I am one of the founders of a small corporation and have a minority stake in it. My talents, input and ongoing contribution of effort and time have helped this company to become what it is. Now it requires more and more of my time (60-75 hours/wk) to run it and I spend more time than other owners. The company is profitable, but not to extent that it can pay market price for my time. As business changes I feel that my input grows more and more valuable while my ownership stake remains the same. How do I approach my partners with proposal to change ownership stake? Is this even appropriate? Stakes were negotiated initially, but they are no longer accurate as far as I am concerned.
Thanks in advance for your opinion.
Having been in this situation, you need to determine for yourself how much this is bothering you now and how much it will in the future. The imbalance can turn into a business threatening dilemma for all, however, right now you may be the only unhappy one. Two courses of action, one, be prepared to leave (as in start looking for another job and have one in hand) and then negotiate from a position of strength, in other words, be ready to leave. Two, give them a written proposal now with the revised deal structure and a time line to respond. If they do not respond, see plan 1. I would personally do both. If 2 doesn’t work, don’t "tip" your hand that you are pursuing another option, stay cool.
This may mean that your equity stake may not be worth much, however, it also may get you what you want.
Alright I have an assignment where I have to make a guide with rules, tips, and advice about growing a business empire such as starbucks. I chose Starbucks as an example. Can anyone help me find some steps that you would take to grow your Starbucks empire? For example: Getting employees, getting costumers, ext. Its basically just a hand book on how to create your own empire of something. If anyone would help that would be awesome. Be creative!
go to google and type in executive summary.. or business plans.. you should be able to find a lot of free stuff that will give you a picture of how to do it.. the executive summary is a complete overview of a business from start to finish.. that is the best and fastest way to get the information you want.. good luck
I just had a baby, she is 8 days old and so beautiful!
I am at home with her right now until things at work pick back up(Im a mason)and she sleeps all day and i am so bored!
I was wondering if anyone knew anyways to earn a little extra cash online, im not looking to get rich, I just wanna make a little money so it doesn’t feel like my days are a waste.
I have Photoshop CS5 (And i am pretty good with it.)
Adobe after effects (Also good with it.)
I have heard about people making lots of money with Photoshop but i don’t know where to start.
Also what are a few other things a could learn online to make money? Website building? Programming? I need ideas people !
Thank you !
There are legit work frrom home "jobs" but they tend to pay less than minimum wage and work from home businesses take hard
work, dedication, and drive to succeed and, just like tradtional businesses, there’s no guarantee of success.
I live and work in Switzerland. I earned around 60,000CHF last year and had to pay about 3500 in taxes here. I’m a first year teacher, Obviously I don’t plan on going back to teach and live below the povertly line in the US. If I have to file, What form do I need to fill out? or is it easier to just denounce my citizenship?
you mean for an american citizenship? I would retain proof that you are an american citizen (such as SSN card), but you don’t have to keep filing for citizenship and you don’t need to renounce it
TRUE OR FALSE
That wouldn’t be the reason for "Decreased Tourism"..Their research is flawed.
Depends on the business. The main factor is increase cost, of course you will have more income. So if you manufacture a product you will need more raw material, or more machines to meet demand. In the service industry you will need more people, so bigger payroll. Also everything will go up, you may need more space, the list goes on. You have to be able to handle the extra growth, so if you are doing everything and at your limit you will need to delegate so your customers do not get hurt
I am in the process of building my business ventures that will emcompass my life over the next few years. I am thinking of making sure the loan will cover all of my expenses (basic home expenses ok 24k) while I work and grow for the first year.Good idea or bad idea?
No.
You should save enough to cover your expenses for at least a year until the business starts producing money. The reality if the business fails, you still have to pay back the loan without any money coming in. Running a new business is challenging. Regardless of what you hear about all the resources that are out there, they all want their money.
Cheers and good luck!
What problems might emerge as your business grows and you need to adapt and make any necessary changes?
If your business grows too rapidly, your back office systems and number of employees may not be able to handle the growth in a positive way. For example, your customer service could suffer because customers have longer wait times for a phone rep due to higher than expected call volume.
Hope this helps.
Honest answers only, please. Don’t give me a ‘lecture’ you don’t know my reason for asking and it’s none of your business anyways.
Yes. Anytime there is a nutritional deficiency hair loss can occur and the skin can become weakened. Eating disorders also effect internal functions too, basically, if you see signs and symptoms on the outside, then there are probably many more on the inside. The teeth can also start to decay. If the disorder involves emesis,(throwing up)…then the tooth decay and throat irritation will be more pronounced. It is hard to give specific advice without knowing all the details about what your asking. I suggest seeking professional medical intervention for whomever your asking this for, because treating these disorders can be tricky, even for those of us in medicine. It is psychological just as much as it is physical. Catching it early makes a HUGE difference.
You own your own small party supply and rental business. You maintain an Excel list of potential customers and clients who have rented or purchased from you in the past two years. The list includes both physical mailing addresses and e-mail addresses for each person listed. You have a “category“ code to show whether the contact is a client. If they have done business with you, they show a code of “CUST” for customer. If they are potential customers who have not yet purchased or rented from you, they are coded as “PROS” for prospect.
You want to grow your business, and feel the best way to do this is to solicit additional business from past customers. Respond fully to the following questions regarding this task:
A – (TCO 4) You want to be able to separate your customers from your prospects. Explain how you would do this using Excel.
B – (TCO 
You want to send a letter to each customer, but you don’t want it to sound impersonal. Explain how you might achieve this using your Excel file.
C – (TCO 7) If you get the results you expect to get from contacting your customers, you want to be able to do this every month. Explain how you might use Excel to automate the process of separating your list as you did in Part A.
D – (TCO 6) You anticipate that your income will increase by 2 percent over the next two months for each 50 letters sent. You want to gauge the impact on your sales of mailing 50, 100, 150, and 200 letters. What Excel tools would you use to evaluate the possible outcome of mailing at each level? Explain.
Go with B