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Do you have a business idea, but are not sure where to start?

Do you have a business, but want to clarify or improve your business model?

Do you want to find new ways of operating your marketing activities?

Then, we are happy to invite you to this month’s Business Model Generation Workshop.

The model used in the workshop is the well-known “Business Model Canvas”rom Alexander Osterwaider and Yves Pigneur (the result of gathering of more than 150 consultants and coaches)

You will learn to:

 

1. Identify customer segments

2. Define value proposition

3. Select channels

4. Build customer relationship

5. Develop revenue streams

6. Identify key resources

7. Explain key activities

8. Find out key partners

9. Analyze costs

Date: Saturday, Jan 4^th

Venue: Partner Café

Duration: 10AM to 7PM

Please  follow the link for more details.

So you have prepared the financial statements for a period of more or less than 12 months and are wondering how to complete the items of financial data? And whether the amounts should be apportioned or grossed up to show figures for a 12-month period?

The answer is it is not necessary to apportion/gross up the figures. To complete the items of financial data – use the amounts extracted from the Statement of Financial Position/Balance Sheet and the Statement of Comprehensive Income/Profit and Loss Account.

 

Let’s say your company has changed from a partnership into a sole proprietorship. Should this change be reported in the Profits Tax Return?

And here is what you should do: The profits/(loss) of the business for the full basis period of the year of change should be reported in the Profits Tax Return (BIR52) for the partnership file.

In subsequent years, the profit/(loss) should be reported in the Profits Tax Return (BIR52) or Tax Return – Individuals (BIR60) as the case may be.

2013 has officially left the building. But it has left us a lot of great things.  F. e. – The top 10 business books (as listed in a Forbes article of Dec 16^th)

The Billionaire and the Mechanic: How Larry Ellison and a Car Mechanic Teamed Up to Win Sailing’s Greatest Race, the America’s Cup, by Julian Guthrie.

Brick by Brick: How Lego Rewrote the Rules of Innovation and Conquered the Global Toy Industry, by David C. Robertson with Bill Breen.

The Frackers: The Outrageous Inside Story of the New Billionaire Wildcatters, by Gregory Zuckerman.

The Great Escape: Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality, by Angus Deaton.

Hatching Twitter: A True Story of Money, Power, Friendship, and Betrayal, by Nick Bilton.

The Idealist: Jeffrey Sachs and the Quest to End Poverty, by Nina Munk.

I Invented the Modern Age: The Rise of Henry Ford, by Richard Snow.

The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon, by Brad Stone.

One Summer: America, 1927, by Bill Bryson.

Trading Bases: A Story About Wall Street, Gambling, and Baseball (Not Necessarily in That Order), by Joe Peta.

Enjoy!