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You've Sold Your Business. Now What?
Join us in Miami, Chicago or Denver for our Accelerate Your Business event series kicking off in February. Discover solutions to optimize team performance, improve company productivity, and position your business for continued success. See dates and details » Many successful entrepreneurs dream of the day when their business is sold, [...]
Protect Yourself from Financial Fraud
Security Tips for the Self-Employed By Christopher J. Bachler The first rule for home businesses and boxers is the same: “Always keep your guard up.” That’s because fraud in the business world today is more common than ever before. Advanced technology, the “shrinking world,” and the ongoing growth of a “virtual economy” are all partly to [...]
6 Ways to Kill Your Startup
Sometimes the best way to learn how to do something is to understand how NOT to do something—to think of things in reverse. Ben Stein (of Ferris Bueller fame) achieved this with great effect with his book, How to Ruin Your Life. Buried in the book’s tongue-in-cheek humor and masked by its sardonic tone were some life lessons that I’ve [...]
What 11 Successful People Did for Their First Jobs — and What They Were Paid
Everyone has to start somewhere. From making paper deliveries to selling tuxedos, the first jobs these 11 successful people shared with Business Insider weren’t always the most glamorous. Read on to see where CEOs, bestselling authors, and self-made millionaires started, and how much their first jobs paid: Farnoosh Torabi worked as [...]
Eight Things You Need to Know About Money
You’re Earning It; Here’s How to Keep It Money: It’s a part of our lives from the first day Mommy tucks lunch money into our backpacks until we finally shuffle off this mortal coil. How much of the stuff we manage to earn, how much of it we save, what we do with it — these things will help to determine how successful we will be in [...]
Why Brick and Mortar Is Here to Stay
Join us in Miami, Chicago or Denver for our Accelerate Your Business event series kicking off in February. Discover solutions to optimize team performance, improve company productivity, and position your business for continued success. See dates and details » We live in a digital world, where technology is more pervasive and becomes a [...]
Streamline Your Startup Growth Process With These 22 Tools
Join us in Miami, Chicago or Denver for our Accelerate Your Business event series kicking off in February. Discover solutions to optimize team performance, improve company productivity, and position your business for continued success. See dates and details » At heart, a startup is a company designed to grow fast. You have to have an [...]
Protect Your Right to Get Paid
Practical Advice for Collecting Your Receivables By Gary M. Heller, Hodgson Russ LLP It is no secret that full and prompt payment from customers is the lifeblood of any home business. Unfortunately, most home business owners quickly learn a hard truth: Some customers simply do not pay their bills. It is, therefore, absolutely essential [...]
15 Ways to Slash Start-Up Costs in Your Home Business
Any Business’ Start-Up Costs Can be Minimized Using Economical Strategies and Creative Financing Many people wish they could start a home business, but believe the costs are too prohibitive. However, as you will read in this feature, there are numerous home ventures that are relatively inexpensive to set up. Generally, businesses with [...]
Michael E. Gerber and The Master Game
Michael E. Gerber (www.michaelegerbercompanies.com) is an entrepreneur, thought leader, speaker and best-selling author whose modern classic, “The E-Myth: Why Most Businesses Don’t Work and What to Do About It,” has sold more than 3 million copies. He is the founder of The Dreaming Room™, where entrepreneurs and others are provided the [...]