Archive for the ‘Business Administration’ Category
Turning Wasted Work into a Great Outcome
Recently, a new intern called Juzou started working at MakeLeaps. As part of our SEO plan put together by Patrick McKenzie (patio11), one of Juzou’s tasks was to generate content for MakeLeaps by researching and writing about things that would be interesting and useful to Japanese small business owners who may be in need of [...]
Interview with Dylan Robertson, Founder of HelloYoga.com and Pure Enterprise – Part 1/3
Interview Participants: Dylan Robertson – Founder of HelloYoga.com and Pure Enterprise KK Jason Winder – Co-founder of MakeLeaps Transcript: JASON: This is Jason Winder, the co-founder of Make Leaps. Make Leaps is a small business invoicing tool that helps small companies and better invoices in Japan. I’m here today with Dylan Robertson CEO of Pure [...]
MakeLeaps ACCJ Speech – “How To Fund a Company Without Investors or Capital”
On the 4th of October, Paul and I went to the American Chamber of Commerce Japan (ACCJ) office to do a speech titled “How to Fund a Company Without Investors or Capital”. We were invited by Doug Jackson of FreshEyes.jp, who hosts the ACCJ Independent Business Committee. When we arrived to do early setup, we [...]
Use A Fictional Tony To Maintain Your Customer Relationships
I recently heard a story about a sole proprietor business owner with a fictional employee in his ‘accounts department’ named Tony. This fictional employee’s job is client-related administration, such as sending invoices, and following up on late client payments. This is a clever separation between client accounts and client relationships. Nothing kills a client relationship [...]
