10 Tips that Lead to Business Success

1. Customer satisfaction focus

2. Quality products and services

3. Skilled and experienced management team

4. Loyal, committed and productive team members

5. Innovation

6. Solid financial management systems

7. Access to capital for development and grow

8. Competitive advantage and a marketplace presence

9. Quality short- and long-term growth strategies

10. Effective alliances and collaborations that yield business growth

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Karmen A. Booker is an Attorney, Business Consultant and Chief Consultant for Compu-Perfect Professional Services, a business consulting firm specializing in business incorporation, establishing limited liability companies, contract drafting & reviewing, and more.  CALL ATTORNEY BOOKER at (301) 408-1082.

She is also the author of “Business Tips” Report where you will discover tips that will put you on the Road to Business Success, Tips for creating and implementing a marketing plan, and more. This report and other books she has authored are available for online purchase at www.kbooker.wordpress.com by clicking on the respective report and book covers on the right sidebar of the blog site.

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My name is Karmen A. Booker and I am a Business Attorney and have a business consulting firm – Compu-Perfect Professional Services. Compu-Perfect has been providing the following services for 15 years:

• Business formation (Corporations, Limited Liability Companies (LLC’s) and Nonprofit Organizations)

• Contract Drafting and Reviewing

• Trademark Search and Registration

• Completion of the 501(c)(3) application for nonprofit organizations

• Grant Research and Writing

(Please view my website at http://www.compuperfect.net).

Offering 25% Discount on ALL SERVICES

NOTE: Anyone that you refer to us and they engage our services, we will Pay You a REFERRAL FEE.

Thank you for your consideration, and I look forward to helping you and those you refer,  “Move on the Road to Greater Business Success”.

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(301) 408-1082

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Is Entrepreneurship For You?

Is Entrepreneurship For You?

There is no way to eliminate all the risks associated with starting a small business.  However, you can improve your chances of success with good planning and preparation.  A good starting place is to evaluate your strengths and weaknesses as the owner and manager of a small business.  Carefully consider each of the following questions.

Are you a self-starter?  It will be up to you – not someone else telling you – to develop projects, organize your team, and follow through on details.

How well do you get along with different personalities?  Business owners need to develop working relationships with a variety of people including customers, vendors, staff, banks and professionals such as lawyers, accountants or consultants.  Can you deal with a demanding client, an unreliable vendor, or cranky staff person in the best interest of your business?

How good are you at making decisions?  Small business owners are required to make decisions constantly, often quickly, under pressure, and independently.

Do you have the physical and emotional stamina to run a business?  Business ownership can be challenging, fun and exciting. But it is also a lot of work.  Can you face 12-hour work days, six or seven days a week?

How well do you plan and organize?  Research indicates that many business failures could have been avoided through better planning.  Good organization of – financials, inventory, schedules, production – can help avoid many pitfalls.

Character Traits That Are Essential in Starting

and Maintaining Your Business Are:

 

Self-motivation

Perseverance

Flexibility

 

 

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“Biblical Entrepreneurship” is a workbook written by Attorney Karmen A. Booker, solves the problem of “not knowing how to start a business”. It is a comprehensive guide for starting and operating an efficient business. It discusses the 7-step process for operating your business GOD’S WAY:

Step 1 – How to Obtain a Vision for Your Business

Step 2 – How to Hear From God

Step 3 – How to Overcome Obstacles – the Fear of Failure and the Fear of Rejection

Step 4 – The Different Types of Business Entities and Selecting the Best One for your Business

Step 5 – How to Develop a Business Plan

Step 6 -  How to Select a Name for Your Business and Other Business Essentials

Step 7 – Tax Tips for Your Home Business

 

Overcoming Obstacles in Starting Your Own Business

many people are afraid to start their own business because of FEAR.  There are two major types of Fear – Fear of Failure and Fear of Rejection

When you exercise faith, fear cannot triumph and overtake you because it does not exist.

The Word of God says that:

“There is no fear in love.  Perfect love casteth out fear.”  (I John 4:18)

Imagine walking into a dark room, and the minute you flip the switch to turn on the light, the darkness disappears.  The light removed canceled the darkness.

The light (which represents TRUTH = the WORD of God) dwelling in our hearts, minds, and spirit will undoubtedly remove Fear.  As you continue to operate in faith (trusting, depending, and relying) on the Word of God, then fear will be removed from your heart and mind.

Faith Has Replaced Fear

Therefore, you no longer have a fear of failure or rejection in starting your own business.

Granted, you will experience rejection in operating a business, but the key is Don’t Focus on the rejection, but How You Respond to the Rejection.

Suppose you have a Cleaning Company and you present a proposal to ABC company to provide cleaning services for a particular price, and ABC Company rejects your proposal.  You should not let this rejection paralyze you and keep you from seeking and submitting proposals to other companies to provide cleaning services.  You must keep moving forward – take steps to continue to promote and market your services.

If you don’t continue to take steps forward, you are going to stagnate, and start moving backward.

Don’t let rejection stop you in your track – KEEP MOVING FORWARD.

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“Biblical Entrepreneurship” is a workbook written by Attorney Karmen A. Booker, solves the problem of “not knowing how to start a business”. It is a comprehensive guide for starting and operating an efficient business. It discusses the 7-step process for operating your business GOD’S WAY:

Step 1 – How to Obtain a Vision for Your Business

Step 2 – How to Hear From God

Step 3 – How to Overcome Obstacles – the Fear of Failure and the Fear of Rejection

Step 4 – The Different Types of Business Entities and Selecting the Best One for your Business

Step 5 – How to Develop a Business Plan

Step 6 -  How to Select a Name for Your Business and Other Business Essentials

Step 7 – Tax Tips for Your Home Business

What is the First Step in Starting a Business

Before you start a business, you must have a VISION.

The Word of God says that “. . . where there is no vision the people perish”.

“Khaw-zone” – a mental sight

The Hebrew word for vision is “Khaw-zone” which means a mental sight, which can be in the form of a dream or revelation.

Before you start a business, you must seek God for the “VISION”.  He will reveal to you what He wants you to do.  Once God reveals this to you, then it is important to seek God as to how He wants you to carry out the “VISION”.

To Learn More Buy my book “Biblical Entrepreneurship”.

“Biblical Entrepreneurship” is a workbook written by Attorney Karmen A. Booker, solves the problem of “not knowing how to start a business”. It is a comprehensive guide for starting and operating an efficient business. It discusses the 7-step process for operating your business GOD’S WAY:

Step 1 – How to Obtain a Vision for Your Business

Step 2 – How to Hear From God

Step 3 – How to Overcome Obstacles – the Fear of Failure and the Fear of Rejection

Step 4 – The Different Types of Business Entities and Selecting the Best One for your Business

Step 5 – How to Develop a Business Plan

Step 6 -  How to Select a Name for Your Business and Other Business Essentials

Step 7 – Tax Tips for Your Home Business

3 Important Facts Re: Home-based business

Three essentials can make a big difference for your home-based startup business.

Outsource everything but the core functions in your home-based business

You started your a home-based business because you wanted to do something unique, and something you enjoy.  Therefore, you need to keep your eye on this and continually clear the way for you and your company to focus on this “core competency” – just like larger companies do.

“Small businesses have many different responsibilities that you should outsource whatever you can so that you can make the most money doing what you do best.”

For example,  if you came up with a product to manufacture, and the key to your business success lies in sales and marketing, farm out production. If you’re a consultant whose magic lies in your vision and your interaction with clients, outsource your accounting and other “back-office” functions.

Fully Leverage the Internet

Taking advantage of the Internet can help you operate your home-based business with far more efficiency.

In fact, the biggest challenge for home-based operators is to keep up with the many new ways they can make the Internet work for them. These days home-based businesses can send out e-mail blasts to their customer database – announcing a promotion or a new product – just as easily as any huge company.

Take Advantage of Home-based Business Tax Breaks

One of the major advantages of owning your own home business is the tax benefit that you receive.  The federal government has arranged the tax code to provide incentives to entrepreneurs to encourage the growth of new businesses.  It is important to understand these incentives in order to take full advantage of them.  The following information is an overview, and not a comprehensive tax course.  Therefore, you should seek the advice of a competent and professional tax advisor.

Business Use of Your Home

The IRS has strict rules regarding deductibility of part of your home expense for business purposes, but if you meet the requirements, you can save substantially at tax time. The tests to determine the deductibility of part of your home as a business are as follows:

You may take a limited deduction for business use of your home if you use part of your home or a structure at the same location exclusively and regularly:

• As the principal place of business for any trade or business in which you engage;

• As a place to meet or deal with patients, clients, or customers in the nor mal course of your trade or business; or

• In connection with your trade or business, if you are using a separate structure that is not attached to your house or residence.

Exclusive use means only for business.  If you use part of your home as your business office and also for personal purposes, you do not meet the exclusive use test. Regular use means on a continuing basis.  Occasional or incidental business use of part of your home does not meet the regular use test, although that part is used for no other purpose.

You must be doing work in your home for the purposes of making a profit, rather than as a hobby.  If you do not actually make a profit during a certain year, you may qualify if the business is active.  (A passive financial management activity such as investing in real estate or stocks would not qualify).  Your home must be your principle place of business and/or the place where you meet with clients and customers and/or the place where you store inventory for resale at wholesale or retail.

There are other rules and exceptions to these rules, but the idea is that in order to deduct a part of your home for business purposes, you must designate a room or part of a room that is used regularly for your business, and is used for no other purposes.  If you can do that, you can deduct the expenses for painting or repairing the business part of your home as direct expenses. You may also deduct expenses that apply to your entire home by calculating the percentage of your home dedicated to your business and applying that percentage to your expenses.  These may include:

¨            Real Estate Taxes

¨            Deductible Mortgage Interest

¨            Rent

I discuss “Tax Tips”, Marketing, Business Planning, and more in great detail in my book, “Biblical Entrepreneurship”, which can be purchased at – http://kbooker.wordpress.com/2010/02/25/biblical-entrepreneurship/

Conclusion

Starting and maintaining a home-based business can be challenging, but by maximizing outsourcing, the Internet, and tax advantages, you can quickly add momentum and sales that will take your home-based business to the next level.

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Karmen A. Booker is an Attorney, Business Consultant and Chief Consultant for Compu-Perfect Professional Services, a business consulting firm specializing in business incorporation, establishing limited liability companies, contract drafting & reviewing, and more.  CALL ATTORNEY BOOKER at 

(301) 408-1082.  View her website at www.compuperfect.net

She is also the author of “Business Tips” Report where you will discover tips that will put you on the Road to Business Success, Tips for creating and implementing a marketing plan, and more. This report and other books she has authored are available for online purchase at www.kbooker.wordpress.com by clicking on the respective report and book covers on the right sidebar of the blog site.

 

What is a Trademark?

What is a trademark?

A trademark includes any word, name, symbol, or device, or any combination, used, or intended to be used, in commerce to identify and distinguish the goods of one manufacturer or seller from goods manufactured or sold by others, and to indicate the source of the goods. In short, a trademark is a brand name.

What is a service mark?

A service mark is any word, name, symbol, device, or any combination, used, or intended to be used, in commerce, to identify and distinguish the services of one provider from services provided by others, and to indicate the source of the services.

What is a certification mark?

A certification mark is any word, name, symbol, device, or any combination, used, or intended to be used, in commerce with the owner’s permission by someone other than its owner, to certify regional or other geographic origin, material, mode of manufacture, quality, accuracy, or other characteristics of someone’s goods or services, or that the work or labor on the goods or services was performed by members of a union or other organization.

Do I have to register my trademark?

No, but federal registration has several advantages, including notice to the public of the registrant’s claim of ownership of the mark, a legal presumption of ownership nationwide, and the exclusive right to use the mark on or in connection with the goods or services set forth in the registration.

What are the benefits of federal trademark registration?

1. Constructive notice nationwide of the trademark owner’s claim.
2. Evidence of ownership of the trademark.
3. Jurisdiction of federal courts may be invoked.
4. Registration can be used as a basis for obtaining registration in foreign countries.
5. Registration may be filed with U.S. Customs Service to prevent importation of infringing foreign goods.

When is it proper to use the federal registration symbol (the letter R enclosed within a circle — ® — with the mark.

The federal registration symbol may be used once the mark is actually registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Even though an application is pending, the registration symbol may not be used before the mark has actually become registered. The federal registration symbol should only be used on goods or services that are the subject of the federal trademark registration. [Note: Several foreign countries use the letter R enclosed within a circle to indicate that a mark is registered in that country. Use of the symbol by the holder of a foreign registration may be proper.]

What constitutes interstate commerce?

For goods, “Interstate commerce” involves sending the goods across state lines with the mark displayed on the goods or the packaging for the goods. With services, “interstate commerce” involves offering a service to those in another state or rendering a service which affects interstate commerce (e.g. restaurants, gas stations, hotels, etc.).

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Karmen A. Booker is an Attorney, Business Consultant and Chief Consultant for Compu-Perfect Professional Services, a business consulting firm specializing in business incorporation, establishing limited liability companies, contract drafting & reviewing, and more.  CALL ATTORNEY BOOKER at

(301) 408-1082. View her website at www.compuperfect.net

She is also the author of “Business Tips” Report where you will discover tips that will put you on the Road to Business Success, Tips for creating and implementing a marketing plan, and more. This report and other books she has authored are available for online purchase at www.kbooker.wordpress.com by clicking on the respective report and book covers on the right sidebar of the blog site.