Every week we tackle articles regarding essential needs for business and its entrepreneurial spirit. These week we cover various articles varying Lifehacker, Mother Nature Network and About.

Business Plan

1. Executive Summary: An overview of your company or “the business idea”. Basically, the who, what, where, when, why, and how of your business. It’s the section you might want to write at the end, and the most important one that summarizes why you think the business will be successful and what your business is all about.
2. Company Description: This section should answer: What products and/or services will you sell? Who’s behind it? Who are your customers and what needs are you fulfilling with your products and/or services?
3. Organization and Management: Include in this section your company structure (sole proprietorship, limited liability company, etc.) as well as your background and years of experience. If you’ll have employees, list them here with their titles or roles. For more on business structures, see the IRS’s descriptions (most people working on their own will be sole proprietorships, but there are benefits to forming a Limited Liability Corporation, LLC, or other structures).
4. Products or Services: Detailed descriptions of what you’re going to sell, including prices and specific benefits compared to your competitors. If you’re selling products, you’d include here your sources and how much markup you’re adding. For services, include your hourly rate or project rate (not sure what to charge yet? Here are some tips).
5. Marketing and Sales: To grow your business, you’ll need a sound marketing strategy—for the next three years at least. Plan on investing in corporate identity design (e.g., logo design, website development, business cards), expenses like advertising in newspaper or search engine listings, and think about other ways you’ll reach your customers.
6. Market Analysis: Research on your competitors—what they’re charging, how they position themselves, what their products are compared to yours is also an important exercise. For an informal business plan, a simple Google search of local and online competitors might do, but for more in-depth market research, you might want to turn to sites like Hoovers to get more detailed business and industry information. The more research you can do, the better (if there’s a lot, just add it in an appendix).
7. Financial Information: This is probably the most involved part of your plan. You’ll need to know exactly how much you will need to start up and what the money will be used for—list every expense you can think of for the next three years at least; how much you expect to make each year (financial forecasts); and set some financial assumptions like your tax rate and how many days you’ll give your customers time to pay your invoices (e.g., net 30 days). The business plan templates and tools in the next section will help you create these plans, but you may also need to research standard assumptions for your industry or sample rates similar companies use. Joining an industry association, such as the Graphic Artists Guild, might get you access to financial planning tools and industry-standard rates.
8. Funding Request: If you’re looking for a loan, create a funding request section where you outline how much you’ll need, what the money will go towards, the terms you’d like to have applied, and any expected business developments that could impact your loan in the future (e.g., you expect to get a new partner in the future).

Recycling

1. Step into a leadership role. Every program needs a leader to step up and take charge. Why can’t that person be you? If you’re passionate about the environment and have a little time each month to spend on the cause, this is a great way to hone your leadership skills while also doing something good for the planet.

Your first task as leader should be to conduct an assessment. Go around to high-traffic areas – the kitchen or break room, the copier area, the entrance to the office – and make sure recycling bins are accessible and easily identifiable.

While you’re at it, check to see if the bins are being used properly (or at all). This tends to be the biggest issue in most offices. People don’t know what goes where so they take the easy route — the trash can.

So, your next task is to label the bins as well as the area around them. Write down exactly what items should be put in each bin (such as “white office paper”) and any special instructions (such as “remove staples”) so you don’t end up with contamination. Attach this label to each bin and to the wall next to it.

2. Plan special events. Most company recycling programs take care of the basics – paper, aluminum cans and glass bottles. But there are plenty of other materials that can be recycled – electronics, toner and old office equipment. Organize a semi-annual event to collect these items. Encourage employees to have fun finding them around the office and to feel free to bring them from home. Make getting rid of clutter easy and convenient – something everyone will appreciate!

Call your recycler and ask if it accepts these materials. You want to find a company that also offers pickup service since the load may be heavy given the materials.

Also, make sure everyone knows in advance when this event is taking place so they can gather the materials to turn in at the event instead of simply throwing them away.

3. Educate the staff. Keep your co-workers motivated by educating them on why recycling matters. If you have a company newsletter, ask to contribute a regular article or “quick tip” about the environment.

It also helps to keep the staff informed about the impact of their contributions. Send regular company-wide e-mails or office memos to thank them for supporting the recycling program and let them know how many pounds of waste they kept out of the landfill each month. (Your recycling company can help provide statistics.)

4. Build enthusiasm. Nothing helps keep up the energy like a little healthy competition. Consider creating a game or contest between departments to see who can generate the least amount of trash, and come up with innovative ways to track progress and reward those who participate. Publicize the winners so others around the company can see the success.

5. Grow the program. With a recycling program in place, you can help expand the program to other businesses in your building or area. Consolidating your efforts may help reduce hauling and processing fees.

Building Wealth

1. Put Off Marriage
Your biggest obstacle to attaining wealth is YOU. Too often, people live their lives in a manner that is not conducive to creating riches and then get frustrated at “the system” when they only really have themselves to blame.

One of the most important financial decisions you will ever make is marriage (more specifically who you marry and when). By putting off the walk down the aisle for a few years, you can save a decade worth of frustration. Your first goal should be to become financially independent, with little or no debt, and have your investments in place. Once you have these three things, your odds of success are drastically improved by beginning your journey on a level playing field (after all, the number-one reason for divorce is financial trouble).

2. Debt is a Disease
With a few notable exceptions, debt is a form of bondage; a disease that enslaves the borrower. A few years ago, there was a young lady attending college who shot herself because she couldn’t pay back $2,300 in credit card debt. Although an extreme example, it is a testament to the power money has over peoples’ lives. Imagine your life without owing anyone anything; your car, your house, your education, all paid for in full. Like what you see? When you want it badly enough, you will make extinguishing your debt your number one priority.

3. If You Don’t Like Where your Parents Were at Your Age – Do Things Differently
The old cliché that “insanity is doing the same thing over and over expecting different results,” holds just as true today as it did when it was originally written. If you don’t like where your parents were at your age, stop what you are doing. During your childhood, they taught you all they knew about money. For many people, these early years established how they feel about their finances today. In order to become financially successful, you must do something different than they did. Otherwise, you will end up exactly as they are.

4. When you Begin a Job, Look at the Pay of the Highest Employee
Whether you are looking for employment now or are thinking about it sometime in the near future, one of the most important things for you to do is to look at what the top-dog gets at any company for which you are considering working. This will give you an idea of how high you can expect to climb in terms of earnings and promotion. If the CEO is making $30,000 a year, you have no chance to make six figures. Select a job accordingly.

5. Do Something You Love and Get Paid for It
I remember going into college and being surrounded with people who wanted to be artists, scientists, and businessmen, but instead did what their parents or grandparents told them to do. There is no honor in being a doctor or a lawyer if you wake up every morning and hate your job. Pick a profession you love and you’ll never have to work a day in your life.

6. Understand the Money Myth
Money is nothing more than a piece of paper with the image of a long-dead person on it. When you understand that any power it has over you is derived from your relationship with it, you suddenly become free from the constant pressures and stress of thinking about it. Especially at times such as these, if you are putting money away for ten, fifteen, or twenty years down the road, stop checking your portfolio every day! There is nothing you can gain from it except stress.

7. Your New Commodity is Not Your Labor, It’s Your Ideas
With the advent of the Internet and other technological advances, you are no longer limited to supporting yourself or making a living by your physical labor. The only limit you have on yourself now is your own imagination – your ideas are the most valuable thing you possess. Every man, woman, and child is a salesman for a living; if you don’t own a business or investments, then you sell your manual labor to a company in exchange for a paycheck. Change your product. The gap between the rich and poor does indeed grow larger with each passing year, but not because of inequalities or any other such injustices. Instead, it is because the rich understand money and how to use it. Capital is literally a seed; learn how to plant it to produce the best harvest. When you do this, you will rule your finances, not the other way around.

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The last 2 years (beginning of autumn 2008) were devastating for me and my family. Lost 93,3 Million Euros (my dad), a 32 years old build from scratch business, a face and so-called ‘friends’. These friends were leased anyway, so no regrets here. The lease had expired and traded them in for better and real ones. But several issues still haunt me till this very day of my life. I’ll list them right here (in a random order).

I regret that;  people deceive, I didn’t do enough when the sh*t hit the fan, my mother was born in a ‘dismantled’ family and got the blame for it, I didn’t want to perform well at school(s) because other things were more interesting, I didn’t kiss a girl named Chelsea on a cruise-liner, we had to sell our breathtaking penthouse in Paris (near Musee D’Orsay), it’s sad to see how ‘friends’ go for the money and status instead of refinement, I stayed too long at a business university college school that eventually took me 4 years to realize it was a very bad one (no positive outlook by looking at it’s theoretical and ‘promised’ side), when I was in Canada and went back for 4 weeks to ‘save’ my education, family members (other than my own family) weren’t there to support us during business ‘take away’, I had to be silent for 1,5 years due to circumstances, I drank too much during my studies (loads of fun but now I’m stuck with liver issues), none of my businesses really took off (except for a restaurantguide and obviously this blog), I never worked at a low income job to gain awareness of various employers and employees (maybe then I studied harder), I didn’t comply with the school’s curriculum, I wasn’t fully present (my thoughts wandered) during our Summer 2009 holiday on Skopelos, I punched someone in the face related to the troubles during the recession, I had to witness the destruction of my dad caused by highly placed corporate suckers wankers, I had to watch my dad loose himself during the recession and I just sat there, I did way too much for others instead of helping myself first, I have to make the decision to leave The Netherlands for Canada.

All of the above are meant for better sake. They’re now used for good. Business-wise it’s getting better and better. Feasible business opportunities are now more concrete and concise than the years before. At this moment I’ve got 32 feasible business ideas, it’s up to the field and desk research what to do with them. You haven’t seen the last of me. Now it’s my time.

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• Ease Yourself into Entrepreneurship – Tempting though it may be to leap in and wait for the splash, the sensible entrepreneur will ease gently into his/her new venture. Here’s how:
• Finding the Perfect Niche as an Entrepreneur – Finding the prefect niche as an entrepreneur starts with unlocking passion. A job that is enjoyed is no longer a job making the path to a successful business easier to walk.
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Eindelijk is het zover. AlleenEten.nl is sinds een aantal dagen online.

Het persbericht:

AlleenEten.nl is ontstaan vanwege het gebrek aan informatie omtrent restaurants en eetcafés waar men alleen (in hun eentje) kan gaan eten. Het overgrote deel denkt dat wanneer je in je eentje gaat eten, je wordt weggekeken en niet adequaat geholpen in het betreffende etablissement. AlleenEten.nl tracht deze mythe te ontkrachten door eetgelegenheden te selecteren op snelheid, prijs, kwaliteit, vriendelijkheid en behulpzaamheid. Deze eetgelegenheden worden door ons persoonlijk bezocht alvorens deze op de website verschijnen.

Database aan eetgelegenheden wordt steeds groter

Onze website biedt de mogelijkheid om te zoeken naar restaurants, brasseries en eetcafés binnen Nederland. De dekkingsgraad van etablissementen wordt met de dag groter. Iedere week worden er zo’n 10 nieuwe premium* eetgelegenheden aan de database toegevoegd. De website is dus volledig up-to-date. Mensen die een restaurant of eetcafé aan willen bevelen kunnen deze toevoegen aan de database. Na beoordeling zal deze al dan niet geplaatst worden.

Voor mensen die alleen zijn in heel Nederland

De website is bedoeld voor alleenstaanden/singles of mensen die per toeval alleen zijn omdat hun omgeving te druk is met andere dingen. Stelt u zich voor; kinderen zijn op een partijtje, uw partner is op een wijnproeverij en u zit alleen thuis en u heeft toch zin om wat te doen zonder al te veel moeite. AlleenEten.nl biedt de mogelijkheid om alleen uit eten te gaan, voor elk budget. Wij proberen deze groep buiten de deur te laten eten om toch zoveel mogelijk ‘gezelligheid te kweken’ en hopelijk ontmoet een single persoon een leuke partner tijdens het AlleenEten.

Enkele testimonials die wij per e-mail mochten ontvangen:

‘Wat een geweldig idee! Ik ga deze website zeker volgen!’

‘Wow! Wat een gaaf restaurant wat ik laatst via deze website heb gevonden! Bedankt hiervoor.’

‘Dit initiatief is zeker de moeite waard. Zal deze website zeer zeker aanbevelen bij mijn alleenstaande vrienden.’

Wij hopen dat alleenstaand Nederland gebruik zal maken van AlleenEten.nl om zo meer ‘onder de (nieuwe) mensen’ te komen en uiteraard lekker uit eten te gaan. Per 7 december is AlleenEten.nl tevens te horen, in de vorm van een reclame boodschap, op Fresh FM.

De website is opgericht (Oktober 2009) door het bedrijf InventiX.

Helaas zijn niet alle plaatsen gevuld met geschikte restaurants omdat dit simpelweg nog niet mogelijk is vanwege het feit dat wij deze etablissementen eerst bezoeken alvorens wij deze plaatsen.

*met premium worden degelijke en kwalitatieve niet fastfood zijnde eetgelegenheden bedoeld.

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Titel verwarrend? Valt reuze mee! Hier is mijn top 10 lijst van de Top5 lijst !

Top5 van de websites die ik het meest bezoek

1. Opacity.us (verlaten panden overal ter wereld)

2. Fok.nl (nieuws site, weblog, forum en games)

3. Dft.nl (aandelen, opties, business nieuws etc)

4. Youtube.com (tijdsverdrijf en voor documentaires)

5. Telegraaf.nl (laatste nieuws in een entertainend jasje)

Top5 van domeinen die ik in eigendom heb

1. AlleenEten.nl

2. Reely.nl

3. SamenBieren.nl

4. Tennisautomaat.nl

5. Techworx.nl

Top5 websites waar ik mijn nieuws vandaan haal

1. Nu.nl (ook op de zakelijke afdeling)

2. Google.nl (voor de links in berichten)

3. Newser.com (site wat allerlei nieuwsberichten overzichtelijk toont)

4. Tweakers.net (technisch nieuws)

5. BusinessWeek.com (business gerelateerd nieuws)

Top5 sites waar ik mijn inspiratie vandaan haal

1. Lifeinlegacy.com (verhalen over dode mensen, klinkt raar maar zitten waanzinnige verhalen tussen. Interessant is om te lezen hoe ze leiding hebben gegeven aan bedrijven)

2. Zenhabits.net (website gericht voor en op jezelf)

3. Quotationspage.com & Worldofinspiration.com (citaten)

4. StumbleUpon.com (toolbar voor IE/Firefox dat allerlei websites weergeeft naar aangegeven interesses)

5. Trendwatching.com (laatste trends)

Top5 spots in de wereld

1. Vancouver (ga daar, na mijn studie, wonen !)

2. Parijs (5 jaar lang ‘gewoond’)

3. San Francisco (erg relaxt)

4. Cannes (het goede leven)

5. Bahamas (ontzettend mooi)

Top5 tv-shows die ik volg

1. Extreme Home Makeover (helpende hand bij ongeval/ziekte)

2. Gooische Vrouwen (niet alleen voor vrouwen! Grappig hoe ‘Martin’ altijd reageert)

3. The Simpsons (grappig om te zien hoe ze de realiteit in een cartoon verwerken)

4. Topgear (enorme fan van snelle auto’s en vooral van hun ‘specials’)

5. De zomer voorbij & Waar is de mol (hoe vakantie vieren ook kan)

Top5 wijnen die ik nooit zal weigeren

1. 2008 Sancerre Blanc, Roger & Didier Raimbault

2. La Porte d’Or – Chablis 1er Cru – Vaillon 2006

3. Sanrocco Sicilia IGT – Feudo Principi di Butera

4. 2008 La Pauline Blanc, Miracle, Sauvignon-Grenache

5. 2008 Blackhawk, Chardonnay

Top5 van restaurants

1. Buddhabar (in Parijs)

2. Costes & Pershing Hall (in Parijs)

3. Dylan Hotel

4. Latour

5. Flamingo Paradise

Top5 van cafés

1. De Vergulde Gaper

2. Hoppe & Luxembourg

3. The Corcoran (Parijs)

4. Thijssen

5. 2005 & Oker

Top5 van auto’s

1. Jaguar XKR / XJ

2. Bentley Arnage T

3. Mercedes C63

4. BMW X5

5. Shelby GT 500

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40 Tips voor een beter leven………….klinkt erg banaal maar deel ze hoe dan ook. Indien je meer tips hebt gelieve het reactie formulier onderaan deze pagina te gebruiken.

“Als je succes in het leven wenst, maak van volharding je boezemvriend, van ervaring jewijze adviseur, van voorzichtigheid je oudere broer en van hoop je beschermend talent.” Joseph Addison

1. Loop elke dag tussen de 10 a 30 minuten. Tijdens het lopen dient gelachen te worden (moet zeker lukken in Amsterdam). Het is de ultieme antidepressiva.
2. Zit stil voor minstens 10 minuten.
3. Koop een hd-dvd-recorder en neem show(s) op later dan 10 uur in de avond met als gevolg dat je meer slaapt.
4. Wanneer je wakker wordt bedenk je ‘vandaag ga ik ……….vul hier je doel in………. doen’.
5. Leef volgens het 3E’s principe welteverstaan ‘Energie, Enthousiasme en Empathie’.
6. Speel meer spelletjes (op de pc of ‘bord’) en lees meer boeken dan in 2008.
7. Maak tijd om te mediteren. Klinkt raar voor sommige (inclusief mijzelf) maar levert de nodige ‘fuel’ voor de dag.
8. Ga meer om met mensen van boven de 70 en met kinderen onder de 6.
9. Droom meer wanneer je niet slaapt, dagdroom meer.
10. Eet meer biologisch voedsel.
11. Drink groene thee en genoeg water. Eet bosbessen, wilde Alaska zalm, broccoli, amandelen en walnoten.
12. Probeer op z’n minst 3 personen aan het lachen te maken (niet al te moeilijk met wat hulp van het internet).
13. Ruim je huis, auto, bureau op en laat nieuwe energie toe in je leven.
14. Verspil geen energie aan roddelen, of kwesties in het verlden, negatieve gedachtes of dingen die je niet in de hand hebt. Verplaats je daarom in het positieve.
15. Realiseer je dat het leven een school is en je bent hier neergezet om te leren. Problemen horen er nu eenmaal bij en vertrekken weer als een wiskundeles maar de les die je hieruit leert duurt het gehele leven.
16. Ontbijt als een koning, lunch als een prins en eet in de avond als een brugklasser met je laatste centen.
17. Glimlach en lach meer. Het houdt de negatieve energie weg.
18. Het leven is niet eerlijk, maar het is nog steeds goed.
19. Het leven is veels te kort om iedereen maar te haten.
20. Neem jezelf niet al te serieus. Niemand anders doet dat.
21. Je hoeft niet ieder argument te winnen. Ga akkoord om niet akkoord te gaan.
22. Maak vrede met het verleden zodat het het heden niet verpest.
23. Vergelijk je leven niet met anderen. Je hebt geen idee hoe hun leven in elkaar steekt.
24. Niemand is de baas over jouw geluk alleen jijzelf !
25. Pak ieder zogenaamde ramp aan met de woorden ‘Doet dit er nog toe in 5 jaar?’.
26. Vergeef iedereen voor alles.
27. Wat anderen van je denken gaat je niets aan. Lekker belangrijk dus.
28. Wil niet teveel doen (of overdrijf niet). Ken je grenzen.
29. Hoe goed of slecht een situatie is, het verandert toch wel.
30. Je werk legt je niet in de watten wanneer je ziek bent. Je vrienden wel. Houdt ze dichtbij.
31. Verwijder alles dat niet bruikbaar, mooi of heuglijk is..
32. Jaloezie is zonde van de tijd. Je hebt alles al.
33. Het beste komt eraan.
34. Het maakt niet uit hoe je je voelt, sta op, kleedt je representatief en laat je zien.
35. Do de juiste dingen.
36. Bel (of modern; Skype) je familie vaak.
37. Verricht elke dag een goede daad.
38. Wij zijn ‘too blessed to be stressed’.
39. Heb plezier in het maken van de tocht. Onthoud goed dat dit geen Disney World is en je wilt zeker geen ‘fast pass’. Je hebt maar 1 rit, haal het meeste eruit.
40. Lach wanneer je kan, verontschuldig je wanneer het moet, en laat gaan wat je niet kan veranderen.

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“Was het leven zo simpel als de mensheid, Dan zou ik me dood vervelen.”
Bastiaan Reijmerink

Velen denken dat creativiteit moeilijk, complex, vaag en irritant is. Het is allemaal niet zo moeilijk, je maakt het jezelf moeilijk.

Het toepassen van creativiteit kan bijdragen aan bijvoorbeeld het opstarten van een bedrijf, school werkzaamheden, boekhouden (in vele vormen) of andere onderwerpen die door middel van het creatief zijn realiteit kunnen worden. Een flink aantal mensen (soms dieren) beweren dat het creatief zijn wel even uit een boekje geleerd kan worden, mooi niet dus. Creativiteit (tel even hoe vaak ik dit woord noem) moet in jezelf zitten, hoeft uiteraard niet aangeboren te zijn maar het moet enigszins getoond worden. Hoe creatief iemand is laat al bijvoorbeeld zien hoe iemand de straat oversteekt of de kortste route uitzoekt (middels google maps) naar werk en/of school.

Laten we eens gaan kijken hoe eenvoud het creatieve doet opleven:

1. Ideeën. Deze zijn soms moeilijk te vinden? Of toch niet? Het komt eenvoudig gezegd neer op het simplificeren van dingen. Combineer ideeën of zet ze in een verschillende volgorde, zo creëer je grotere ideeën.

2. Ideeën, alweer. In plaats van meerdere wegen naar Rome te vinden (zonder Google Maps ), zoek manieren om minder te doen. Een voorbeeld: als een ‘rivaliserende’ koffiewinkel met een flinke variatie in koffie en broodjes, dan moet jij je juist specialiseren in iets. Bijvoorbeeld een kleine selectie van waanzinnige koffie serveren en wat kleine broodjes verkopen. Zie het slogan al voor mij ‘De lekkerste koffie met een overheerlijk broodje’.

3. Geen afleiding(en). Tegenwoordig is iedereen om de haverklap afgeleid, hetzij iemand buiten/binnen, het internet, mobieltjes, televisie etcetera.

4. Verwijder complicaties. Complicaties staan het proces ‘creëren’ in de weg. Er moet een weg gevonden worden om hetgeen te simplificeren denk hierbij aan verscheidene processen of gehele projecten. Tevens is het raadzaam om belemmeringen te verwijderen en het ‘trechtermodel’ toe te passen. Dit alles zal de focus doen verscherpen.

5. Focus op een project tot het einde!. Klinkt logisch maar voor sommige mensen is het ontzettend moeilijk (heb er zelf ook wel eens moeite mee). Veelal zijn er meerdere projecten binnen of buiten een project, het is dus moeilijk kiezen. De oplossing ligt in het opruimen van de agenda en je bezig houden met een project (met flinke tussenpauzes uiteraard).

6. Gebruik eenvoudige ‘tools’. laptop met de applicatie Word/Powerpoint/Excel en Outlook is prima voor de dagelijkse bezigheden om tot iets concreets te komen. Mogelijk is de software MindMapper Pro een idee voor, je raadt het al, het genereren van MindMaps. Een nog simpelere tool is en blijft natuurlijk Pen en Papier, werkt altijd en kent geen ‘blauwe schermen‘.

7. Wanneer alles teveel wordt, concentreer je op het kleinere gedeelte. Indien een project te groot of te gecompliceerd is of gewoonweg te moeilijk, pas dan het trechtermodel toe (in het engels ‘narrow it down’). Als je een boek aan het schrijven bent focus dan meer op de kleinere en eenvoudige stukken dan op het geheel. Als je een bedrijf opstart focus dan op het minst moeilijke en werk dat uit.

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