Business - What is Workplace Harassment?

Companies differ in terms of their workplace harassment policies but they all take it very seriously. Committing or allowing harassment in the workplace is against the law and can lead to firing of the individual in question and might even be followed by legal proceedings.

Low Cost Solution To Organize Your Business With Web Based Collaborative Mailbox Application

In the last few years, initiative web based software applications have made great strides in creating low cost collaborative mailbox solutions for small businesses. Such applications can effectively share contacts, calendars, tasks, inner office instant messaging, and can even create a centralized shared file storage commonly used documents.

The Stress of Secret Keeping

Althought sometimes necessary, laying secrets on executives and managers is a bad practice. It creates stress and hinders workplace communication. When it must be done, do it in a way that takes account of these undesirable side effects.

Choosing A Translation Company

If you in need of a translation services, you need to investigate the many different choices of translation companies. Choose a translation service which can offer you comprehensive services covering the area of industry you are in.

Connecting to People in Business Relationships - the Universal Principles Checklist

Do you have trouble knowing what to say in meetings? In one on ones? In business calls? Some of this may be due to the fact that business relationships are typically reserved and careful. Personality Theorist Steven Paglierani discusses how the Six Universal Principles of Connecting in Business can help you to develop, monitor, and maintain better business relationships.

Communicating Better in your Workplace with a Networked Web Based Shared Calendar

In today's workplace the better organized a business is directly translates into hours and dollars saved. Having a shared calendar in your organization can easily save you time and money. So what is a shared calendar? How can it be used to save time and money? Is it expensive to implement and get running? What about updates?

Managing Intercultural Communication in the Virtual Team

Working remotely across time-zones is becoming increasingly common. However the mixing of cultures can and does lead to problems. These ten tips provide a good framework for managing communication.

International 0800 Numbers

The world is truly getting smaller and telecommunications is one of the principal reasons for this

Are You Asking the Wrong Question?

You're careful about asking open-ended questions to get the best possible answers - but somehow the results you want, the changes you'd like to see happening, just aren't there. You're probably asking the wrong question!

Should You Attempt Venture Capital?

Raising money takes time and in a super competitive and fast growing industry the kind the Venture Capitalists like, time is what you do not have. There is little time in an industry that grows at the speed of thought. Likewise if you spent time finding customers, corporate partners and taking orders or raising money from your vendors you may not need the money anyway.

Confessions of a Venture Capitalist

Venture Capitalists are often called Vulture Capitalists and until you read the book: Confessions of a Venture Capitalist, Inside the high-stakes world of start-up financing by Ruthann Quindlen; well you probably will never understand how they got that slanderous title. In the book Ruthann explains what it was like working in Silicon Valley in a Venture Capital Company prior to the dot com bubble burst.

Angel Investor Advice

For entrepreneurs who are looking for an angel investor to help them with their capitalization needs, one of the most difficult things to do is to actually meet with an angel investor and present his or her business plan. However, there are a number of things that an entrepreneur should bear in mind with regard to angel investors so that he will not have to worry too much about what will happen during the meeting.

Free Angel Investors

In recent times, aspiring entrepreneurs have seen the benefits of tapping into an angel investor to get the capital they need. This is because of the numerous benefits that they can get out of the funding and the managerial expertise that angel investors provide them. As a result of the demand for angel investors, some companies have started to provide services to aspiring entrepreneurs in the form of assistance in helping them find and meet with angel investors.