Starting a new business isn’t hard—thousands upon thousands of people do it every year. A major reason many new businesses fail is unrealistic expectations about what the business will produce. It is a mature product with a mature market. Lower prices (and lower profits), better quality, some specialized market niche? What? What is your business concept? How will you structure your business? Will you work alone, or hire employees to assist with the work? What equipment do you have to buy (trucks, trailers, gutter machine, other machines, hand tools, handling equipment, office equipment, supplies, gutter coil, other inventory, etc.)? General contractors? Homeowners? How are you going to make them aware of your company and get their business?
Realistically, it will take a while to capture business for your new company. What happens if the housing market slows down? You will need the help of a lawyer to determine the business structure (sole proprietorship, partnership, or corporation) and handle the legal issues of setting up the business. What about Workmen’s Compensation and general business insurance?
MIGRATION has emerged as one of the defining issues of the 21st century. With hundreds of millions of people now living outside their countries of birth, the hot topic of people mobility has grown in visibility and significance.
The diseases most commonly seen in travellers are diarrhoea, malaria (if you travel in a malaria-infested area), accidents (when travelling by car or swimming), wound infections and sexually transmitted diseases.
- Diarrhoea is caused by contaminated food and drinking-water. You must therefore be careful if your are travelling in poor hygie...
Arthritis can be a severely debilitating illness. Many who suffer from arthritis succumb to a deadlier disease, depression. The combination can be literally lethal. The best way to obviate the feelings of despair and helplessness is to seize arthritis by the collar and subject it to a frontal psychological assault. This goes by the rubric of a bett...
Acupuncture uses the insertion of needles to alleviate certain symptoms in the body. It has gotten wide acceptance among western medicine as treatment for such things as postoperative pain, anesthesia, menstrual cramps, etc. It stimulates a number of points on the body, usually by inserting thin metal needles into points that are carefully selected...
Let's follow Susan as she goes to her first acupuncture treatment. Susan is a little hesitant, thinking of many needles sticking out of her in funny places so that she can't find a place to sit easily. Her friend Marie had recommended this acupuncture clinic as a possible help for Susan's recent problems of sleeplessness and depression. Susan was v...
Acupuncture has been used in China and Japan for centuries, and was introduced into Europe in the 1700s by Jesuit missionaries. However, it has been popular in the United States for only the past twenty or thirty years. Initially, its most dramatic and effective results here in America were to reduce or eliminate pain, where some patients undergoin...
Acupuncture is a well-established and increasingly accepted treatment procedure for pain, for emotional troubles, and for an ever increasing number of physical ailments. More and more traditional physicians are referring patients to acupuncture clinics for a certain set of problems that may be treated more effectively, and without the side effects ...
How to Win a Beauty Pageant When you were a child, were you instantly attracted to sparkling tiaras, large bouquet of roses, elegant long-gowns and distinctive beauty pageant sashes? Is winning a beauty contest still your dream or have you outgrown this dream when you grew up?
Good news for those who still want to pursue their dreams: you...