As a child I loved to visit weddings. It was the first special day in the year that any extravagant to enjoy. There was plenty to eat, drinks flow all wrapped in the beauty of the lavishly decorated rooms with lots of flashy bright people who radiates scattered in all its glory. It was literally heaven on earth ... That was until I reached my late twenties, the sky began a little too close to my country. This was the time close friends of my friends started getting married, high school and college friends were all married. Even my enemies were to marry. And because everything is known by this time that a lot of questions to be affected can be summarized in one sentence sweet and boring, "so if you get married?"
It was not really a problem, I had formed in the act of circumvention to reduce the impact of the questions in my head. Like I said, I enjoyed the wedding. But the problem was that people began to marry closer to me, began to share their stories with me about wedding dresses planning. The more shared their stories of marriages ruined me. But that was nothing compared to the day, said a true friend of my family with me all their wedding expenses ... It was like the day I met his parents actually had sex, it was as I would have never believed, but actually confirmed the poor state of his mind. After hearing what I said, I felt guilty for loving marriage and began to feel illogical obsession with weddings of society. What did he say?
It was the cost of marriage. A whopping $ 55,000 for a unique wedding! And their marriage was a simple wedding that I attended in my short life, as I said, the figure was I blown away. No wonder so many marriages that I liked was extravagant wealth created. "How can someone so much money to spend in a single marriage?" I thought so. Well, I'm not anti-romantic or foreign money-conscious individual. I am a realist and $ 55,000 for a wedding seemed pretty bizarre to me. But most annoying is the fact that most people feel that $ 50,000 was relatively inexpensive for a wedding! Ironically, the only character not the 50K wedding ring ... with an additional $ 7000 These numbers are distributed by the marriage laws of the spirits ... For example, the rule of thumb is that the popular engagement ring would cost at least 2 months' salary friends. Nothing short of somehow not enough. Other rules say you have an engagement party, have a marriage and in cases like the one pursued by Nigeria for a traditional wedding separately. As ROI (Return on Investment) addict, tend to question these numbers. If marriage really be treated like a business, then people will think twice before spending the importance of such sums of money.
According to the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), approximately one third of new marriages among younger end in divorce within 10 years and 43 percent in 15 years. But people are still more than willing to dip into their savings in an institution, the statistically poor return on investment has shown. It's like putting money in a bank you know has a 50% chance of extinction. That is the reality of a growth industry of the wedding, fairytale marriage that lasts forever is hidden. Then convince the partner that the bank should be able to break to finance his dream of once in a life-long marriage ... pairs and not only that, as they are by the media frentic the waters of the history of the fairy tale wedding supplied on our television screens. Celebrity weddings that cost $ 1000000-10000000 $ on our television screens and blogs from media around the world for the idea that marriages should be forced extravagant. If there was anything that could combine the excitement, there is nothing else than a "wedding of the century."
Is only in 2011 was Kim Kardashian Kris Humphries to marry NBA player. It was a matter of normal celebrity marriage news suggests that Kris had a cool $ 2 million spent on an engagement ring of 20.5 carats. Then the media hype and review will be collected ... They all spoke of marriage, and analyze every detail of your unique financial expenses. The most important wedding ring designed by Lorraine Schwartz, and also builds a cool $ 1,000,000. The wedding invitations were created and delivered by Lahr and black for $ 10,000 only if some of the customers were not aware at the time of the wedding! $ 400,000 has been spent in the Champagne Perrier Jouet, with an additional $ 60,000 for the Vera Wang wedding dresses three. The icing on the cake was literally spent $ 15,000 on a wedding cake bakery Hensen ... I know what part of $ 15 000 flavor of the cake! In general, the wedding is about $ 20 million in overall costs, and really lives up to his label wedding of the century. Expensive for a marriage is a marriage that lasted only 78 days! It's like all of her life blows in less than three months.
What people do not know is that Kim is everything a business issue. Therefore, even if their marriage was with the surface of a cost of $ 20,000,000, which is able to use his image and discounts is critical in most cases. For example, the famous $ 2 million wedding ring was greatly reduced by Schwartz jewelry wedding invitations $ 10,000 free Lahr and black wedding, bridal shower, sponsored, while $ 50,000 paid by Tao restaurant in exchange for free advertising and three wedding dresses? Each was offered exclusively by Vera Wang same. But that's not the crazy part, E! show who is paying the $ 15 million over four hours, two-part E! Special wedding. A high price does not include the additional $ 2.5 million by People magazine for exclusive coverage received on the wedding. Thus, not only did not spend a lot of Kim in her marriage, but their marriage was a machine to make money. From the review of the media to the wedding industry ... all benefit. The only victims were gullible partners around the world to believe the hype! Unfortunately, too many people who believe the hype that the first few pages do not reveal many blogs and tabloids, the truth behind the complexity of marriage. Instead, provide coverage of a fairy tale wedding with smiling faces on the pages of newspapers around the world once again splashed the cycle of costly and splendid wedding obligatory. And the people ignored a basic fact, which is more intelligent than many of us allow Kim, "said their marriage only as a business," Ironically, many entrepreneurs have the opposite effect and manage their business processes such as weddings.
According to Statistics New Zealand, 53 percent of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the first three years. Research also shows that two thirds of the decline in business volume due to financial difficulties related to poor financial management. Does this sound familiar? To replace the word "business" in the previous statistical "marriage" and that could end up with a statistic that I have shared very similar, except that bussineses tend to fail more quickly. Similar numbers wrong weddings and all, because people start businesses such as weddings ... Wedding with a huge facial!
I had the good fortune of working with many new businesses and one of the quotes I like to share with employers is that I learned from my mentor, James Malinchak, "Do not do cute, what sells." Rent a luxurious apartment in the center of town is quite ... But when it comes to increasing sales ... then it is not smart! The design of a state fit nice on the website ... but if it pays through online sales or advertising, it is not wise! Spending tons of money for TV spots and radio gear is super nice .. . But then again, if there is no income to offset the cost of advertising if it is not smart! It is believed that the idea of marriage, new businesses in financial difficulties from the start. At some point, companies should focus on the profit margin and mark thistles. Because at the end of the day is what really determines whether your company could survive.
A recent launch of Lagos wanted to replicate the U.S. group business idea in Nigeria. They managed to raise $ 50 000 cash as seed money to fund his idea ... Then he did what any entrepreneur married ... expensive rents an office hired and paid more for a siege of art. The only problem was that not enough time to start marketing their business or to adapt their business idea for the new market. For it is an office that every company must have a new employee and the hiring of an absolute necessity. But without money and effort to market research and marketing of their products, their cause is not within a month. However, would you the same way that people like Mark Zuckerberg in an office or a bedroom began with a large staff had begun, probably succeeded or failed, their financial losses were minimal. But too often, new entrepreneurs to focus on the end product of successful companies and do not realize the struggles that preceded the beginning of his success. Almost all successful technology companies started in a garage or home. When I build on my website, I decided to quote Ofilispeaks.com multiples of $ 2,000 to $ 3,000 for a custom website, but I realized that this investment is not economically sensible for my time. Instead, I opted for an expensive design model, which costs me only $ 25 (plus welding and Labour) and that the website is what I have and still works today. Although limited in many areas that still helps me do more important things to do. In the future, makes $ 2000 custom site if financially for me ... I would create in an instant. But now I'm going with my idea of cheap stick model, but effective.
Such thing as a blogger I know of currently living blogging his bed all day. At first, when the company began to grow, they fell into the trap that I heard much of this article ... then you need to do what everyone does. So he rented an office. But he soon discovered that do not really need an office, and anywhere else that has influenced his comfort in the blog on the bed. So instead of saying only the compliance of an office, they have an office, he soon left his post and returned to the blogs in your home. Today it is still as much money as it has in the office, but she stays with a higher percentage, because they do not have to pay the office rent. So the next time you face an important financial business decision, trying to clear from decisions / pretentious and focus instead on their bottom line focus of the hardcore "finance." Because at the end of the day is what counts. It's not the size of your office or staff or the website, but the size of the "client" and "benefits" that matter. Remember, also, "Do not do what is right, what is sold Do!" Happy marriage ...
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