Infographic: Business Lessons from Kevin Systrom and Reed Hastings
Happy Infographic Friday, everyone! This week, our blogs highlighted business lessons from Instagram co-founder and CEO, Kevin Systrom and Netflix co-founder and CEO, Reed Hastings. They are both billionaire business owners leading successful, revolutionary businesses...
Ingenious Business Insights From Netflix Co-founder Reed Hastings
Access to TV shows and movies has become easier, more convenient, and more entertaining, thanks to excellent online video-streaming provided by Netflix. Entrepreneur and philanthropist Reed Hastings co-founded the entertainment company with tech entrepreneur Marc...
Startup Success Tips From Instagram Co-Founder Kevin Systrom
Among the different photo-sharing apps that can be easily downloaded these days, Instagram stands out above the rest. Since its launch in 2010, it quickly gained popularity with 100,000 registered users in its first week and over 700 million as of April 2017! In 2012,...
Infographic: Practical and Inspiring Business Lessons from Jeff Bezos and Larry Page
It's Infographic Friday once again! This week, we learned practical and inspiring business lessons from two of the wealthiest and most successful men alive! We're talking about Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos and Google co-founder and CEO Larry Page! Both Internet...
Pepper Virtual Assistants Taps New Zealand Market
We are thrilled to share with you that Pepper Virtual Assistants is expanding to New Zealand! Our company has just launched Pepper New Zealand which caters to business owners in the Oceania region. We offer executive virtual assistance, marketing virtual assistance,...
Inspiring Business Lessons From Google Co-Founder Larry Page
In today’s Internet-driven world, everybody certainly knows Google. It is the world’s most used search engine and one of the largest technology empires of all time. Thanks to its co-founder and CEO Larry Page’s brilliant idea, our lives are now easier, more...
Practical Business Lessons from Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos
Most people will likely mention Mark Zuckerberg or Steve Jobs when they’re asked about famous, wealthy Internet/tech heroes. But equally deserving of the recognition is Jeff Bezos – the analytical, brainiac founder and CEO of Amazon. Since the company started in 1994,...
Infographic: Low-Cost Ways To Grow Business / 10 Lucrative Small Business Industries
Friday means Infographic day! This week, we looked into how you can grow your small business without spending a lot of money. We learned the importance of building brand awareness and creating a loyal customer base in scaling up. Once you have the loyal following, you...
10 Most Lucrative Small Business Industries
Prospective business owners need to know their industry very well before rolling out their business plan. Having the skills or expertise and other resources are not enough. The profitability of the industry directly impacts your business’ opportunity for growth....
How To Grow Your Small Business Without Spending A Lot
Do you have the drive to grow your small business, but you don’t have a lot of money to do it? If you think that you need deep pockets to scale up, then you’re wrong. There may be several areas in your business that you need to spend your hard-earned money on, but...
Infographic: Funding and Promoting Your Business With Limited Budget
Happy Infographic Friday! This week, our blog posts focused on funding and promoting your small business with limited resources. We've shared some tips on how to finance your business with small capital. Using your own money can be your first step for funding your...
How to Promote Your Small Business on a Shoestring Budget
If you have a small business operating on a shoestring budget, spending for marketing must be done prudently. But does effective marketing really require lots of money? Not necessarily! Gone are the days when all marketing methods are costly and hard to measure....
How to Fund Your Small Business With Minimal Capital
One of the key elements for a business to exist is capital. Whatever stage your company is in—whether it has yet to be launched, has just started, is already thriving, or is gearing up for growth and expansion—you always have to look for ways to fund your small...
Infographic: How to Organize and Scale Your Business
It's Infographic Friday once again and we're rounding up the first part of our small business series! This week, we looked at how you can organize and scale your business. As an entrepreneur, you need to cover a lot of ground. From management to operations, there's...
5 Ways to Scale Your Small Business
Starting a business is not that easy. But once you've taken the initial step of building and introducing your brand/company to the market, you need to be prepared for other challenges that lie ahead. At some point, you would want your business to grow, scale up, and...
5 Ways to Organize Your Small Business
The main goal of every small business owner is to achieve profitability and success. But in order to do so, you must first recognize the relationship between productivity and being organized. Small businesses like yours probably don’t have a lot of resources yet, so...
Infographic: 10 Lessons From Successful Startups
This week we looked at some of the lessons we can learn from successful startups. Building something from scratch is never easy. More so, when it comes to business. But when you look at the success stories of AirBnB, PayPal, and more, you will see that although it is...
10 Lessons From Successful Startups
In everything that we do, getting started is usually the hardest part. This is most likely true if you want to put up a business. Starting your venture is not that easy, especially if you think of the risks involved in having a business. But once you decide to brush...
Infographic: Time Management for Small Business Owners
We're wrapping up our series on time management with an infographic! This week, we first looked into the "5-S of Time Management" wherein we discussed different ways you can manage your time. From categorizing tasks to scheduling, these tips will help you take full...
Time Management Apps for Small Business Owners
Time management is part skill and part resourcefulness. The former is something innate while the latter is something you can manage. In our previous blog, we gave you some time management tips. Today, we’ll look at the practical side and give you some of the best apps...
Time Management Tips for Small Business Owners
To say that small business owners have a lot of things to do is an understatement. From daily meetings to overseeing operations, time can easily become a scarce resource for small business owners. This is why it is crucial to hone your time management skills. Taking...
Infographics Fridays: Working With A Filipino Virtual Assistant
In our previous blog, we looked into the basic things you need to know when working with a Filipino virtual assistant. We listed our traits and skills to help you decide if working with a Filipino VA is best for you! Hiring someone remotely can be difficult. But if...
What You Need to Know About Working With Filipino Virtual Assistants
The Philippines ranked number two in the 2016 Tholons Top 100 Outsourcing Destinations. Nine cities made it to the list including Manila (No. 2), Cebu (No. 7), Davao (No. 66), Metro Laguna (No. 81), Bacolod (No. 85), Iloilo City (No. 90), Dumaguete (No. 93), Baguio...
Infographics Fridays: Delegating to Virtual Assistants
This week, we looked at how you can effectively delegate to your virtual assistant. As a business owner, it's important that you're able to focus on the important aspects of your business and let go of the tasks that weigh you down. Part of smart delegation is knowing...