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Gaining Experience Through Volunteering

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As a teen entrepreneur who is interested in getting a business started, you will need some experience in setting up a business and then dealing with people in such a way that they will want to do business with you for the service you offer. However, as a teen, you most likely have not had a lot of experience in doing either of those things.

Enter the wonderful world of volunteering. This is a great way to learn how to do many different things from light office management to handling people in a crisis. You simply do your assigned tasks at whatever agency or organization you choose to volunteer for.  A lot of it is office work such as filing, answering the phone, and data entry. These may seem trite but they are all things you need to know how to do in a smoothly run a business. [Read more...]

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Business Communication: A fine art or a science?

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One of the things that will take you far in the world of running your own business is being able to effectively communicate with your clients or customers. This is something that is vital to the success of your business, whether you are a teen business entrepreneur or an adult. If you cannot talk with your clients or customers in a way that they can comprehend, you may as well do some sort of desk job that doesn’t require you to have to speak with people.

The best way to start learning to effectively communicate is through people you meet in everyday life. Start a conversation with someone you don’t know very well, or even with a stranger. This helps build your confidence level of talking to all different types of people. You will start to become more comfortable with your speaking and conversational skills. This is something you will carry with you the rest of your life. [Read more...]

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Are You Ready to be a Boss?

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Something that teen entrepreneurs need to think about when starting their own businesses is whether or not they will be ready to be a boss at some point in the future. This could easily happen if you believe in yourself and what you do because you are pumping your business full of positive energy so there is every reason it will succeed. When this happens, it’s quite possible that you will need to hire someone to help you.

Believe it or not, it takes a lot more than just being the business owner to be a boss. There are definite people skills involved in being an effective boss, whether you call it boss, manager, supervisor or any other term used to describe the person in charge. You must know how to relate to people without making them feel as if they are underlings. Good people will stay with you as long as you let them know that they perform a valuable service for your business and that you appreciate them. [Read more...]

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Creating your Home Office

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When you have decided to start working from your home, the first thing you will need to do is create a working area. This can be done even if you don’t have an extra room to devote solely to working. You may be wondering just how that is possible, but be assured that you can do it.

Take into consideration the type of work you will be performing from your home office. Nearly all jobs will carry the need for a desk of some sort. The size of your work space will dictate the size of the desk you can have. You will also need a relatively comfortable chair to go with your desk.  For some, a telephone may be vital, and for nearly all work at home jobs, a computer is necessary. These are your staples. [Read more...]

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Business Advantages of Homeschooling Teens

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Homeschooling teens give them a bit of an advantage over other teens when it comes to creating and developing a business idea.  Teens who are homeschooled tend to be encouraged in independent thinking.  They are also given a bit of free rein regarding the development of a business.

As these teens are not on a strict schedule that cannot be altered if needed, they have much more freedom to work out their business ideas and put them into practice.  This is when parents who have taken on the challenge of homeschooling teens can really make a huge difference in their lives.  They can offer these teens the encouragement that they may not receive if they are attending a public or private school. And make no mistake:  Encouragement is something that will go a long way with teens who are trying to make their business dreams come alive. [Read more...]

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Is Your Business Right by God

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Being a business owner comes with both privileges and responsibilities, not only to yourself, but to others as well as God.   As a Christian I am sure you realize that it is God who gave you the business and the abilities that you have to run it.  As a result, you will want to do all that you can to make certain that you are running your business as a Christian should.

As Christian business owners we should stand out from the crowd by offering top-notch service, stand firm on our promises, and go the extra mile for our clients.  Doing so will not only make your business successful, but also make it a shining light and a witness in our world.

Too many business owners allow themselves to become involved in schemes or scams in the pursuit of the almighty dollar.  By doing so they are not only giving their business and themselves a bad image and reputation, but they are also not being faithful to God by being dishonest and not honoring the commandments that He gives us all as Christians. [Read more...]

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It Takes Character to Be a Christian Business Owner

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Owning a business can be tough, but being a Christian business owner, in a harsh secular world can be even more difficult at times.  As a Christian you want to stand for something and not fall into the trap of the world, but at the same time you are often confronted with moral or ethical dilemmas that might indeed help your business but hurt your witness.  What’s a Christian business owner to do?

I know the answer seems clear, but honestly, it is a difficult one to make.  It absolutely takes a big person to be a Christian business owner, and I don’t mean physically.  I mean that as a Christian business owner in order to survive in the cut throat world of business that you must be a person of character. [Read more...]

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Letting God Guide Your Business

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Being a business owner is a wonderful privilege, but with privilege comes difficulty. How many times as a business owner do you just feel a little overwhelmed?  There are times as business owners where we just don’t really know which direction to turn and we wish we had someone to just tell us what to do.  We want to know the right path to take with our business.

The good news is for us as Christians is that we do have someone to turn to.  We have the ultimate guide.  God is your guide and is there to show you the right path not only for you, but for your business as well. [Read more...]

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Christian Blogging for Business

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Blogging is an important tool for any business these days.  Blogging has taken the world by storm and has truly proved to be a smart business tool to help grow your business and help you to connect with your target market as well.

As a Christian business owner you should embrace the opportunity to connect with your prospective and current customers.  Many times a personal connection can be just the trick to convert a potential customer into a current customer and blogging can give you that advantage over others.

A blog is easy to set up and to use.  It can integrate with your current website to give you a place to communicate and connect with those who visit your website. Or you can create a new website using a blog platform.  You can make the blog as personal or as professional as you want.  But remember part of blogging is the opportunity to connect and if you’re all about business then you most likely won’t establish much of a connection. [Read more...]

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Ways of Business from a Christian Perspective

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There are many ways to “conduct business”.  And as business owners, especially small business owners you are on your own pretty much to determine how you will conduct your business.  What practices will you choose and what limitations will you be certain to put into place for your business.

Being a Christian business owner puts yet another factor there to consider when you’re determining how you will conduct business, because you have to take into account your own set of morals and beliefs.

When determining how you will conduct business as a Christian business owner there are some Biblical laws and commandments that you should definitely consider first.  They include: [Read more...]

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