have to keep a record of business calls to justify a claim if the Revenue challenges your figures.
A typical solution for the sole trader wanting to claim mobile phone expenses is to take three to four months’ worth of bills, analyse the calls, and then work out the ratio of personal versus business related. You can then apply this ratio as a percentage of your phone bills for the rest of the year. You may find it useful to review the ratio on an annual basis.
If you are VAT registered, you need to include the VAT only on the business portion of your calls.
For Limited companies, everything depends on the type of mobile phone contract
If the mobile phone (or sim card) is registered in a company name, all the costs can be claimed. The main proviso is that ‘personal use’ must be ‘reasonable and not excessive’. The hardware (the phone itself) counts

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6 top tips to prepare for IR35 tax changes – Small Business checklist

by Timothy Adler • November 20, 2019 • 0 Comments

Originally written by Timothy Adler on Small Business
Nearly three-quarters of businesses are completely unaware of IR35 tax changes coming into effect this April.
From April 2020, company employers will have to decide whether freelance contractors are truly freelance or whether they are on open-ended contracts, saving employers money but which HMRC sees as tax and national insurance avoidance.
HMRC wants to crack down on freelance contractors with full-time positions in businesses, which it sees as abusing the system.
>See also: How to wind up your personal service company ahead of IR35 legislation
Seventy-one per cent of businesses surveyed by consultancy Sullivan & Stanley are unaware of the IR35 changes coming into effect on April 6 2020.
More than half of businesses surveyed (54pc) say they haven’t received enough information and 52pc say it’s contradictory or confusing.
Fewer than four in 10 firms (37pc) say they’ll have a strategy in place to cope with IR35 by the time changes kick in.
One fifth say they expect to be ready up to three months after IR35 is enforced, 32pc say four to six months after the change date, and nearly one in 10 (9pc) think it will take them anything between seven to 11 months beyond April 2020 to