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Tableau's goal is that anyone who cares about data should be able to work with it. But often there has already been a lot of work done on the data from so-called "Data Journalists" - who have been adopting Tableau's software with glee. There is a term for this type of reporting: Computer Assisted Reporting (CAR). CAR has been around for a while, but Tableau makes the process faster and saves journalists from doing custom programming. According to Tableau's Ellie Fields, "fast authoring has been a big driver of uptake" among data journalists.

Tableau has a range of products, including the premium Tableau Digital (used by the aforementioned media companies) to the free Tableau Public (aimed at bloggers). The free version has size restrictions and the data has to be shared to the cloud for anyone to use. The premium versions allow you to keep your data private if needed. There's also a corporate product called Tableau Server, which sits inside the firewall.

So far Tableau claims to have published 10,000 visualizations.

When you think pretty data on the Web these days, the iPad is usually front of mind. Tableau is currently developing an iPad app, which is expected to be released this month for corporates. A public version of the iPad app will be released in future, but no timeframe has been given yet. The iPad app will allow for touch screen scrolling through of data, pinch down, and more.

Mobile is a big area for data visualizations, Ellie Fields told me. "People are making decisions when out and about, not at their desks."

I asked whether there will be a destination site for data visualizations, where consumers can come to browse different visualizations. However that is not on the company's roadmap, Fields replied. "We are not trying to drive traffic from publishers."

Tableau is one of the most visible (pun intended) companies on the Web, graphically packaging up and analyzing the ever increasing amount of data on the Internet. That trend will continue to ramp up, so keep your eyes peeled for more and more data visualizations in your online media experience.

Disclosure: ReadWriteWeb partnered with Tableau last year for a graphing contest.

(Editor’s note: Dharmesh Shah is a serial software entrepreneur and the founder and CTO of HubSpot, which provides marketing software for small businesses. This column originally appeared on his blog.)

I first met Derek Sivers (who most people know best as the founder of CD Baby) at the Business of Software conference, but I’d heard about him long before that.

In a world full of entrepreneurs who have done any number of incredible things, Derek has two accomplishments to his credit that are remarkable: He created a successful business, from scratch – then gave the business away to charity when he was done.

Derek recently spoke at the Business of Software conference.  If you’ve got the time, you should go watch his presentation.  It’s inspiring. Even if you don’t, you definitely should pick up his book.

Derek is the author of the simple, highly readable “Anything You Want”. It’s short, to the point and inspiring. Also, the book is published through “The Domino Project” by Seth Godin. Here are some of the most stirring ideas from that book to get you motivated:

1. Business is not about money. It’s about making dreams come true for others and for yourself.

2. When you make a company, you make a utopia. It’s where you design your perfect world.

3. Success comes from persistently improving and inventing, not from persistently promoting what’s not working.

4. A quick glance and common sense should tell you if the numbers will work. The rest are details.

5. “Revolution” is a term that people use only when you’re successful. Before that, you’re just a quirky person who does things differently.

6. When you’re on to something great, it won’t feel like revolution. It’ll feel like uncommon sense.

7. If you’re not saying “HELL YEAH!” about something, say “no”.

8. Start now. No funding needed.

9. After we grew to 50 employees, people started pitching me on how I needed an official employee review plan, sensitivity training, Terms and Conditions postings, and all this corporate crap. I got such joy out saying no to all of it.

10. In a perfect world, would your website be covered with advertising?

11. Resist the urge to punish everyone for one person’s mistake.

12. If you find even the smallest way to make people smile, they’ll remember you more for that smile than for all your other fancy business-model stuff.

13. Don’t try to impress an invisible jury of MBA professors. It’s OK to be casual.

14. No matter what business you’re in, it’s good to prepare for what would happen if business doubled.

15. In the end, it’s about what you want to be, not what you want to have.

16. When you sign up for a marathon, you don’t want a taxi to take you to the finish line.

17. There’s a big difference between being self-employed and being a business owner.

18. Never forget that you can make your role anything you want it to be.

19. Anything you hate to do, someone else loves it. Find that person and let them do it.

20. Why he gave his company away to charity: I get the pride of knowing I did something irreversibly smart before I could change my mind. Most of all, I get the constant, priceless reminder that I have enough.

21. Whatever you make, it’s your creation, so make it your personal dream come true.

So, what do you think? Are you working towards being happy?  What’s your favorite idea from the list?  Let us know in the comments below.

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People with hemorrhoids frequently inquire common questions like are what the leads to of hemorrhoid and how can the pain be stored below manage.

Hemorrhoid cure are intestinal tissues within the anal area. When an individual places an excessive amount of pressure on it while defecating, the veins will swell, causing hemorrhoids to type within or outside the anal canal. These conditions are more commonly recognized as inner and external hemorrhoids, respectively.

You will find two ways of hemorrhoid treatments - the health-related way and the all-natural way. As the title implies, the medical way entails numerous surgical operations such as rubber band litigation, and hemorrhoidectomy for more severe circumstances. Even though they're effective in obtaining hemorrhoids under manage, they are able to be fairly expensive and may consider time to heal. Discomfort is also inevitable throughout the healing time period. In cases exactly where the root cause was not addressed, recurrence with the hemorrhoid can be expected.

The natural technique, however, is favored by vast majority of people struggling with hemorrhoid due to the fact that you will find extremely couple of unwanted side effects. This is aside from the reality the all-natural method tends to be much less costly. This is the reason why there are dozens of natural hemorrhoid treatments that are available within the market these days. A number of these remedies function, but a few are but rip-offs. In order for you personally to obtain the proper 1, you should be familiar with the various all-natural methods and what they can do. Here are 7 fast and all-natural hemorrhoid treatments to ease the pain and stop your hemorrhoid from bleeding.

If you would like long-term reduction from hemorrhoids, the very first factor you need to do would be to preserve a healthy diet. You are able to do that by consuming plenty of fluids and consuming food high in fiber like bananas, potatoes, carrots, and cauliflower. Cereals, entire wheat bread, and pastas as well as beans and nuts are also fiber-rich meals. These food kinds will assist you in having a easy bowel motion since they make your stool softer. This indicates that you do not need to exert too much effort and pressure in defecating.

Moreover, steer clear of foods that are rich in caffeine also as these that will trigger indigestion. Quick meals and processed meals should also be prevented simply because they trigger stool to become tougher.

Aside from maintaining a wholesome diet plan, you should also maintain a wholesome lifestyle. Working out is a superb means of decreasing pressure in your program. Operating, brisk walking, and swimming are a few of the actions which you can do to stop hemorrhoids.

Application of witch hazel and aloe vera on the impacted region will even help. These hemorrhoid treatments can assist ease the discomfort and reduce the swelling with the hemorrhoids. It also pays to possess a warm bath as well as a sitz bath, a kind of warm bath that is used to wash your anus. The warm water that arrives out from the nozzle will relax the hemorrhoids and may assist maintain the signs and symptoms from coming back.

Also, when you've got to go, you've acquired to go. Defecate only when necessary and don't invest a lengthy time in defecating. Finally, breathe when you're defecating. People who hold their breath are more susceptible to having hemorrhoids simply because they place more stress and stress on the veins with the rectum.

These 7 hemorrhoid treatments will surely help in easing away the pain and quit the bleeding. Likewise it'll also assist you reside a comfy lifestyle and quit the embarrassment which you feel because of your condition.

Greatest House Remedies for Genital Warts Treatment

Warts are tiny, benign outgrowths or fleshy bumps jutting out through the skin surface area. Warts are mainly brought on by HPV or human papillomavirus infection that affects the epidermis and spreads through individual to person get in touch with. Thus warts are contagious. Warts may occur on back of fingers, toes, knees, bottom of foot, legs, encounter, knees, about the nail etc. Warts may occur in clusters or might be in the type of single, lengthy stalks. genital warts are probably the most troublesome and might flip cancerous if the HPV virus infects the mucosal tissue lining the genital area.

The irritating flesh-colored genital warts treatment spread through sexual get in touch with. Each males and ladies can agreement genital warts, and HPV-6 and HPV-11 are specifically responsible for it. It's common among age groups 17-33. In kids also it might create, but in their situation it spreads via immediate, manual contact. Unprotected intercourse, multiple sexual partners, and consumption of contraceptive tablets are accountable for the spreading of genital warts.

The genital warts may be less than 1 mm in dimension, and might lengthen in diameter as much as one cm. often two or more warts may join to type a lump like structure. Warts are painless, itchy and often give out discharge. They rarely bleed and may also trigger urinary obstruction if the warts develop on the urethral exit. In men, it happen in urethral region, rectal area, scrotum and penis or penile shaft. In women, genital warts happen in labia minora, cervix, vaginal canal and vaginal opening.

Genital warts may be quite annoying and embarrassing. Marketplace provides hoards of anti-wart medicines for genital warts. But whilst selecting genital wart eradicating drug, 1 should be cautious, for they are to deal with a extremely sensitive region of the physique. It is therefore much better to go for goods with natural formulations than for poisonous, artificial drugs. Natural products are safe, safe, inexpensive and totally free from adverse side-effects.

Wartrol is 1 such all-natural wart relief. But one should keep in mind that no permanent remedy for genital warts has however been discovered. Watrol can give you momentary relief from itching, irritation and burning sensation brought on due to warts. It also lowers the number of future occurrences or outbreaks. Wartrol will be the best non-prescription instant reduction from warts. For quick reduction, one can straight spray Watrol around the website of out-break or consider it orally by spraying it beneath the tongue thrice each day. Similar to this the ingredients could be easily absorbed through the small corpuscles and reach the interiors with the body. 1 should not touch the dropper or leading of bottle with fingers, and should be cautious regarding staying away from contamination. Before spraying in to mouth, 1 should thoroughly clean mouth completely. The product is definitely an amazing instant solution for warts.

The ingredients in the item consist of Black Sulphide of Antimony, wild yellow indigo baptisia, Potassium Hydrate Causticum, nitric acid, arbor vitae, alcohol and distilled h2o. These components minimize wart size, caustic feeling, rawness, bleeding and further eruptions, and creates magical outcomes inside brief time span. Whenever, you're trying to deal with infection issue with natural treatments, you are at safe aspect. All-natural remedies or herbal remedies don't have any side effects and works effectively. In this product all the components are all-natural and natural, so you can effortlessly trust on this and use to deal with your warts issue from the root.

You will notice improvement in very short time following using this product on normal foundation. All-natural remedies might consider some time to show the results, however the results are permanent and long lasting. Hence, using this item to cure genital warts is secure and efficient.

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Whenever you contemplate marketing your small business on golf courses, you will find diverse factors to be thought to be before purchasing indicators. The initial purpose is high quality of your indicators. Ensure that the indicators that show your brand are made utilizing materials that will withstand the toughest of environments and do not demand considerably maintenance.

Go for any wide selection of materials - aluminum, bronze, granite, redwood, sandstone Kingstone or Rinowood to search out the sign that suits for your company requirement. You will discover some reputable firms that offer wonderful turnaround time that would make sure your satisfaction from their service. A trustworthy firm that gives excellent service is Bench Craft Company. You are able to contact such an advertising firm immediately and get a quote. You want your indicators to appear appealing and elegant.

Golf cart is yet another powerful way of reaching golfers. You will have your ads in direct sight with the golfers once they ride the cart. An regular round of golf lasts for 5 hrs, which indicates a lot of time to get enough impression. Billboards are the primary marketing items on golf courses. It has double sides, which aids in displaying ads on each sides. It could be set up amid the support poles around the front or rear side from the cart. The excellent size for billboards is 4x36 inches and, it may differ based on the course. And, you may remain assured that it could deliver you 300 to 400 impressions inside a round.

A pin seeker banner is an additional efficient way of branding around the golf course. Together with the important details about the course, you'll be able to also display your brand or logo on pin seeker banners. This can be set up amid the assistance poles around the front and rear side of the golf cart. They also have a perfect size of 4x36 inches, which can hold varying as outlined by the course. Comparable towards the billboards, they are able to also help your messages acquire as quite a few as 300 impressions inside a round.

The GPS on the golf cart can also be utilized as a great marketing medium. The vital distance details is always checked by golfers, and you can get your advertisements displayed beside the display. The GPS units are mainly installed on the dashboard or around the windshield. And, the advantage of marketing on digital technological innovation is the fact that you may update your advertisements whenever you need.
Marketing firms like Bench Craft Company offer you thorough sponsorship and marketing options that permit your brand to attain matchless exposure to the high-end golf players and audience. Using the intensive marketing options, you will get your brand messages displayed on golf courses for lengthy intervals of time.

The benefit of marketing on golf courses is that it provides you a lot more than 90% attain to golfers and audience, and there exists no other medium that provides a lot accomplishment rate. Due to the fact your brand gets an extended period of exposure, golfers could be in a position to view your advertisements from 1 to six hours on the basis of your placement. And, this indicates which you acquire constructive recognition for your brand as golfers will link it with enjoyment. And, when you are operating with specialist marketing firms, you may stay assured that there exists no cluttering as each and every placement will carry separate brands.
A different successful advertising medium will be the golfer’s bag. Golfers drive across the course with their bags or they just leave it at the bag drop, nonetheless it can usually acquire a minimum of 30 impressions inside a round.

Another advertising medium to reach a wide spectrum of golfers is via driving ranges. The typical session can final from 30 to 45 minutes, and also you can get unique impressions to your brands and solutions.

Driving assortment displays enable you to attain golfers of various ranges. You get prime logo positioning in distinct hitting bay. Advertising firms styles driving ranges, customized to suit the present assortment configuration of each course. This consists of pop-out banners, A-frames and material for mesh banner.

Expert advertising firms assure extensive flexibility so as to make certain that your small business gets linked together with your audience inside a manner it makes sense.

Nearly all of the respected golf course advertising firms let you decide on inventory on the golf course or for golf occasions. And, due to the fact the campaigns is often customized, they will always match into to your budget. The length of your marketing campaign can variety over golf seasons or above months.

And, all of the characteristics in the campaign are facilitated by the advertising firm. This consists of design, placement, reporting and upkeep. And, the approval from the golf course, for the inventive materials, can also be the responsibility from the marketing firm. Should you be considering exploring golf course marketing to market your business, then you definitely should definitely look at http://benchcraftcompany.net

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The traditional view of a small business is changing.

There was a time when building a business involved joint ventures and angel investors. It involved asking the bank for a big business loan to cover overhead costs until you turn a profit. If you had the dream to start a business, you needed to invest a lot of money.

No more – today's business, particularly a web-based business, has very little overhead. Want to start writing for a living? Have a service that you wish to offer? You can build a business presence with free software that has all the features you need to get started.

Here are 9 different software alternatives to “brand name” software that can get your business up and running quickly, with no financial investment:

• LibreOffice/Google Docs (replaces Microsoft Word/Powerpoint/Excel)
  First, if you need to work with documents, you need software that can handle them. Unfortunately, while Word is the standard, Microsoft has priced it out so that any business looking for the latest software with no money is left in the dust. LibreOffice (formerly OpenOffice) is a powerful, free desktop office suite that can handle virtually all types of documents. With LibreOffice, you won't miss Microsoft Office for a second.
  
  If you want to go even lighter on your desktop, you can use Google Docs, which lives entirely within your Web browser. Again, you can use these tools to replace Microsoft Office pretty easily, and if you don't need to do any ultra-fancy formatting, they are more than adequate.


• Gmail (replaces Microsoft Outlook)
  If you have separate business and personal email addresses, the last thing you want is to have to switch back and forth between them. Many people use Microsoft Outlook to handle all of their email addresses, so that they only have one place that they have to look. Instead, try using Gmail. Gmail makes it easy to handle multiple email addresses, and it runs light and quick. So if you need to search through your vast backlog of email, you have the speed and power of Google behind it. Gmail offers a number of other great little tools, but the ability to easily handle multiple email addresses is at the top of the list.


• Evernote (replaces OneNote)
  Brainstorming is a valuable practice in a business. Whether you are keeping track of your latest ideas or just fleshing out your latest campaign, having a centralized place to store your thoughts is valuable. Microsoft OneNote is a handy piece of software, but it is expensive. Instead, sign up for Evernote, and store your thoughts online. There, you can access them from anywhere so if you are out and about and have that great business idea, you can pull out your phone and get it into Evernote (via an Evernote app or by texting through Twitter) so that you will not forget it. Their excellent notebook/tagging organizing scheme makes finding any of your thoughts as efficient as possible.


• Spreadsheet/ClearCheckbook (replaces Microsoft Money/Quicken)
  Tracking all of your expenses and income is a hassle, especially if you have separate business expenses. While many choose to use Mint for their finances, I much prefer handling the transaction record keeping myself. Set up a spreadsheet in LibreOffice or Google Docs (Google Docs even has a great template for it), and you can keep track of your finances on your own. Or, you can use a service like ClearCheckbook, which gives you a few more reporting options. Either way, the bloated price of dedicated financial software just isn't worth it.


• MailChimp (replaces Aweber)
  The power of your business is in your email list. You need subscribers that are interested in hearing from you on a regular basis, so put a sign-up box on your home page and encourage people to sign up to receive updates, free reports, etc. The industry standard seems to be Aweber, which is a very powerful tool, but it comes at a cost. Instead, MailChimp offers free emailing for a large number of subscribers, so you can keep your overhead low while you build your list (their interface is a little more pleasant, too, in my book).


• Google Voice (replaces a separate phone line)
  If you are dealing with clients, you don't want to be passing out your home phone number or your personal cell number, either. Who has the money to afford a separate business line? Instead, sign up for a free phone number from Google Voice and have it routed to your cell phone or your home phone. Then, you can block numbers, set up special voice mail messages, and do a ton more without having to pay for a separate line or service.
  


• Gimp (replaces Adobe Photoshop)
  One of the “necessary evils” of graphic design has been Photoshop. A powerful and useful tool, Photoshop is also incredibly expensive. If you are looking to save money, Gimp is a free tool that works very similarly to Photoshop. The interface is slightly different, but once you use it (and search around for a few tutorials), you can use it for plenty of graphic design and desktop publishing purposes.


• Scribus (replaces Adobe InDesign)
  Creating a publication, whether it is a magazine or a newsletter, can be a pain without the right software. Again, Adobe claims the standard with InDesign, but Scribus is a free tool that offers much of the same functionality, allowing you to create elegant and beautiful PDFs and printed documents with little hassle (and no cost).


• Ubuntu (replaces a new computer)
  Finally, if you want to run a business but worry that your old computer can't handle it, you may be looking at getting a new computer. But instead of wasting hundreds of dollars on a new PC or Mac, try installing Ubuntu. Ubuntu is a version of Linux that feels and acts a bit like Windows or Mac OS X, but without the bloat. You may be able to give that old computer new life and save yourself an expensive purchase.

There are plenty of ways you can build a business online, and you do not need to spend an arm and a leg to do it. Use some of these free software alternatives, and you'd be surprised how quickly and easily you can get moving. Now, if you want to build a business on the side, you have nothing standing in your way!


The traditional view of a small business is changing.

There was a time when building a business involved joint ventures and angel investors. It involved asking the bank for a big business loan to cover overhead costs until you turn a profit. If you had the dream to start a business, you needed to invest a lot of money.

No more – today's business, particularly a web-based business, has very little overhead. Want to start writing for a living? Have a service that you wish to offer? You can build a business presence with free software that has all the features you need to get started.

Here are 9 different software alternatives to “brand name” software that can get your business up and running quickly, with no financial investment:

• LibreOffice/Google Docs (replaces Microsoft Word/Powerpoint/Excel)
  First, if you need to work with documents, you need software that can handle them. Unfortunately, while Word is the standard, Microsoft has priced it out so that any business looking for the latest software with no money is left in the dust. LibreOffice (formerly OpenOffice) is a powerful, free desktop office suite that can handle virtually all types of documents. With LibreOffice, you won't miss Microsoft Office for a second.
  
  If you want to go even lighter on your desktop, you can use Google Docs, which lives entirely within your Web browser. Again, you can use these tools to replace Microsoft Office pretty easily, and if you don't need to do any ultra-fancy formatting, they are more than adequate.


• Gmail (replaces Microsoft Outlook)
  If you have separate business and personal email addresses, the last thing you want is to have to switch back and forth between them. Many people use Microsoft Outlook to handle all of their email addresses, so that they only have one place that they have to look. Instead, try using Gmail. Gmail makes it easy to handle multiple email addresses, and it runs light and quick. So if you need to search through your vast backlog of email, you have the speed and power of Google behind it. Gmail offers a number of other great little tools, but the ability to easily handle multiple email addresses is at the top of the list.


• Evernote (replaces OneNote)
  Brainstorming is a valuable practice in a business. Whether you are keeping track of your latest ideas or just fleshing out your latest campaign, having a centralized place to store your thoughts is valuable. Microsoft OneNote is a handy piece of software, but it is expensive. Instead, sign up for Evernote, and store your thoughts online. There, you can access them from anywhere so if you are out and about and have that great business idea, you can pull out your phone and get it into Evernote (via an Evernote app or by texting through Twitter) so that you will not forget it. Their excellent notebook/tagging organizing scheme makes finding any of your thoughts as efficient as possible.


• Spreadsheet/ClearCheckbook (replaces Microsoft Money/Quicken)
  Tracking all of your expenses and income is a hassle, especially if you have separate business expenses. While many choose to use Mint for their finances, I much prefer handling the transaction record keeping myself. Set up a spreadsheet in LibreOffice or Google Docs (Google Docs even has a great template for it), and you can keep track of your finances on your own. Or, you can use a service like ClearCheckbook, which gives you a few more reporting options. Either way, the bloated price of dedicated financial software just isn't worth it.


• MailChimp (replaces Aweber)
  The power of your business is in your email list. You need subscribers that are interested in hearing from you on a regular basis, so put a sign-up box on your home page and encourage people to sign up to receive updates, free reports, etc. The industry standard seems to be Aweber, which is a very powerful tool, but it comes at a cost. Instead, MailChimp offers free emailing for a large number of subscribers, so you can keep your overhead low while you build your list (their interface is a little more pleasant, too, in my book).


• Google Voice (replaces a separate phone line)
  If you are dealing with clients, you don't want to be passing out your home phone number or your personal cell number, either. Who has the money to afford a separate business line? Instead, sign up for a free phone number from Google Voice and have it routed to your cell phone or your home phone. Then, you can block numbers, set up special voice mail messages, and do a ton more without having to pay for a separate line or service.
  


• Gimp (replaces Adobe Photoshop)
  One of the “necessary evils” of graphic design has been Photoshop. A powerful and useful tool, Photoshop is also incredibly expensive. If you are looking to save money, Gimp is a free tool that works very similarly to Photoshop. The interface is slightly different, but once you use it (and search around for a few tutorials), you can use it for plenty of graphic design and desktop publishing purposes.


• Scribus (replaces Adobe InDesign)
  Creating a publication, whether it is a magazine or a newsletter, can be a pain without the right software. Again, Adobe claims the standard with InDesign, but Scribus is a free tool that offers much of the same functionality, allowing you to create elegant and beautiful PDFs and printed documents with little hassle (and no cost).


• Ubuntu (replaces a new computer)
  Finally, if you want to run a business but worry that your old computer can't handle it, you may be looking at getting a new computer. But instead of wasting hundreds of dollars on a new PC or Mac, try installing Ubuntu. Ubuntu is a version of Linux that feels and acts a bit like Windows or Mac OS X, but without the bloat. You may be able to give that old computer new life and save yourself an expensive purchase.

There are plenty of ways you can build a business online, and you do not need to spend an arm and a leg to do it. Use some of these free software alternatives, and you'd be surprised how quickly and easily you can get moving. Now, if you want to build a business on the side, you have nothing standing in your way!

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<b>News</b> Corporation Looks to Bolster Stock With Buyback Plan <b>...</b>

The company's stock price has dropped since the revelations of a wider phone hacking scandal at News of the World.

<b>News</b> Corporation Looks to Bolster Stock With Buyback Plan <b>...</b>

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Senator Marco Rubio of Florida has a brother-in-law with a rather embarrassing past.

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<b>News</b> Corp Launches $5B Stock Buyback – Deadline.com

This could provide some pop for News Corp shares, which have declined more than 12% over the last five days as the News Of The World phone-hacking scandal mushroomed. The company says this morning that its board of ...

<b>News</b> Corp Launches $5B Stock Buyback – Deadline.com

The traditional view of a small business is changing.

There was a time when building a business involved joint ventures and angel investors. It involved asking the bank for a big business loan to cover overhead costs until you turn a profit. If you had the dream to start a business, you needed to invest a lot of money.

No more – today's business, particularly a web-based business, has very little overhead. Want to start writing for a living? Have a service that you wish to offer? You can build a business presence with free software that has all the features you need to get started.

Here are 9 different software alternatives to “brand name” software that can get your business up and running quickly, with no financial investment:

• LibreOffice/Google Docs (replaces Microsoft Word/Powerpoint/Excel)
  First, if you need to work with documents, you need software that can handle them. Unfortunately, while Word is the standard, Microsoft has priced it out so that any business looking for the latest software with no money is left in the dust. LibreOffice (formerly OpenOffice) is a powerful, free desktop office suite that can handle virtually all types of documents. With LibreOffice, you won't miss Microsoft Office for a second.
  
  If you want to go even lighter on your desktop, you can use Google Docs, which lives entirely within your Web browser. Again, you can use these tools to replace Microsoft Office pretty easily, and if you don't need to do any ultra-fancy formatting, they are more than adequate.


• Gmail (replaces Microsoft Outlook)
  If you have separate business and personal email addresses, the last thing you want is to have to switch back and forth between them. Many people use Microsoft Outlook to handle all of their email addresses, so that they only have one place that they have to look. Instead, try using Gmail. Gmail makes it easy to handle multiple email addresses, and it runs light and quick. So if you need to search through your vast backlog of email, you have the speed and power of Google behind it. Gmail offers a number of other great little tools, but the ability to easily handle multiple email addresses is at the top of the list.


• Evernote (replaces OneNote)
  Brainstorming is a valuable practice in a business. Whether you are keeping track of your latest ideas or just fleshing out your latest campaign, having a centralized place to store your thoughts is valuable. Microsoft OneNote is a handy piece of software, but it is expensive. Instead, sign up for Evernote, and store your thoughts online. There, you can access them from anywhere so if you are out and about and have that great business idea, you can pull out your phone and get it into Evernote (via an Evernote app or by texting through Twitter) so that you will not forget it. Their excellent notebook/tagging organizing scheme makes finding any of your thoughts as efficient as possible.


• Spreadsheet/ClearCheckbook (replaces Microsoft Money/Quicken)
  Tracking all of your expenses and income is a hassle, especially if you have separate business expenses. While many choose to use Mint for their finances, I much prefer handling the transaction record keeping myself. Set up a spreadsheet in LibreOffice or Google Docs (Google Docs even has a great template for it), and you can keep track of your finances on your own. Or, you can use a service like ClearCheckbook, which gives you a few more reporting options. Either way, the bloated price of dedicated financial software just isn't worth it.


• MailChimp (replaces Aweber)
  The power of your business is in your email list. You need subscribers that are interested in hearing from you on a regular basis, so put a sign-up box on your home page and encourage people to sign up to receive updates, free reports, etc. The industry standard seems to be Aweber, which is a very powerful tool, but it comes at a cost. Instead, MailChimp offers free emailing for a large number of subscribers, so you can keep your overhead low while you build your list (their interface is a little more pleasant, too, in my book).


• Google Voice (replaces a separate phone line)
  If you are dealing with clients, you don't want to be passing out your home phone number or your personal cell number, either. Who has the money to afford a separate business line? Instead, sign up for a free phone number from Google Voice and have it routed to your cell phone or your home phone. Then, you can block numbers, set up special voice mail messages, and do a ton more without having to pay for a separate line or service.
  


• Gimp (replaces Adobe Photoshop)
  One of the “necessary evils” of graphic design has been Photoshop. A powerful and useful tool, Photoshop is also incredibly expensive. If you are looking to save money, Gimp is a free tool that works very similarly to Photoshop. The interface is slightly different, but once you use it (and search around for a few tutorials), you can use it for plenty of graphic design and desktop publishing purposes.


• Scribus (replaces Adobe InDesign)
  Creating a publication, whether it is a magazine or a newsletter, can be a pain without the right software. Again, Adobe claims the standard with InDesign, but Scribus is a free tool that offers much of the same functionality, allowing you to create elegant and beautiful PDFs and printed documents with little hassle (and no cost).


• Ubuntu (replaces a new computer)
  Finally, if you want to run a business but worry that your old computer can't handle it, you may be looking at getting a new computer. But instead of wasting hundreds of dollars on a new PC or Mac, try installing Ubuntu. Ubuntu is a version of Linux that feels and acts a bit like Windows or Mac OS X, but without the bloat. You may be able to give that old computer new life and save yourself an expensive purchase.

There are plenty of ways you can build a business online, and you do not need to spend an arm and a leg to do it. Use some of these free software alternatives, and you'd be surprised how quickly and easily you can get moving. Now, if you want to build a business on the side, you have nothing standing in your way!


The traditional view of a small business is changing.

There was a time when building a business involved joint ventures and angel investors. It involved asking the bank for a big business loan to cover overhead costs until you turn a profit. If you had the dream to start a business, you needed to invest a lot of money.

No more – today's business, particularly a web-based business, has very little overhead. Want to start writing for a living? Have a service that you wish to offer? You can build a business presence with free software that has all the features you need to get started.

Here are 9 different software alternatives to “brand name” software that can get your business up and running quickly, with no financial investment:

• LibreOffice/Google Docs (replaces Microsoft Word/Powerpoint/Excel)
  First, if you need to work with documents, you need software that can handle them. Unfortunately, while Word is the standard, Microsoft has priced it out so that any business looking for the latest software with no money is left in the dust. LibreOffice (formerly OpenOffice) is a powerful, free desktop office suite that can handle virtually all types of documents. With LibreOffice, you won't miss Microsoft Office for a second.
  
  If you want to go even lighter on your desktop, you can use Google Docs, which lives entirely within your Web browser. Again, you can use these tools to replace Microsoft Office pretty easily, and if you don't need to do any ultra-fancy formatting, they are more than adequate.


• Gmail (replaces Microsoft Outlook)
  If you have separate business and personal email addresses, the last thing you want is to have to switch back and forth between them. Many people use Microsoft Outlook to handle all of their email addresses, so that they only have one place that they have to look. Instead, try using Gmail. Gmail makes it easy to handle multiple email addresses, and it runs light and quick. So if you need to search through your vast backlog of email, you have the speed and power of Google behind it. Gmail offers a number of other great little tools, but the ability to easily handle multiple email addresses is at the top of the list.


• Evernote (replaces OneNote)
  Brainstorming is a valuable practice in a business. Whether you are keeping track of your latest ideas or just fleshing out your latest campaign, having a centralized place to store your thoughts is valuable. Microsoft OneNote is a handy piece of software, but it is expensive. Instead, sign up for Evernote, and store your thoughts online. There, you can access them from anywhere so if you are out and about and have that great business idea, you can pull out your phone and get it into Evernote (via an Evernote app or by texting through Twitter) so that you will not forget it. Their excellent notebook/tagging organizing scheme makes finding any of your thoughts as efficient as possible.


• Spreadsheet/ClearCheckbook (replaces Microsoft Money/Quicken)
  Tracking all of your expenses and income is a hassle, especially if you have separate business expenses. While many choose to use Mint for their finances, I much prefer handling the transaction record keeping myself. Set up a spreadsheet in LibreOffice or Google Docs (Google Docs even has a great template for it), and you can keep track of your finances on your own. Or, you can use a service like ClearCheckbook, which gives you a few more reporting options. Either way, the bloated price of dedicated financial software just isn't worth it.


• MailChimp (replaces Aweber)
  The power of your business is in your email list. You need subscribers that are interested in hearing from you on a regular basis, so put a sign-up box on your home page and encourage people to sign up to receive updates, free reports, etc. The industry standard seems to be Aweber, which is a very powerful tool, but it comes at a cost. Instead, MailChimp offers free emailing for a large number of subscribers, so you can keep your overhead low while you build your list (their interface is a little more pleasant, too, in my book).


• Google Voice (replaces a separate phone line)
  If you are dealing with clients, you don't want to be passing out your home phone number or your personal cell number, either. Who has the money to afford a separate business line? Instead, sign up for a free phone number from Google Voice and have it routed to your cell phone or your home phone. Then, you can block numbers, set up special voice mail messages, and do a ton more without having to pay for a separate line or service.
  


• Gimp (replaces Adobe Photoshop)
  One of the “necessary evils” of graphic design has been Photoshop. A powerful and useful tool, Photoshop is also incredibly expensive. If you are looking to save money, Gimp is a free tool that works very similarly to Photoshop. The interface is slightly different, but once you use it (and search around for a few tutorials), you can use it for plenty of graphic design and desktop publishing purposes.


• Scribus (replaces Adobe InDesign)
  Creating a publication, whether it is a magazine or a newsletter, can be a pain without the right software. Again, Adobe claims the standard with InDesign, but Scribus is a free tool that offers much of the same functionality, allowing you to create elegant and beautiful PDFs and printed documents with little hassle (and no cost).


• Ubuntu (replaces a new computer)
  Finally, if you want to run a business but worry that your old computer can't handle it, you may be looking at getting a new computer. But instead of wasting hundreds of dollars on a new PC or Mac, try installing Ubuntu. Ubuntu is a version of Linux that feels and acts a bit like Windows or Mac OS X, but without the bloat. You may be able to give that old computer new life and save yourself an expensive purchase.

There are plenty of ways you can build a business online, and you do not need to spend an arm and a leg to do it. Use some of these free software alternatives, and you'd be surprised how quickly and easily you can get moving. Now, if you want to build a business on the side, you have nothing standing in your way!

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