What is entrepreneurship? Is it about innovation? Is it about founding systems? Is it about product development? Or, is it about customer relations and fulfilment? These are the most common ways through which budding and existing entrepreneurs view their profession of choice. How you view entrepreneurship is very important because it will end up defining how you view your role as the leader of your business or your leadership style. And, how you view your leadership style will end up defining ... Keep Reading
Top 7 New Year Resolutions for Aspiring Entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurs are a unique breed of people. They have this ability to focus on one thing to the exclusion of everything else and that one thing, you guessed it, is their respective businesses. At any point in his life, the true entrepreneur will be thinking of nothing else but his business. So, it isn't surprising that they colour everything that happens in the real world in the shades of their businesses. There is no one that this blog, Office Hacks by Inkjet Wholesale, is designed for more ... Keep Reading
5 Awesome Tips to Boost Employee Engagement
There is a clear trend in business circles and it's fairly evident if you only stop and smell (or taste) the fruits of flowers of these new labours. At the forefront of this new trend are businesses such as Facebook, Pixar, and Google. The biggest proof that their methods not only combine to be the trend of the future but also the most functionality-focused strategy of the future is that these are enterprises at the top of their game with respect to productivity and popularity both. What trend ... Keep Reading
6 Tips to Create an Office Reception that Oozes Oomph!
Have you ever wondered why big companies, large enterprises, and multinational organisations bother with their websites so much? It’s not like their bottom lines depend on the sales their websites bring. It’s because it is their first point of contact with their existing and prospective customers. Essentially, the website is the digital version of the office reception. Most brick and mortar business owners will not hesitate in telling you that the office reception is one of the most important ... Keep Reading
Pros and Cons of a Telecommuting Policy for Your Company
Make no mistake; telecommuting is on the rise. It’s not just in Australia either. It’s true all over the world. In fact, there are a wide variety of companies in the world that have implemented a telecommuting policy that allows their employees to have the option of working from home. Unfortunately, every company that has implemented a telecommuting policy hasn’t seen success with it. There are actually businesses out there that have tried giving their employees this freedom only to see a marked ... Keep Reading
Do You Have A Millennial Friendly Office?
If you don’t, then you better start doing things to fix the problem or you'll lose out to that competitor who has a millennial friendly office Google defines millennials as such: “a person reaching young adulthood around the year 2000”. This means that anyone and everyone born between 1980 and 1984, roughly speaking, can be counted as a millennial. Wikipedia, which is slightly more reliable than Google when it comes to definitions, defines millennials as people born between the years 1980 and ... Keep Reading
How to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint?
If you’re environment conscious at all, then you want to reduce your carbon footprint. Carbon footprint, in the simplest of terms, is the amount of carbon dioxide that is released into the environment because of your actions in the world. Therefore, every bulb you turn on, every air conditioner you use, every vehicle you drive, or even every product you purchase adds to your carbon footprint. For businesses, carbon footprint is an even bigger problem because running a business involves ... Keep Reading
How to Create a Business Growth Strategy?
If you’re a regular reader of this blog, then you know that we like to take a subject and worry over it for a bit like a dog with a bone, before we consider any other topics. This usually results in a series of articles talking about a specific area of running a business or a specific concern. We do this because like to approach things from as many angles as we possibly can (thus, a dog with a bone reference) before burying it for good. Since our last instalment focused on the various types of ... Keep Reading
Top 7 Mistakes to Avoid When Relocating Your Business
Relocation – it is easily one of the most harrowing tasks anyone can go through in life. You’ve, no doubt, heard all the nightmare stories of people relocating their homes. It doesn’t matter how far or near the relocation destination is, if the move has to be cursed then it will be cursed. Now, imagine all troubles you’ve heard about moving homes and multiply them by 10. That’s what relocating your business will be like. If you’re planning on relocating your business, then you need to be very ... Keep Reading
Top 5 Financial Mistakes Small Businesses Make
Why is it that the vast majority of small businesses fail to even get off the ground? It can’t be lack of planning because some budding entrepreneurs, who are sticklers for planning and nit-pickers to boot, fail as miserably as the maverick entrepreneurs amongst us. Another interesting fact is that most small businesses can take most types of mistakes in their stride. It is, however, the financial mistakes small businesses make that can truly break them. Therefore, for any budding entrepreneur, ... Keep Reading