Business Contents Archive

Vendor

I feel embarrassed posting on this sub because everyone seems to be doing bigger things. But I’m just an 18 year old who started vending at local pop up events for fun. I decided I actually really like being a vendor, and I was wondering what steps I’d need to make this a career for me. I don’t have any employees, I work from home. I made/source my products, then show up at the event and sell to hundreds of folks. Pack up, go home and count the profit. It’s very simple so I assumed I wouldn’t need much to make this work but I wanna seek advice from others who have more experience.

BREAKING: Rupert Murdoch said he was abandoning plans to recombine Fox and News Corp., two media companies he controls https://t.co/OJ5wad5WIc https://t.co/GBZxrD4Nqy

There are many kinds of effective leaders. But they usually have one thing in common: emotional intelligence. https://t.co/DMPi19lmRw

Just published: front page of the Financial Times, international edition, Wednesday 25 January https://t.co/rsazSartyl https://t.co/Va44bnULMx

Should I be keeping my pricing strategy secret?

Hi, I operate a small family business that installs a home product and was wondering if I should be concerned about competitors calling in fake quotes to get our pricing? I’m kind of paranoid about it to the point where I will do reverse phone number and addresses searches to make sure each person that calls really is who they say they are before making up quotes. We just get a lot of no call backs after giving quotes and I’ve verified with probably 8 or 9 competitors that our price is lower than theirs so I don’t understand why we would be getting so many no call backs. We’ve gotten 5 or 6 in the past two weeks. We sell the same exact product as most of them. Should I keep doing this or just accept the fact I can’t keep our prices secret? I don’t have much experience running a business and the know how that comes with aspects like this. Is it important to protect our pricing strategy or not? I spend and waste a lot of time worrying about it.

Aside from registering my LLC, should I trademark my logo before launching my social media?

First timer here, wanting to start my own Shopify brand that deals with cosmetics, my own formulations. I'm at the point where the branding identity is complete, and I just have to launch the social medias and websites for pre-orders, whilst going on my marketing campaign. Should I be concerned about getting my logo trademarked, or is it better to wait for a bit? I spoke to a trademark attorney over this, and he suggested I give him my LLC name and business address, so he can file the application. He mentioned a $900 fee + state filing fees, bringing the total to $1300. He then mentioned something about showing the USPTO officer the packaging, so getting them to look at it, which would bring the final cost to around $1750, all in. I'm really new to the idea of trademarking and protecting my logo, hence I was wondering what is the best way to start this business without infringing or being infringed upon.

Faisalabad is a fast-fashion powerhouse in Pakistan. But with untreated wastewater polluting residents' homes, the health crisis is only getting worse as the industry expands in the city. 👇 https://t.co/6vpn2mCxKs

US sues Google over its digital ad ‘dominance’ https://t.co/2MDXHYVWfC

61% of employees admit that they rarely ever get an hour or two of deep, focused work each day without distraction. Where is all that time going? https://t.co/QRSWa7QZpa

Alphabet is illegally using return-to-office policies as a tool to try to derail YouTube contract workers from organizing in Texas, a union alleged in a complaint https://t.co/stNzdi0CaQ

#Microsoft and Alphabet became the latest companies to announce major job cuts last week. While Microsoft will reduce its global workforce by 10,000 people, #Google parent #Alphabet will cut 12,000 jobs in what is the largest #layoff in the company’s history.

Microsoft cloud growth holds up better than expected https://t.co/No8f6kpAaD

WATCH: Nigeria inaugurates a billion-dollar Chinese-built port in Lagos https://t.co/rX2tdHWHl2 https://t.co/mWpfivF4Di

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is expected to give Poland approval as soon as Wednesday to re-export its German-made Leopard tanks to Ukraine, sources say Latest updates: https://t.co/5V88s2v1gh https://t.co/AW8B8Bw6wT

If the pre-Covid zeitgeist was about “grit” and “growth mindset,” many of us are now seeking to unclench our minds and find greater peace. https://t.co/ZjjXIKPEMP