Angelo Lauro

Are you an inspiring leader? The ability to inspire is the key to successful leadership and can be achieved thought the adoption of 10 key characteristics according to a recent BusinessWeek article. These are: 1. Be authentic and don’t pretend to be something you’re not 2. Be consistent and avoid erratic behaviour (read more...)

Human resources are by far the most important resources for any organization. Needless to say then that making the best possible use of these resources is crucial to the fate of organization, and hence once of the most important priority for the managers of that organization. What makes it different from other streams of management is (read more...)

Some people can dive into a project headfirst without first having received any guidance and without having a plan. The most amazing aspect of this approach is that sometimes these people successfully complete a project. This approach may work for school papers or group projects, but I caution you not to initiate this kind of (read more...)

Well isn’t this the most ultimate statement. It is so important in every day business that you have good employees because it truly can be the difference between a successful business and one that will ultimately fail. The answer really starts with you as a business operator or manager. You need to develop many skills including, (read more...)

Franchising is the future. Statistically, franchising is the most successful format for owning a business in today’s competitive and aggressive business environment. I have read many articles relating to looking at a franchise in which I tend to agree with some and disagree with many. At the end of the day it is a business that (read more...)

Well after looking through the various article titles and subjects I thought it appropriate to create a new topic that encompasses several points across the various topics. After extensive research into this area I believe there is a substantial change in the way product, companies and services are advertised and marketed. The consumer today has become (read more...)

After reading many of the articles and blogs on this topic and having some experience in this area I believe the first thing to do is realize your business worth and potential. There are many ways to raise capital and a lot of these articles relate to raising capital through private and public offerings of some (read more...)

Firstly, let’s start with the basics: What is a Brand/Branding or a Logo? 1. Brand- is the identity that a consumer can identify a service or a product that becomes more identifiable then others. 2. branding- itself is not specific and can cover various areas including branding in the product or service itself independently or; can be how (read more...)