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Thu Sep 2 18:45:42 2010

A business (also known as a company, enterprise, and firm) is a legally recognized organization designed to provide goods or services, or both, to consumers, businesses and governmental entities. Businesses are predominant in capitalist economies. Most businesses are privately owned. A business is typically formed to earn profit that will increase the wealth of its owners and grow the business itself. The owners and operators of a business have as one of their main objectives the receipt or generation of a financial return in exchange for work and acceptance of risk. Notable exceptions include cooperative enterprises and state-owned enterprises. Businesses can also be formed not-for-profit or be state-owned.

The etymology of "business" relates to the state of being busy either as an individual or society as a whole, doing commercially viable and profitable work. The term "business" has at least three usages, depending on the scope — the singular usage (above) to mean a particular company or corporation, the generalized usage to refer to a particular market sector, such as "the music business" and compound forms such as agribusiness, or the broadest meaning to include all activity by the community of suppliers of goods and services. However, the exact definition of business, like much else in the philosophy of business, is a matter of debate and complexity of meanings.

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Fri Sep 3 00:31:22 2010

What business minor should I get in addition to human resource management?
Q. As a psych major I am well aware that my major is useless on its own so I am going to get some background in business by majoring in human resource management. My college also offers seven other business minors, accounting, business administration, economics, international business, management, management information systems, marketing, and personal financial planning. Which of these would be beneficial along with my HRM minor?
Asked by SarahR - Sun Apr 19 16:29:57 2009 - - 4 Answers - 1 Comments

A. Hiii.. I think you have to choose the Marketing section in Human Resource Management(HRM) because in marketing you get the nice job in the good reputed company on a high post..
Answered by infomercialscams - Thu Apr 23 03:46:28 2009

What business class is good for wanting to own a salon?
Q. I want to do a business class so I can own a salon. So what type of business class should I take? I was thinking business administration.
Asked by J SEXXY - Wed Jul 8 09:49:23 2009 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Business administration is good. Accounting/Finance is always a useful skill for any business. Marketing if you want to develop a good marketing plan.
Answered by Lauren F - Wed Jul 8 09:54:54 2009

What percentage of a business do you typically have to give to an investor funding a business idea?
Q. I'm going to be starting a business and I have a person that is willing to handle all of the development costs etc. Since it is an online business, the start up costs are pretty low for a business, under $10,000 definitely, probably under $5,000. In this type of situation, what portion of the company is given to the investor?
Asked by ShadowASL - Thu Apr 26 12:03:04 2007 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. In a TYPICAL venture deal (yours is not, of course, since it's so small), it would be pretty common to give seed round investors 20-30% of the equity. Another way to look at it is that private equity investors expect to get 15x-20x their investment if the company is very successful. If your company (assuming success) might have a market cap of $1MM, then 20x on a $5M investment would only be 10%. It's usually a negotiating process in any case.
Answered by SDD - Thu Apr 26 12:26:25 2007

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Quotations about Business. In use the word may refer to many differing activities, such as the activity of buying or selling in trade, a commercial firm or enterprise, one’s personal affairs or concerns, one’s regular occupation, employment, or profession, something acquiring attention, or a situation, matter or happening.

Business is the "art" of making money by selling things or services people want for more than their cost. - Patrick Dixon

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  • The only managers that have simple problems have simple minds.
    • Russell Ackoff. Management f-laws: how organizations really work‎ (2007)
  • Nothing holds a company back – and the individuals working in it – more than a lack of interest in positive change. You cannot stand still: you either go backwards or forwards.
    • John Adair (b.1934), British author, writer on business leadership. ‘Part Three: Managing for Innovation’, Effective Innovation (2009), revised edition, p.131.
  • Business, you know, may bring money, but friendship hardly ever does.
  • In civil business: what first? boldness; what second and third? boldness. And yet boldness is a child of ignorance and baseness, far inferior to other parts.
  • You cannot Adhere to the teachings of the church on Sunday and not apply to the marketplace on Monday.
    • Archbishop LeRoy Bailey Jr senior pastor of The First Cathedral; From a sermon entitled: He Is Lord