Lifestyle: Work / Money
 
A prime function of Sheville.org is the promotion, support and affordable advertising offered to small businesses in Asheville and Western North Carolina that focus on the interests of women. In this section we intend to provide helpful information for growing a business and financial self-sufficiency. Sheville.org offers opportunities for business owners to advertise their business and to write educational information about their product(s) or services. In The Sheville Mall you’ll have the opportunity to rent a storefront to sell your goods and services online, worldwide.
 Eleven Tips on Getting More Efficiency Out of Women Employees (1943)
Sheville Staff
In the category of unsure whether this is depressing or educational, we present
this piece of advice from our herstory:
Eleven Tips on Getting More Efficiency Out of Women Employees (1943). While
the Women's History Month page on which this occurs dubs this piece "hilarious,"
in light of the 2008 election, we are not so sure.
The Endangered Internet
News or Press Release
Just how safe do you think the Internet is? Our friends at MAIN are reporting on some troubling tendencies which look like corporate interests may be getting a stranglehold on Internet access. Please see their page at: http://www.main.nc.us/savethenet/
Julie Duriga, CPA
If you do have a home-based business, good for you. It is such a great way to self empowerment and to be in charge of your own destiny.
Here are a few important things you should know about your home-based business.
more...
News or Press Release
A new source of capital for businesses that promote the environmentally
responsible use of natural resources is now available to entrepreneurs in
North Carolina, Virginia and northeast Tennessee. more...
Different, but equally Successful
News or Press Release
The Advocacy funded paper "Are Male and Female Entrepreneurs Really That
Different?," by Erin Kepler and Scott Shane finds that gender does not
affect new venture performance when other factors are controlled for. However,
several factors--differing expectations, reasons for starting a business, motivations,
opportunities sought and types of businesses--vary
between the genders, and these result in differing outcomes. Such observations
should be taken into account when comparing the outcomes of ventures across
genders.
The data used for the study was from the Panel Study of Entrepreneurial Dynamics
(PSED) focusing on businesses started in 1998 and 1999.
A full copy of this report is available at: http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/rs309tot.pdf,
and the research summary can be found at: http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/rs309.pdf.
Glenn Gleghorn
It is difficult to know what financial information is crucial to save. So what do we do, we save everything or nothing out of a sense of “I just don’t know”. Well, here are some tips about what to save and for how long. more...
News or Press Release
Forbes magazine has ranked Asheville 23rd of the 200 largest metro areas
in the nation as one of the top places for business and careers. Forbes
focused on elements that are particularly important to businesses, such as keeping
costs down and attracting smart people. Of the criteria evaluated, Asheville scored
especially high for its comparably low cost of doing business, placing 10th in
the nation. Expenditures for labor, energy, taxes and office space were each considered
to derive a “cost of doing business” index for each metro. Asheville
also placed high for positive population in-migration (32nd), low crime (67th),
job growth (70th) and area colleges (82nd). Although the methodology has varied
slightly over the years, this is the highest spot Asheville has ever placed in
the Forbes ranking. more...
 Did You Know?
Center for Women's Business Research
According to the Center for Women's Business Research 10.6 million privately held companies are now at least 50%-owned by women. And from 1997 to 2004, the estimated growth rate in the number of female-owned companies reached 17%, nearly twice that of all businesses, at 9%.
Bonnie Rose
Q: We moved but some of our things did not arrive on the moving van. Can we still have them appraised?
A: Yes, you can. Hypothetical appraisals are used to estimate the value of property which is no longer available for inspection, such as property that has been stolen, destroyed by fire, or damaged or misplaced by the moving company. more...
Sharon Oxendine
Q. I am in process of starting up a new business. I have had my business idea for a long time and have thought some time about how I want to organize it. Why should I need to write up a business plan if I already know what I want to do?
A. It is important to have a business plan if you plan to get a loan or have investors to fund your business. more...
Dawn Starks
Ah yes! Warmer day makes us think of springtime. The daffodils are blooming in our yard, bringing our thoughts to warm weather activities. But springtime brings about another feeling in me – the need to clean. more...
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