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Other Added - Impresario! The Hispanic American Dream
On your first day in kindergarten, your mother helped pick out your clothes, reminded you of proper manners and sent you off into the world to make a great first impression on your teacher. I am writing this short article with some motherly advice on how to prepare for a professional job interview.Being prepared for your first ‘real job’ interview is based on the principles your mother taught you on that first day of school. Be prepared, look your best and be polite. Let’s review each of these keys to success as it relates to an interview.1) Be prepared. When you went for your first day of school, your mother made sure you had your lunch, your notebooks and your pencils all ready in your book bag. In order to be prepared f
Similarly, our families demand a lot of our time, especially for Latinas. This pulls attention away from our business, and makes it difficult for us to achieve our fullest potential. For the person who has always assumed the caretaker role in the family, putting energy into a business can be viewed as selfish. So although we don’t want to shirk responsibilities, it can be hard to compete with people who are freer to devote more time
Corporation incorporated for businesses engaged in charitable, religious, scientific or educational activities profiting for the betterment of the society is defined as non profit corporations.No part of the income or profit is distributed among the officers or the directors, other than for legal business purpose or for any other promotional purpose of the corporation. The income is tax exempted by the state of Nevada and is used for non profitable goals of the organization.The incorporation of the non profit corporation subjects to the complete tax exemptions rules. The corporation may have any number of directors, who need not be the resident citizens of the Nevada state; they have the provision to appoint a resident age
The literal translation is, “To be an entrepreneur.” But in Spanish, the words convey a much deeper meaning. They carry undertones of a longing for independence and personal autonomy. The dream of upward mobility. Overall, a sense of “finally making it.”
Latinos have a special affinity for business because of our cultural heritage. We are friendly people, which makes us outgoing enough to create strong relationships. We’re brave and willing to take risks. And we are willing to work very hard to get ahead. All three are essential for entrepreneurs.
How is being a Latino entrepreneur different than being an Anglo, Asian or African American entrepreneur? The answer requires a look at the factors that set our culture apart. Each contains both a gift and a challenge.
Family Focus
Latinos tend to have a deeply ingrained love and respect for family. This includes not only immediate family members, but also aunts and uncles, cousins, and copadres. Our web of family connections spreads vertically across multiple generations, and horizontally to what Anglos might call “shirt-tail relatives.”
The good thing about our family network is that we have a built-in safety net, no matter what we do. When we’re ready to embark on a new business venture, we have plenty of people to turn to for support. This might take the form of a loan of initial capital, or a ready-made set of first customers to try our sales skills on. Also, it’s likely that someone in our extended family has entrepreneurial experience, and can help us with much-needed guidance and advice.
The flip side is that our families place a lot of expectations on us. When Abuelita asks us to hire a cousin who’s down on his luck, it is often difficult to say no, even if Primo Gordo lacks any sort of relevant expertise.
Similarly, our families demand a lot of our time, especially for Latinas. This pulls attention away from our business, and makes it difficult for us to achieve our fullest potential. For the person who has always assumed the caretaker role in the family, putting energy into a business can be viewed as selfish. So although we don’t want to shirk responsibilities, it can be hard to compete with people who are freer to devote more time
Changing jobs is quite natural for many people nowadays. Specialists kept on switching companies looking for a better place to work at. But their functional responsibilities still remain the same. However, such rotation without the change of your occupation is not 100% useful. Psychological research has showed that a person will have more chances to succeed if he changes his vocation once 5 – 7 years. Thus he will acquire new knowledge and experience and he will learn how to deal with new unusual tasks.Even if you have created a dynamic plan for developing your career from a clerk to a senior manager in a particular company new responsibilities don’t substitute old ones, but are just added to the existing duties. In other words,
How is being a Latino entrepreneur different than being an Anglo, Asian or African American entrepreneur? The answer requires a look at the factors that set our culture apart. Each contains both a gift and a challenge.
Family Focus
Latinos tend to have a deeply ingrained love and respect for family. This includes not only immediate family members, but also aunts and uncles, cousins, and copadres. Our web of family connections spreads vertically across multiple generations, and horizontally to what Anglos might call “shirt-tail relatives.”
The good thing about our family network is that we have a built-in safety net, no matter what we do. When we’re ready to embark on a new business venture, we have plenty of people to turn to for support. This might take the form of a loan of initial capital, or a ready-made set of first customers to try our sales skills on. Also, it’s likely that someone in our extended family has entrepreneurial experience, and can help us with much-needed guidance and advice.
The flip side is that our families place a lot of expectations on us. When Abuelita asks us to hire a cousin who’s down on his luck, it is often difficult to say no, even if Primo Gordo lacks any sort of relevant expertise.
Similarly, our families demand a lot of our time, especially for Latinas. This pulls attention away from our business, and makes it difficult for us to achieve our fullest potential. For the person who has always assumed the caretaker role in the family, putting energy into a business can be viewed as selfish. So although we don’t want to shirk responsibilities, it can be hard to compete with people who are freer to devote more time
Since most of us are always online and our business is online, we often forget the importance of advertising our business offline. Print advertising can be one of the best forms of advertising for your buck. Why? Well, with print advertising it's in the form of hard copy and is always in view of your potential customers. Thats just one small example. Think about your daily newspaper...try hiding that in your email box! The following are just a few hints and ideas for you to consider before you place an offline advertising campaign.--->Expiration DatesYou want to be sure to include an expiration date so that the possible customer sees that there is a limited time BUT don't make the date to end too soon. Why? You want to giv
The good thing about our family network is that we have a built-in safety net, no matter what we do. When we’re ready to embark on a new business venture, we have plenty of people to turn to for support. This might take the form of a loan of initial capital, or a ready-made set of first customers to try our sales skills on. Also, it’s likely that someone in our extended family has entrepreneurial experience, and can help us with much-needed guidance and advice.
The flip side is that our families place a lot of expectations on us. When Abuelita asks us to hire a cousin who’s down on his luck, it is often difficult to say no, even if Primo Gordo lacks any sort of relevant expertise.
Similarly, our families demand a lot of our time, especially for Latinas. This pulls attention away from our business, and makes it difficult for us to achieve our fullest potential. For the person who has always assumed the caretaker role in the family, putting energy into a business can be viewed as selfish. So although we don’t want to shirk responsibilities, it can be hard to compete with people who are freer to devote more time
Are you in need of extra office space but not happy to move? Want to improve the first impression your office makes on visitors? Then it is time to look at the key areas to address when planning an office upgrade. From the evaluation and planning stage, through design, implementation and completion, there are many large steps to take and many decisions to address, to ensure that your office refurbishment project meets your requirements.These include planning and project evaluation, interior design (including placement of partitions, plumbing, ceilings and walls), communications installations (phone, fax, external networking) and data cabling, and furniture and equipment. As part of this process, of course, attention is needed on
The flip side is that our families place a lot of expectations on us. When Abuelita asks us to hire a cousin who’s down on his luck, it is often difficult to say no, even if Primo Gordo lacks any sort of relevant expertise.
Similarly, our families demand a lot of our time, especially for Latinas. This pulls attention away from our business, and makes it difficult for us to achieve our fullest potential. For the person who has always assumed the caretaker role in the family, putting energy into a business can be viewed as selfish. So although we don’t want to shirk responsibilities, it can be hard to compete with people who are freer to devote more time
A focus group is a group of employees or current customers that discuss and brainstorm new ways to improve different parts of your business.1. They can give you new ideas on how to advertise and market your product or service to your targeted audience.2. They can give you ideas that could help improve your current product or service. For example, you could make it smaller, faster, heavier, etc.3. They can give you ideas for new products or services to develop and sell. For example, a new gift wrapping service for your products.4. They can help you solve lingering problems with your business. For example, you could give your employees incentives to solve slow production.5. They can give you new ideas on
Similarly, our families demand a lot of our time, especially for Latinas. This pulls attention away from our business, and makes it difficult for us to achieve our fullest potential. For the person who has always assumed the caretaker role in the family, putting energy into a business can be viewed as selfish. So although we don’t want to shirk responsibilities, it can be hard to compete with people who are freer to devote more time to their work.
Foundation of Faith
Another strength we Latinos have is our religion. We are known for our spirituality and ability to assume an eternal perspective, looking beyond this earthly plane. The great part of this is that we know how to use affirmations and visualization (also known as prayer). These are necessary for making the leap of faith that entrepreneurs must take into the unknown. Without a belief in Divine help and intervention, it can be almost paralyzing to contemplate leaving the stability of a job.
On the other hand, blind faith can sometimes be dangerous. Every entrepreneur must have their feet firmly planted in the ground. After all, no amount of prayer will teach you how to read a balance sheet. We must learn to temper our other-worldliness with a good dose of practicality, and never rely too heavily on fate to ensure our success.
New Ideas
How can Latinos leverage cultural opportunities and overcome related challenges? The answer lies in three things. Education. An expanded mindset. And getting out of our own way.
Education doesn’t necessarily entail an MBA from Harvard or Yale, although degrees certainly help. Instead, we must study how the business world works, and find ways to capitalize on our strengths. For example, we must research the market before acting on our business ideas, so as to minimize risks. We need to understand finance, to avoid cash flow crises. Laws and regulations are another area we have to learn about. These are things a person can learn in a class at the local community college, or from one of many excellent business programs online.
Education also involves learning about ourselves. What do we, personally, need to master in order to compete with the big boys on the block? With the globe becoming smaller every day, we face competition from every corner of the world. It’s
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