Telecommunications

Overview

Trends and Technology

Timesaving Techniques

Telemarketing

Opportunity and Obsolesence

Summary

Worksheet - Technology Needs Inventory

Worksheet - Telemarketing Potential

Worksheet - Telemarketing Skills Assessment

Small Business Bookshelf

Resources to Help You

 

 

 


Technology and Telecommunications:
The Entrepreneur's New Partners

The telecommunications revolution has world-wide effects. The efforts to create a global telecommunications network is rapidly gaining momentum. The ability to communicate and do business with anyone anywhere will forever alter the way we work.

These trends are enhanced by the wireless technology of cellular communications and satellites. Wireless technology removes the barriers of cable and lines which take time to install, add to start-up costs and keep entrepreneurs tied to a telephone line.

Telecommunications gives small entrepreneurial ventures the power to compete and the capacity to expand to more global markets.Entrepreneurs can now manage their businesses more efficiently, respond to customers more promptly, and gather information more rapidly when making business decisions. But the opportunities don't stop there. New business ventures are being created every day which use technology to design, market, and deliver products and services. If strategically planned and managed, the entrepreneur's trip down the information superhighway can be both exciting and profitable.

 

 

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