Here is the schedule of the Laundry business seminar for August 2010.

It will be held on August 28, 2010 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Mr. Laundry Shoppe at 12 Mayor Ignacio Diaz St., Barangay Kaunlaran Cubao, Q.C.

The seminar is conducted Nette of Mr. Laundry Shoppe, who has been givng this seminar for almost three years and has helped a lot aspiring entrepreneurs established their business the “clean” way.

Topics to be discussed during the seminar are:

• Start up capitalization
• Feasibility Study
• Setting Up of the Laundry Shop( lay out)
• Dry cleaning Procedure
• Marketing Strategies
• How to’s on the Operational Procedure
• Stain removal Procedure
• Forms and FliersA

And as an added bonus, seminar participants will also be thought on how to make their own fabric softener and fabric freshener, to help them save on their cost and at the same time provide another income opportunity for them.

Fee for the laundry business seminar is P1,800.00. Make sure you pay at least two days before seminar date. Those who will pay on the seminar date itself will be paying P2,300.00.
Payments are accepted through bank deposit. Interested entrepreneurs who want to learn to how run their own laundry business may call or text Nette through her mobile number 09228267515 or through her landline no. (02) 3477515 for more details.

Seminar kits, as well lunch and snacks will be given during the seminar.

So, take your first step towards entrepreneurship now. Enroll at the Mr. Laundry Shoppe’s laundry business seminar now.

Are you dreaming of having your own business someday? Are you an aspiring entrepreneur who wishes to establish his own enterprise? Do you have what it takes to become an entrepreneur?

If you are not yet sure, or you want to be sure, here are schedules of business seminars for August and September this year that you can attend to help you be equipped with the necessary know-how of running your business – from the basic skills, hiring, taxes, pricing, marketing and more.

Check out these schedules, mark your calendars, and be on your way to fulfilling your dream of being a successful entrepreneur.

This business seminars are being conducted by the Center for Small Entrepreneurs (CSE)

For more information, you can call them at telephone numbers  (02) 525-6268/524-1879; or text 0915-3281717 / 0928-743-5054 or visit them at ASI Building, 1518 Leon Guinto corner Escoda St., Malate, Manila.

Be on your way to entrepreneurship today!

Okay, so maybe the first half of the is barely over. We still have a good six-months before Christmas. But if you observe some trade show booths in malls, you may find that some are already displaying merchandise and other gift suggestions for the holidays. Yes, it’s never too early to prepare for Christmas.

If you are an entrepreneur who is always looking for that time of the year, you can start your preparation and get a booth to start introducing your products. On your booth, you can print on your table skirts some logos or slogans that suggest, albeit in subtle way, your gift ideas for Christmas.

Or, in your banner stands, you may proudly announce the news – “Christmas is just around the corner!” Because it is actually, and you might be surprised how many buyers are really making some Christmas shopping this early.

If the booths are not provided, and you need to construct your own, there are some pre-fabricated Pipe and Drape which you can rent to create you display booth. These are easy to construct and you won’t need a skilled professional to do it for you, saving you money on labor.

The bottom line, as I having been saying it, it’s not too early. It’s never too early. You can start marketing your products for Christmas, and if you start early, you’ll get more exposure for your products, which could lead to better sales.

For those who are asking and those who have missed previous schedules, here is the laundry business seminar schedule for May 2010 being conducted by Nette of Mr. Laundry Shoppe.

Date:  May 22, 2010
Time:  9 a.m. to 4 p.m. (or until end of open forum)
Place:  Mr. Laundry Shoppe, 12 Mayor Ignacio Santos Diaz St. FORMER BANAHAW ST. Cubao, Q.C.

Nette will be discussing the following topics during the seminar:

• Start up capitalization
• Feasibility Study
• Setting Up of the Laundry Shop (lay out)
• Dry cleaning Procedure
• Marketing Strategies
• How to’s on the Operational Procedure
• Stain removal Procedure
• Forms and Fliers

You will also learn how to make your own fabric softener and fabric freshener during the seminar. These bonus topics will not only help you save on your business expenses, they will also provide with an additional business opportunity. List of suppliers will also be provided.

The fee for the seminar is still P1,800. If you avail of the Early Bird Promo and reserve before May 7, 2010, the fee is only P1,500. Please pay at least 2 days before the seminar date. If you pay on the seminar day itself, the fee is P2,300.

Pre-payment required. NO PAYMENT, NO RESERVATION. Payments are accepted through bank deposit.

Slots are limited so be sure to reserve early.

Seminar fee includes lunch and snacks as well materials for the seminar. For more details and reservation, please text Nette at 09228267515.

Like I always say, attending this seminar is a wise investment for aspiring entrepreneurs. Nette have been doing this for more than two years, unselfishly sharing her secrets and experiences in her own laundry business.

Take that first step to entrepreneurship. Reserve your slot early.

Note: For those who are not familiar with the place here’s a map to her shop, from her blog, and here’s another one from Google map.

Not everyone who has the capital to start a business has the required skills in managing people, that is why no matter how his product his, the entrepreneur still fails in his business venture.

Here’s one business forum where the entrepreneur can learn people management and how it can help his business.

This is the 18th Kapihang Entrepinoy with the theme “PEOPLE MANAGEMENT: Growing Business with Passion to SUCCEED” which will be held on April 24, 2010 at the Philippine Women’s University(PWU) Taft, Manila.

Registration fee for this business forum is P350, inclusive of snacks, forum kit and certificates. Registration starts at 8:00 a.m.

This business forum is organized by the Center for Small Entrepreneurs (CSE). For more details call telephone nos. (02) 524-1879 or 523-9766 or text nos. 09203681774 or 09228681665 and look for Janice.

Learn more on the People Management Systems and Procedures for Micro-Entrepreneurs from SSS, Philhealth and NWPC.

A must for every entrepreneur!

CSE is the organization behind the formation of Ka-Entrep, a group of Filipino entrepreneurs joining hands to help each other.

I am a member of the Ka-Entrep organization.

An entrepreneur deserves to get a break from all those stressful business activities. Wouldn’t it be nice if you rest in one of those hotel paris where you will be served by your personal aide à domicile as you unwind and take your dinner at restaurant paris. Why Paris, you may ask. Because if you can afford Paris, that means you are really doing good in your business.

Here I am writing what I believe were some of the reasons why I failed in my businesses before. I am writing them here for two reasons. Primarily, for me to serve as a reminder so that I may not repeat the same mistakes, and second, for those who may read this may learn too from my experiences, and thus save them costly errors in their own business.

Reasons for failing in business :

A medley of knowledge
I would like to think of myself as a talented person. I know how to do a lot of things.

But apparently, “Jack of all trades – master of none” didn’t work for me. In fact, it could probably be one of the main reasons I failed. I know a lot of things, yet I wasn’t able to develop anything into a full grown opportunity.

Grabbing every opportunity
As much as I can, I would like to grab every opportunity that comes to me. Because of this, the one that I’m currently working on get sidetracked. Enthusiastically, I start a new project… until a new opportunity comes along and again grabs my attention.

Not too focused
With too much ability and a lot of opportunities, I can get lost easily through it all. And I actually have a valid reason for not being focused then, those who really knew me, know what I am talking about. The only problem is I let that eat me, which caused to lose focus even more.

“Delayed gratification” NOT!
I didn’t practice delayed gratification as preached by most gurus. But like I said, I have a valid reason for that since I was really racing with time. I got to make every minute of my wife’s life fun and enjoyable.

One-man-show
I tried to be Superman and thought that I can do everything myself. In the process, I am spreading myself thinly. Because of this I can’t follow-up on any little success that I have, nor take on a really important opportunity that comes my way.

These are just some of my recognized reasons why I failed my business.

If you’ll look at them, some of them are actually assets. Yet, I was not able to put them into good use. I failed to maximize.

These in my mind, I am drafting an outline on how I can turn them around. And make all things work to my advantage.

Here again is the schedule of the Laundry Business Seminar for the month of  April 2010, being conducted by my friend Nette of Mr. Laundry Shoppe.

The schedule of the laundry business seminar is on April 24, 2010, from 9:00 a.m to 4:00 p.m. (or until end of open forum). Seminar will be held on-site, at the Mr. Laundry Shoppe, 12 Mayor Ignacio Santos Diaz St. (former Banahaw St.), Cubao, Quezon City.

Nette has provided a map to her shop at her blog, and also at google map.

Topics to be discussed during the seminar are:

• Start up capitalization
• Feasibility Study
• Setting Up of the Laundry Shop (lay out)
• Dry cleaning Procedure
• Marketing Strategies
• How to’s on the Operational Procedure
• Stain removal Procedure
• Forms and Fliers

There will even be bonus topics on how to make your own fabric softener and fabric freshener. Not only will you save costs on this, but it could also be an additional business opportunity for you. You will also be provided with list of suppliers.

The fee for the seminar is P1,800, but there is an Early Bird promo where you will pay only P1,500 if you reserve before April 16, 2010.

PLEASE PAY 2 DAYS BEFORE SEMINAR DATE. If you pay on the seminar date itself, fee is P2300. Payments can be made through bank deposit.

Seminar fee includes lunch and snacks as well materials for the seminar. For more details and reservation, please text Nette at 09228267515.

Pre-payment required. NO PAYMENT, NO RESERVATION.

Hurry, slots are only limited.

This an excellent business opportunity for the aspiring entrepreneurs. And may I add, you’re in good hands because Nette has been giving this seminar for more than two years. She is also in the laundry business and she unselfishly shares her secrets and experiences so you can succeed in this business.

Take that first step to entrepreneurship. Reserve your slot early.

How do you put out a fire? By dousing it with water! That’s right; to kill a fire you simply douse it with water.

Now, how do you kill enthusiasm? Simple, by dousing it with water!

Now why and how, you may ask, pour water on enthusiasm? I’m not really referring to physical water here, of course you know that.

I used the analogy because enthusiasm is like a fire burning within an individual. People doused it with water by simply saying NO! STOP! THAT CAN’T BE DONE!

This is one of the most common management mistakes. Sometimes, an individual comes along with a new or an improved idea. Enthusiastically, he shares to the bosses, very confident that this idea would improve performance, cut costs, lead to better sales or really create big changes within the organization.

But the audiences aren’t too keen on changes, they either dislike it or they fear it.

For most old timers, changes may mean that what their current practices may no longer be acceptable no matter how effective they maybe in the past. And they can’t accept that, call it pride, call it ego, but for them nothing beats the tried and tested means.

Then there is the feeling of being threatened.

These people with ideas may come on too strong for them, and they feel that they should slow them down before they gain their momentum. This is most especially true when the person with idea is young and new in the organization.

“You just can’t barge in throw and your weight around!” This is the message that they would like to convey to the newcomer, no matter how good or excellent the idea maybe, more so if it’s a really good idea.

I have nothing against old timers, or management for that matter. And I’m not saying that all new ideas are good ideas. What I’m trying to say is, all ideas are worth hearing.

You may think that it’s just a waste of time especially if it’s a really bad idea, but think again, a bad idea may lead to a better idea.

Someone has started a fire, don’t be the firefighter that would put out the fire.

An idea, no matter how bad, didn’t come just for the sake of having an idea. An idea came out because there was something that needs working on, something needs to be improved, something needs to be solved – something needs to be CHANGED.

Enthusiasm, desire, drive, passion, motivation – seek for it from an employee, but be sure to be ready to support it.

Be a bridge that would help them walk their way through, rather than being a wall that blocks their path. Remember that most great things that we have today – started from just a small, simple idea.

So how do you put out a fire? Simply by dousing it with water! And how do you kill enthusiasm?

YOU DON’T!

Would you believe that an effective way to keep your people happy is by firing away the unhappy ones?

Sounds like a joke? Jay Goltz really hoped it was.

Goltz, who owns five small businesses in Chicago, shared his secret in keeping happy employees in the company in the report from Yahoo! Finance.

Admitting that he doesn’t have a Ph. D., an M.B.A. or any economics degree, Goltz said that he had learned through times that you cannot make everyone happy.

He said, you can try – listen, solve problems, listen some more, solve more problems… but there will come a time that you will realize that you are robbing the company precious time and energy by trying to keep some people happy.

Goltz said that he doesn’t really get hyped up every time he fires people. He is one to admit, “There’s no joy in the act of firing someone.”

He continued his article sharing “bad management can make a good employee dysfunctional, but a good management may not always make a dysfunctional employee good.”

And then there’s the case of “being a square peg in a round whole” where an employee who used to exceptional elsewhere may not really perform at par in your company… it could the type of business or the culture in the organization.

Goltz was right on the dot when he said that it only takes one. A single unhappy employee can make a big difference.

He summarized by saying that, it is his style… his opinion. “Everyone has right to his or her opinion. When you own a company, you also have the right to surround yourself with the people you choose.”

“When you have the right people, business is much easier. I know because I have tried it both ways.”

Unorthodox it may seem, but Goltz maintains a happy organization.

Read his full text here.