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Do You Have What it Takes to be a Successful Entrepreneur?


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Starting Your Business: 3 Tips for Bootstrapping Your Way to the Top


Bootstrapping a business startup does not necessarily mean that you are unable to find traditional sources of capital. It may mean that you are clever, or that you know a bargain when you see it, or that you are the type of person who derives a certain satisfaction from crafting something using your own hands and vision, from scratch. If this is the way you feel, a franchise is probably not for you. A venture capitalist, if you could even find a member of that rare species when you are just starting out, is also likely to want some or too much control, and your vision might be thrown out of the window in that scenario as well.

Goals and New Venture Creation


More and more corporate workers are leaving their jobs to start new ventures. When taking this leap, it is important that the goals of these entrepreneurs are solid, as these goals may ultimately determine the success of the new venture.

Definition of Entrepreneur


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What It Takes To be An Entrepreneur Series: Action


Many people have the professed desire to be their own boss, start their own business ecetera, ecetera...

Become a Recognized Authority in Your Field - in 60 Days or Less!


You don't have to be rock-star famous before you are recognized as an authority in your field. You just have to begin to get the word out. Your goal is to be the person that people think of when your field is mentioned. At first, that may happen only locally, but take heart. Start where you are, with what you have, and you'll light a spark that could eventually become a firestorm of publicity.

Adding a Service After You Buy a Business


When you buy a business, you should have a plan. Why have you chosen that particular business? Why that particular time to buy a business? What can you bring to the business? Some of the most successful business stories are of people who buy a business with the intention of bringing their specialized set of skills to it, and using them to grow the business.

Everything You Wanted to Know About Public Domain Info, but Were Too Afraid to Ask!


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Book Yourself Solid: The Simple Selling Process


As a service provider you may not want to think of yourself as a salesperson. You are in the business of helping others and you may not feel comfortable with the sales process. However, you need to let clients know that your service is available. Here are some ways to do so:

Solving the Million Dollar Mystery: 4 Steps To Create A Turn-Key Business


You're a smart, hardworking entrepreneur, and you're moving fast. You are highly educated in your field and your business is growing and getting busier each day. But somehow, you find yourself stuck. You're doing more tasks that take you away from your core business, you are working more and earning less. You need help. Wouldn't it be great if there was someone, anyone out there who could help you take away some of the daily tasks so you could focus on the things you really love?

Entrepreneurs - 9 Top Mistakes to Avoid


1. Isolating Yourself When setting up a business, you can get so overwhelmed with the administration that you don?t focus on building up your network. Networks can provide a way to catapult your business forward through referrals, joint ventures, or providing industry knowledge. Networking does not need to be through formal events but can come in many forms. Even using websites to become aware of who and what is out there is useful. Giving time for self development and training activities to grow your skills, can be one area that is given a lower priority which can often lead to unwise decisions.

Interview with Best-selling Entrepreneurial Authors Barbara Winters and Nick Williams


Ray Bradbury?s quote, ?You?ve got to jump off cliffs all the time and build your wings on the way down? may sound extreme but, as anyone building a business knows, it has a lot of truth in it.

Secret Revealed In The Business Code


? Beginners often rush into business without any planning.

Increasing Business BIGTIME with a Successful Referral System


What I?ve discovered from most of my small business clients is that most would prefer to build their business through referrals rather than through direct mail, advertising in newspapers, radio, TV. However, most leave the referrals to a somewhat chaotic, unplanned approach. When they have a repeatable system of going after referrals their business growth suddenly explodes.

Youve Found Your Guru, Now What?


In my last article, ?Follow That Guru?, I told you about the one (1) simple technique I used when starting my home business, ?A Name?.

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