Defining leadership is an elusive pursuit at best. Over the years, great leaders have been identified. We have had less success, however, in enumerating specific characteristics of leadership that can be universally replicated and form a firm foundation for identifying the full range of leadership characteristics. It appears that we know leadership when we see […]

In operating on your own, you must choose one of three forms of business. Your business can become a sole proprietorship, a partnership, or a corporation. We recommend beginning as a sole proprietorship unless your business faces the danger of being sued for damages, needs to establish independent contractor status with companies that require it, […]

So how do you prepare a business plan. A business plan is simply a road map. It sets out your goals. It outlines where you’re going with your business and how you plan to get there. As a home-based business you will probably not be seeking investors or getting a loan to start your business, […]

Once you’ve identified two or three businesses you think you would enjoy and do well at, we suggest that you invest a few weeks, even a few months, to test out whether you are likely to find ample customers for these businesses in your local community.
The fact that a business appears in this book means […]

Selecting a business from among the many that are viable requires finding a match between two things: (1) your particular interests and capabilities, and (2) what people will pay for in your community. Finding this match is vital to your success, and this book is designed to help you find the best possible match. You […]

1. Our country has a purchasing power of more than $500 Billion which ranks 35th in the International Monetary Fund list of countries by GDP.
2. We are also the 12th most populated country in the world with near to 90 Million people and more than 60% of our total population participating in the labor force. […]

American Idol 2008 (Season 7) started the year with a wham in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and in Dallas, Texas. In every season, the inventory of terrible auditions is always expected as much as the initial roster of contenders going to Hollywood.
In this Dallas audition episode, one stands among all those weird auditions in the past. Renaldo […]

Declared by the United Nations as the International Year of the Sanitation, Year 2008 will be a leap year which starts on Tuesday according to the Gregorian calendar. In addition, the United Nations also announced that 2008 is the International Year of the Potato It was declared to re-waken the human race about the emerging […]

Do you believe in the Law of attraction? The law of attraction is one of the universal principles that is difficult to understand. This is a principle coined by Helena Blavatsky, the founder of an organization formed in search for the truth. The law simply states that a person’s conscious and unconscious thoughts, emotions, actions […]

I have been using this for months now and I would like to share it to you since it will be beneficial to you, for personal use and of course as entrepreneurs in the Philippines, it will be for your business. 20% of my clients are from these countries and without this. I could be […]

I was listening to DZRH yesterday. Thanks by the way to Jeff for creating the PinoyBusiness.ORG Toolbar where you can listen to Pinoy AM and FM stations where ever you are in the internet. Anyway, the program was a debate about the actions done my Sen. Trillanes about the Manila Peninsula siege in Makati last […]

When you acquire buildings without a partner, a corporation, or any other business entity behind you, you are functioning as a sole proprietor.You are in the driver’s seat, making the decisions, taking the profits, but also incurring the risks.
Being in a sole proprietorship offers the following advantages:

You make all the decisions yourself. No one can […]

The Philippine Department of Agriculture biotechnologists believes that Malunggay, the “miracle vegetable” will improve the Philippine agriculture and will significantly improve the health of the Filipinos.
Jaime Galvez-Tan, the president of Health Futures Foundation Inc. said that Malunggay is a good source of iron, ascorbic acid, phosphorus, and calcium. Its fruit is high in protein […]