Entrepreneurship Tools (Part Two)

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As we told you in the previous entry, there are free entrepreneurship tools that will make it easier for you to manage your new business.

 

In it, we discovered free management tools with you such as LastPass,the Official Journal of the Generalitat de Catalunya and WeTransfer.

 

In this issue, we’ll focus on work tools for your day-to-day life.

 

Videoconferences

We are in a situation where face-to-face meetings have moved to the background and seeing our colleagues through a screen has become part of our normalcy.

 

Zoomis a program that lets you connect with colleagues or customers virtually. In its free version, it will allow us up to 100 participants and a maximum duration of the meeting of 40 minutes.

 

Far from being a limitation, this time limit can help us maximize meeting productivity, focusing on important points and avoiding distractions.

 

Shared storage

Teamwork can be complicated if teammates work from different locations. Having different documents, or different versions of it, can cause confusion.

 

Tools like Google Drive allow us to upload files and folders in a shared cloud. In addition, this one specifically works as an Office package and we can use it to create Word or Excel documents that will then be editable by all.

 

Design

If we manage our company’s social networks by ourselves or need to create a poster or flyer quickly and easily, there is one tool that will help us: Canva.

 

This intuitive tool will allow you to create your designs from countless free templates of all kinds: posters, postcards, logos, presentations, gift vouchers, infographics and many more.

 

Its interface allows us to create and modify the designs with the drag-and-drop system that will make the work much easier.

 

Now you know three other free entrepreneurship tools to help you in your new business.

Do you want to know them all? Click here.

 

 

We are the Business Center of Badalona, to give visibility and possibilities to your business.

 

In Espai 114 we are a team; we want to inspire you and accompany you.

 

 

Entrepreneurship Tools (Part One)

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Do you know that there are free entrepreneurship tools that will make it easier for you to manage your new business?

To be entrepreneur. According to the RAE, to undertake and start a work, a business, an endeavor, especially if they are difficult.

 

It is because of this intrinsic difficulty in its definition that all help is good at starting a new business.

 

From accounting issues, management issues or work tools to communication platforms. All these aspects of the day-to-day life of your company, and many more, you can manage them easily through a large number of online programs or guides and documents that we provide for free.

 

Here are some examples:

 

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Password manager

Starting a new business involves, in most cases, creating accounts on numerous websites or platforms,which we will need to develop our activity. Examples include Social Media accounts, email accounts or access data to our website.

 

At first there won’t be many accounts to remember, but over time the number will increase and our memoristic ability can play us a bad trick.

 

To help us with that, there are tools like LastPass that will simplify our workby securely storing all our accounts and passwords in one place All protected by a single master password.

 

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Work calendar

All beginnings involve effort and dedication, but they also deserve days offto recharge the batteries.

 

For this reason we provide you with the Official Journal of the Generalitat de Catalunya,in which the days established as a work party are reflected.

 

Sharing documents

It is common the situation of having to send a file to customers, suppliers or other people related to our company, but when trying to do so by email we get a notice similar to “the size of the attachments exceeds the maximum allowed”.

 

This is where WeTransfer saves us. With its free tool, we can send files up to 2 GB to whoever we want and in a very easy and intuitive way.

 

You can find the full list of free entrepreneurship tools we offer by clicking here.

In an upcoming entry we will explain the details of more useful tools for your business.

 

 

We are the Business Center of Badalona, to give visibility and possibilities to your business.

 

In Espai 114 we are a team; we want to inspire you and accompany you.

 

 

 

 

 

How to prepare a meeting room

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From Espai114 we can help you make your meetings run more smoothly and make it a success. In this post we will give you some tips so that it can be so, take the ones you need and adapt them to your meeting!

 

ROOM PREPARATION

For this we must know what kind of meeting we will give: an informative one, formative meeting, to reach an agreement, commercial, close an agreement, creative or to generate ideas…

Depending on one type or another we will organize the Room in the most optimal way possible. In addition we will need to know the number of attendees to order the room more precisely and we will need to know what material is needed: computers, whiteboard, projector, speakers, etc.

  • If it’s a business meeting, closing agreement, etc. we can place an elongated table.
  • If this is a meeting in which to show a new product or service, track the organization, a training session… for these types of meetings the best thing is the classroom format. It would be best to use shovel chairs, with a good view of the person who reports and with room to take notes.
  • Whether it will be a speech or a briefing, or even a training, we can also opt for amphitheater format, in which the speaker is located in the center and can move to the screen where he projects and towards the attendees. Also as the attendees can see each other there is more interaction.

 

PREPARATION OF THE RAPPORTEUR

This is a point that depends entirely on the company that will present the meeting. It is very important for the conference to be a success within the set time and to develop with complete fluency.

Not in all types of meetings tis this needed, but in most of them we can send in the call for appointment the points to be discussed, who will expose them and the time that each will dedicate.

MORE OPTIONS TO CONSIDER

If it will be an important meeting such as a business meeting, closing the sale… other aspects of the room must be taken into account.

 

Reception

It is a point in favor if there is a reception where to welcome attendees. Better if you make it nice, bright and with some seats where to wait.

 

Office material and technical means

It is necessary to ensure that the room is equipped with the necessary technical means, such as plugs to connect the computer, projector, whiteboard, fiber internet, pointer, paper and pens to take notes,for each assistant, and better if they are with the corporate image, so that they remember our space and return.

 

Temperature

The room must have an air conditioning system to make the attendees feel comfortable. It is necessary that there is a pleasant temperature, neither much cold nor much heat.

 

Catering or drinks

It is appreciated that there is something to eat so that the attendees can attend the 100% and not be hungry or thirsty.

A small catering can help attendees stay more relaxed and the meeting goes by without further distractions.

The right thing to do would be to set a timetable and people will know when breaks will be and whether there will be catering or not by the appointment call.

If the meeting won’t last all morning, it might be okay, for example, to make a small breakfast before you start. If it will be longer and it will be until noon it would be more convenient to pause in the middle of the meeting.

If we do not consider ordering a catering, we can offer drinks,such as fresh water, teas or coffees.

 

 

In Espai114 you can rent La Sala by hours to hold your meetings. We will prepare it with care and to your measure so that all your forces are focused on your company and customers.

 

We are the Business Center of Badalona, to give visibility and possibilities to your business.

In Espai114we are a team; We want to inspire you and accompany you.

 

The most common mistakes when it comes to entrepreneurship

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I think we all know that entrepreneurship is not an easy task. We want to start a project, show it to the public and make it a good reception, but putting it in motion means making mistakes, and learning from them.

In this post we want to inform you of some of the most common mistakes when it comes to entrepreneurship.

1. Not making a Business Plan: Indeed, you have to have certain knowledge and tools to properly realize a Business Plan. But it is so important that you cannot avoid this initial step. You’ll need to be clear about what funds you have to get the business going and where you’re going to get it from. What expenses you’re going to face, too. You will make a forecast of income and expenses that will be revealing. It’s a great exercise!

If you want us to send you a Business Plan model, write to us here: I want a Business Plan

2. Lack of long-term vision: When starting a project we have to take into account many things, and one of the most important is to have a short-term and long-term forecast. Will the needs of the population be changed, or will they be the same? Will the market be himself in 2 or 3 years? Will the product or service I offer remain viable? Having a long-term business vision can prevent your product launch from failing.

3. Lack of communication: Communication is basic, and when offering a product we must know how to communicate and project what we want from this product. Customers must always know what you represent and that it sets you apart from great competition. Differentiation is a key point to success.

 

4. Lack of leadership: Behind a company there has to be a person capable of steerging it on the right track. This person must be a leader, and he has to know how to communicate, in addition to having a series of knowledge that helps the development of the product. It must be persistent, constant and have a good attitude when it comes to facing new challenges and overcoming difficult situations.

5. Not learning from our mistakes. It is a very common mistake, we all make it, and this is not synonymous with failure, on the contrary, it will give us the opportunity to learn how to do things correctly. We must not give up easily, we must face problems, and above all, learn from mistakes and not repeat them.

There are several reasons why an entrepreneur may fail, but lack of communication, leadership, disregarding what can happen in the long run or not learning from mistakes are some of the most common mistakes. If you want your business idea to thrive, keep in mind what is explained in this post.

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In Espai114 together we are a team; we want to inspire you and accompany you.

How to expand your facilities without making works

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Normally, when we start a business, we don’t have space to have a meeting room or one in a position to make presentations of new services or products to our customers. We do not have facilities to offer training courses for our employees or to organize conventions of collaborators or suppliers. If we are in any of these cases, it is not necessary to consider making works or looking for a new and larger venue with the discomfort that would entail.

 

When we have the need to call a meeting and have nowhere to do it, there is the possibility of renting a room elsewhere, which may be close to our business or in a certain place. The best option is to rent it in an establishment designed specifically for this use. This way it will be easier for the space to be equipped with everything we may need: furniture, Internet connection, projector, sound system, multimedia and much more.

In addition, many of these rooms are modulable by varying their layout according to our needs at all times, being usual that they can adapt to different purposes: meeting room, trainings, workshops, exhibitions, etc.

 

At Espai114 we offer you The Meeting Room, our space in Badalona, versatile and open, specially designed to achieve different functions and adapt to changes and all kinds of needs. It is ready to host all kinds of meetings such as meetings, afterworks, conferences, courses, training, events…

In addition, we offer you two options; rent only the private room or rent all the space (two floors). Ask us for more information through the form you will find here.

 

We are the Business Center of Badalona, to give visibility and possibilities to your business.

 

In Espai 114 together we form a team; we want to inspire you and accompany you.