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How is your home based image?
It’s lovely to work from home, wouldn’t you agree? Set your own hours, work in your pajamas, take your computer outside on the deck and answer email at your leisure. No hectic commute, no extra cost of maintaining an office and most of all, no worrying about what to wear to the office.
Everything is perfect, except on those occasions when…your client wants to see you in twenty minutes and you haven’t had a shower!
Many home-based business owners find themselves challenged by the requirements of their business wardrobe when working solely from home. For many entrepreneurs, extremely casual clothing becomes the norm and they struggle with creating a balance between the clothes they need to wear for work and the clothes they need to wear while presenting themselves outside the office. Some pay little or no attention to their appearance at all and find their work performance suffers. Whatever your particular situation may be, here are two different ways to look at the issue: physical and psychological.
Physically speaking, it may not be practical for a home-based business owner to dress in business attire on a daily basis. If you’re balancing your business with family needs and taking time throughout your day to drop the kids off at activities or play with them on the playground, you will need to structure your wardrobe so it accommodates your physical needs first and deals with the visual impression second. Look for basic, easy care, durable wardrobe pieces that can transition easily from one situation to another. …
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How-to: Find a Virtual Assistant
Asking for help is something that many entrepreneurs hate to do. They have the ‘lone-ranger’ mentality which makes them believe that to be successful they really need to do this solo. But let’s revisit that thought process and see if any of this sounds like you.
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Business structure for dummies
One of the more stimulating exercises facing the budding entrepreneur is deciding upon the structure for her new business venture. There are important considerations of cost, liability and brand protection, and tax to be addressed. There are also the needs of family, partners, financial backers, and employees to be considered.
