All "names" articles
- Choosing the right name for your business
- Your start-up's name can convey more than just the product or service you sell. Here's a guide to the factors to consider and the things to avoid.
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- IP: What’s in a name?
- Intellectual property advice for start-ups by Sara Ludlam, head of intellectual property at Yorkshire-based solicitors Keeble Hawson.
- See more in: IP, intellectual property, trademarks, copyrights, patents, domain names, guides
- Getting the stationery right
- Trivial as it might sound, getting your company stationery right means complying with legal requirements. Andrew Small of Franaccounts takes you through it...
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- Company formation checklist
- A guide to the key decisions you have to make when forming your company. By Brian McLelland, solicitor and Managing Director at Business Lawyers Ltd.
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- Warren Buffett
- Having divested himself of a staggering 85% of his fortune, investor extraordinaire Warren Buffett can still afford the odd treat or two.
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- Steve Jobs
- James Bond, Bill Gates, Tom Jones, James Dean – people with two-syllable names are clearly go-getting achievers with a sense of urgency; they don't need names that slow them down.
- See more in: Steve Jobs, Apple, iPod, computing, profiles
- Oprah Winfrey
- She empathises better than Trisha, her book endorsements carry more weight than Richard and Judy and was the only black female billionaire for three years running.
- See more in: Oprah Winfrey, presenter, television, chat shows, businesswomen, women in business, profiles
- Florists
- Florist shops are very popular with those starting up for the first time. Whilst the rewards can be great, the hours can be surprisingly antisocial.
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- How to draw up an employment contract
- By law you have to write an employment contract soon after an employee starts, but the contract doesn't cover all obligations between parties.
- See more in: HR, staff, employees, employment, legal, contracts, employment contracts, guides
- Louis B Mayer
- Imagine if Mary Whitehouse ran the movie industry, and you're getting close to the impression the late MGM ideologue made in the first half of the 20th century.
- See more in: Louis B Mayer, films, Hollywood, MGM, production, profiles
- Martha Stewart
- What Oprah did for American women's insecurities and emotional scars Martha did for their cooking, baking and upholstery. Temporarily a billionaire, Martha Stewart made housewifery lucrative.
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- Pierre Omidyar
- Thanks to this man you can put a Kenny G record up for sale and someone, somewhere will actually buy it.
- See more in: Pierre Omidyar, eBay, auction, internet, online, profiles
- Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield
- So convinced are they that good business practice and social responsibility are not mutually exclusive, that they even oppose global warming – surely a positive development for an ice-cream manufacturer!
- See more in: Ben and Jerrys, ice cream, ethical, profiles
- Steven Spielberg
- One of the most prolific and successful directors of all time, Spielberg still managed to start his own little business, Dreamworks. An inspiration to all our BusinessInACan.com users!
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- Akio Morita
- The founder of electronics giant Sony was in the vanguard when it came to building brands and anticipating the internationalisation of markets.
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