Comments on: Starting A New Business: Learn What Legal Paperwork You Will Need

By: AKA

AKA — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:23:11 +0000

A typical BS in Business covers basic accounting, business law, management principles, etc. The focus is on generic things someone in management would address as part of their job. Like many degrees, the curriculum covered by most colleges and universities is pretty much the same.

Nearly every college and university offers business degrees via distance education, ie. online classes, versus traditional classroom learning. You can also CLEP many freshman business classes (see http://www.collegeboard.com) if you are a good cram and test person.

The challenge you face with a degree is business is that it is a "me too" degree. Meaning, you say you have a degree in business and the other guy says, "me too". Also, business degrees lack in industry specific knowledge, ie. business in widget manufacturing or business in the chemical industry.

So, what do you end up getting having only a degree in business? You get entry level jobs in lower to middle management. Starting salaries can range from mid $20Ks to lower $30Ks.

That said, my advice is a minor in some thing that is also of interest to you, ie. chemistry, biology, psychology, etc. Then you have both a broad degree in business with industry specific knowledge. Makes your marketability much better.

Hope that helps.

By: THEKASE

THEKASE — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 09:52:30 +0000

I would say your best option is an SBA loan. They are backed by the government. You will have to put some kind of business plan and proforma.

Just call 3 or 4 banks and ask for their SBA specialist. They can assist you more.

By: Joe D

Joe D — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:51:23 +0000

By: godsamor

godsamor — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 02:19:23 +0000

"Everybody is learning mandarin [sic] now."
If you're going to major in business, you need to try and be an important, worthwhile asset to your company. While, yes, it is strongly speculated that China will be the next big thing and will probably come to be true, this doesn't mean Japan will be out of the market and will plummet into a third-world country. It will still be making innovations in all fields and companies will still want to deal with them.
While all those people who spent their college years learning Mandarin are battling for the same jobs, you can have a step up on them for you can aid your company in gaining profits from the Japanese. Besides, who's to say you can't learn Mandarin as well?

By: garlin104300

garlin104300 — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 22:11:16 +0000

I think ethics in business is a thing of the past.
Most businesses now only care about one thing, money.
They dont care how they get it as long as they keep getting more of it.
In general, customer service is at an all time low, greed and increasing profits is at an all time high, and business ethics got kicked to the curb long ago.

By: Rainy day

Rainy day — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 15:50:04 +0000

Mandarin Chinese is the best!

By: psychic

psychic — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 11:04:00 +0000

Nonsense, China its destroying our economy with dumping and trust… Yeah lets go to China say the Soviet EU slogan repeated by all past left wing and european socialist partyes; so in this way all economy went in crysis thanks to China, will collaspe definitely and we will talk all chinese before dinner..NO THANKS !!!

who was then the Soviet European Union colludes with China is something well-known.
Flexibility ? Better say illegal underestimate of labor cost, slavery and much propaganda.

By: Angel

Angel — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 05:14:57 +0000

it's perfectly legal and i recommend that you do it if you are a capable web designer. you don't need teacher certification to be a tutor, you only need to be an expert in your subject area. i advise against joining a tutoring website. the pay is ridiculously low and you could make 2 or 3 times more as an independent tutor.

Good luck!

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:40:38 +0000

Excellent site. Thanks for the info will be very useful. Keep up the good work. Hope to see more soon.

By: nacao

nacao — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 11:54:35 +0000

Flexibility is the one they had in America and UK where the laws and labor law matter, not the Chinese of hyper corporatism so dear to the WTO and the EU.