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At age 16, I started my first business. I was among the throngs of a community that gathered on muggy summer nights to cheer on the home team at our high school football games. Cheering means one thing: yelling. And yelling means that people will have tired, sore, dry throats.For the penny pinchers unwilling to spend concession-stand prices for...
Albert Einstein was once quoted as saying, “The only source of knowledge is experience.” And the same certainly holds true for entrepreneurs. But for many, the allure of becoming an entrepreneur causes them to take the plunge before they learn to swim.According to Carol Roth, author of The Entrepreneur Equation, too few entrepreneurs stack the...
Don't let this common fear hold your career back and keep you from achieving the success you deserve.It's almost impossible to be successful in business presenting your ideas in public to a group of people. Unfortunately, public speaking makes three out of four people feel nervous and anxious, making them less effective.Not to worry. Here are six...
The dream of being one's own boss is what leads many people to start businesses, but don't be too hasty in leaving your bread-and-butter job....
If you're wondering how best to direct your focus and resources, ask yourself Peter Drucker's 5 Questions.As every entrepreneur knows, there are plenty of ideas and opinions -- good and bad -- about how best to focus your organization’s resources and efforts for success. Some years ago, management guru Peter Drucker wrote an intriguing...
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