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Promote Creativity As A Small Business Owner

July 16th, 2008 · No Comments

If we are the next generation of small business owners and entrepreneurs, then we need to change the way we run businesses. Many of you can relate to companies that are stuck in their rigid ways of doing business. They have a handbook with a procedure for everything. If you don’t follow […]

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Tags: Entrepreneurship · Start Up Business · Small Business

Four Businesses To Start For Dog Lovers

April 23rd, 2008 · 3 Comments

I don’t know about you, but I love animals. I’m not some kind of obsessed animal lover. I don’t picket cow slaughter houses, and I’ve never pondered the idea of joining PETA. They would probably never accept me, because i actually like the zoo. How else would I get to see […]

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Tags: Entrepreneurship · Home Based Business · Start Up Business

Your Small Business Should Embrace Small Town America

April 16th, 2008 · 4 Comments

I was raised in a sleepy, up-scale suburban neighborhood in South Florida. It was the epitome of the upper-middle class suburban way of life. For those of you that are not familiar with Florida, the saying goes, “If you want to go to the south, go north, and if you want to go […]

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Tags: Entrepreneurship · Start Up Business

Career Question for the Weekend

March 28th, 2008 · 7 Comments

Think about this question over the weekend and post your response in the comment section. Have a safe weekend!
Would you rather have a safe, secure job that paid you regularly or would you rather have the opportunity and resources to start your own business?
The only stipulation is that the safe job would […]

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Three Key Steps To Developing Your Personal Brand

March 3rd, 2008 · 2 Comments

My years in college and years recently out of college have been filled with timeless daydreaming about the next big start-up company that I could take from nothing to something big. I’ve had plenty of ideas, but I’ve fallen into the trap of having tons of ideas, but no means to make those ideas […]

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Tags: Entrepreneurship · Start Up Business