Your business space is your window towards achieving great success in your business. It is time to change your image and your style. A successful business space is functional when it expresses a mood and displays a deep sense of harmony.
Great tips to help you.
There are some basic things you should consider in changing the face of any space. Be it a living room or an office space. The primary thing to consider is that a successful space should be simple and comfortable. The first function of a business space is a place where you can welcome, entertain and make your client feel comfortable. In other words, the business space is a place for relaxed and comfortable transactions. To achieve this function of a business space, it should be arrange in such a way that will allow for effective transaction between two or more people.
The second function of a business space is that it is a place where you settle down alone or with a companion to brainstorm on important issues. Therefore I will recommend easy chairs arranged in a manner that gives room for direct eye contact. I won’t agree to large chairs this is because they consume space and may not portray a business space as such. However get soft, comfy chairs for your clients so that they are comfortable while discussing business.
Remember that a successful business space is functional when it expresses a mood and a deep sense of harmony. The next thing to consider in decorating your office space is the mood of the room. Your business space mood should express that of business, and shouldn’t have too many fragile things around so that your clients are not so careful whenever there are in your office. This could scare prospective clients away; those would have put some hot money into your pocket. Your business space should be formal enough for business, yet casual enough for comfort. The casual mood could be added by placing beautifully framed pictures on the wall, especially pictures of your business transactions in the past. Hang beautiful sharp paintings on the wall, the easily catch attention, and who knows, this could be what may keep bring your client s back. Flowers neatly arranged in the Conner of your space are not a bad idea.
Finally, all the furniture in your business space should work in harmony. The shades of color you choose should go well with each other, from the color of paintings on the wall to the color of the floor covering. The color of flower you choose should not be too overwhelming again it may consume a lot of space.
Having done all this, you will have a business space that truly spells business, a business space that you and your clients can sit in and talk business matters. This will have your clients keep coming back.
By: G. Ogette
Archive for October, 2009
Why Business Partnerships Don’t Work
October 26th, 2009
Partnerships are typically formed due to a joint business idea or the need for financial aid with business start-up expense. Either way, only about 40 percent of partnerships work out and partnership dissolution is like a divorce–it’s really ugly.
You can only think and speak for yourself, you cannot for someone else. You can’t assume what someone else is thinking, so you can never speak for your partner. Therefore, there will be differences in your decision-making as a partnership.
If everything is going great with the business, there’s not a problem. But when things get difficult and there is a problem, everyone has their own interpretation of how to solve it and you are always going to have some type of a problem somewhere down the road in a functional business.
A silent partner, who is truly silent, will sometimes work out. But when people invest their money, they usually want to see where it’s going and where it’s coming in. They will eventually want some involvement, which can cause conflict between partners.
May partners develop their business without having a solid business plan, without having a partnership agreement, and without having an understanding upfront about how they’re going to deal with the business. Eventually, it starts falling apart and there’s nothing in writing. It’s hard to even write a partnership contract that will fully protect you and your business should the partnership fail.
A strong marital or family relationship makes for a better partnership because there is an existing bond deeper than any contract. They have a previously developed patience with each other and a nurturing relationship already established. In addition, most family business owners have invested “family” monies and share the work load equally. But even so, many family businesses close due to irresolvable conflict.
New businesses are often referred to as “your baby,” so try to imagine your new business as your first born child. You have dreams and hopes for them to have a happy and prosperous future. You want their lives to be smooth and headed down easy street. You also have a plan to give your child the best odds for this type of life. What if someone else, i.e. your partner, has a very different idea of how to raise “your baby?” Maybe you agree on the infancy of your business, but what about the later years of development, the “teen years?” Will your ideas on how to run the business be the same then?
There are many reasons business partnerships fail; too many to mention here. Statistically, the odds for sole proprietor business success are minimal; with a partner, even less. Try to avoid going into business with a partner. Being a boss is not easy. Being a boss and an owner isn’t easy either. But being an owner and having another owner tell you what to do is even more difficult. Don’t take partners unless you’re married to them, and that may not even be a good idea.
By: Carol Denbow
