This morning I woke up at 4:30 in the morning, as usual, poured myself a cup of coffee, as usual, and thought about what my son said to me yesterday evening. You see, he's 2 1/2 years old and talking quite well, for his age. When I came home from(read entire article)
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You have been thinking about starting your very own business one day. However, as we are well aware of, starting your business without zero capital is proof to be extremely tough.

The very first obstacle is where do you find the much needed(read entire article)
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Do you consider your business card a marketing tool, or just a basic business necessity? If your answer is "a basic business necessity" you're missing out on an inexpensive, often overlooked, valuable marketing tool.

I think many small bus(read entire article)
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Are you a successful over-achiever? Considerable research has been done about the characteristics that typify the successful business owner. Most experts who have studied the subject tend to agree that the most important single factor is an overpo(read entire article)
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1. Do What You LOVE: If you've chosen your business because you read that this niche was the next hot one, or because your favorite uncle (or your best friend) thinks you'd be well-suited for this business, you may as well pack up now and(read entire article)
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Why is this so when the fundamentals of growing a business are pretty basic? I’d go as far as to say they’re simple. Yet, isn’t it so true the most simple and basic things in life are the things so often overlooked!

To this end, I’d like to(read entire article)
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One of the hardest presentations to make is the entrepreneurial pitch. You have a great idea for a business and you want someone to give you money to make it happen. The problem is that venture capitalists, angel investors, and even rich uncles ar(read entire article)
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For individuals looking for a highly lucrative income stream, owning a franchise can be the perfect jumpstart. Unlike creating a business from scratch, a franchise involves no guesswork, but rather, comes complete with instructions from A-Z so new(read entire article)
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Every evening as the sun sets beyond the mangroves that line the shore along the western bank of Lake Myakka, Florida, herds of wild deer and wild black pigs come down to the water's edge to drink and slake their thirst.

I have seen them up(read entire article)
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What would it be worth to you to receive a steady stream of new customers with little or no effort on your part? Would you be willing to pay 10% of the revenue they generate? 20%? 50%? Or do you believe that you can't afford to pay anything?

It can be very difficult if not impossible to determine the status of a company by its financial statements alone, especially in circumstances where the company is in its initial product development phase. All of the normal financial indicators,(read entire article)
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Yeah, sure it's easy, and of course, that title is a little tongue in cheek. It takes a lot of hard work to get a business off the ground. But, it's worth every hour I've spent getting to where I am now.

When I decided to start my communicat(read entire article)
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The first step in deciding whether to start a business is to ask yourself this important question: "Do I have what it takes to be an entrepreneur?" A variety of experts have documented research that indicates that successful small business entrep(read entire article)
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In the beginning, I thought it was going to be a breeze when my husband, Terry, joined me working full-time in my business. If anyone could do it, we could! We already had a healthy relationship built on trust and respect. We communicated well.(read entire article)
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Have you ever imagined what it would be like to live your dream? A good place to start would be to recognize that there are three elements, and only three elements, that separate success from failure. If you exercise one of the elements, you might(read entire article)
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Have you ever wondered “What would I do if I had a million dollars”? Would you be interested in learning from successful millionaires rather than taking your chances by buying a lottery ticket?

There are three success traits that you will(read entire article)
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All businesses are created first by ideas. Then once you're in business you need ideas for marketing, advertising, solving problems, product development etc. The difference between success or failure could be one just one idea. That's all! (read entire article)
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Habits get a bum rap. When you think about your habits, I bet you think of the “bad” ones - the ones that you aren’t particularly proud of, like eating too much sugar, or smoking, or dwelling on your negative thoughts. According to Webster’s dicti(read entire article)
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All wealthy business owners know that the difference between just being an entrepreneur and being an industry leader lies in choosing viable projects. The key is to focus on those ideas and projects that will give you the greatest return for the t(read entire article)
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"Real champions believe in themselves even when no one else will!" Author Unknown

To take your life and business to a level that makes you ecstatic there is a good chance you will need to step boldly into the world and stand distinctively a(read entire article)
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Okay, so you know you’ve got the best darn designer tap shoes and weather resistant tutus around, but you’re still falling short of the first million. Well, here are just five of the countless ways a VA can increase your revenue.

1. Constant(read entire article)
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A streak dating back more than three decades came to an end at midnight on New Year's Eve. For the first time since 1972, as America rang in 2005, “America’s Oldest Living Teenager” was not in Times Square to count down the dropping of the giant b(read entire article)
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A streak dating back more than three decades came to an end at midnight on New Year's Eve. For the first time since 1972, as America rang in 2005, “America’s Oldest Living Teenager” was not in Times Square to count down the dropping of the giant b(read entire article)
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Beginning with Dible’s Up Your Own Organization several decades ago, business plans have been nearly sacred tools in communicating with potential lenders and investors.

Now the electronic age has brought an avalanche of new gizmos to the equ(read entire article)
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Entrepreneurial spirit, the most exciting of the spirits an individual can experience, is not something that can be explained comprehensively without being long-winded. You can think of it as a combination of an irrepressible ambition to grow rich(read entire article)
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The following laws will provide guidance on how to act,
think and work in a lean way. You can apply these laws to
all areas of your life, work and business to get bigger
results from the time you invest.

1. Multiple Rewards
Aim(read entire article)
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As 2005 comes to a close, I always look back on the year to see what I did well and what could be improved. Below, I share with you my mistakes, missteps and muckups that I experienced in 2005.

Many of these mistakes, missteps and muck-ups c(read entire article)
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What do Valentine’s Day, Christmas, dating, dinner and a movie, marriage and couples have in common? Rituals. A ritual is defined as ‘any method of doing something in which the details are always faithfully repeated.’

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It is widely held that one of the most important ingredients in small business success is perseverance. Deciding on a strategy and sticking with it. I would agree but you need to be clear that the strategy is in alignment with your passion in busi(read entire article)
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Are you bitter that your network isn’t producing results? Angry that the people you’ve been networking with isn’t sending business your way? Tired of working long hours on your business only to see your bank account almost empty and your bills pil(read entire article)
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Merger Problems

As evidenced by the results of the merger mania of the 90s, many industry experts believe, as was the case in the previous decade, that as many as 80% of acquisitions do not succeed, resulting in billions of dollars invested(read entire article)
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Watching the Chicago White Sox win the World Series for the first time since 1917, I was struck again how wondrous this beautiful sport still can be. The purest American game, baseball teaches so many of the values we appreciate in all areas of li(read entire article)
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Do you have an idea for a product or service? Would you like to start a business? If so you will want to read this article. Here’s the good news: Every product or service ever invented by mankind started as an idea. An intangible thought impulse(read entire article)
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If there were an Entrepreneur’s Hall of Fame, Wayne Huizenga would be a charter member. Most people recognize the Wayne Huizenga as being the former owner of the Florida Marlins baseball team, and the current owner of the National Football League’(read entire article)
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Obviously, any given entrepreneur is going to retain a different variety of traits, skills, resources, etc. I'm not going to go through the whole list right now as we all know that it could go on forever. All I want to do is mention one key factor(read entire article)
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As a senior in high school, he paid cash for a BMW with money made by selling newspapers. In 1983, as a college freshman, he sold custom-made PCs and parts out of his dorm room…hiding them behind his roommate’s shower curtain whenever Mom and Dad(read entire article)
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