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Does America Care Anymore? How We Can Change The Answer To “Yes”.

YoungUpstarts

Hire people who care. So from now on, place “capacity for caring” on the list of non-negotiable qualifications for all new hires — right up there with experience and technical competency. Hiring a few caring employees can have an amazing ripple effect! In large part, your company’s culture depends on the people who comprise it.

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Seven Questions To Help You Attract Your Ideal Clients

YoungUpstarts

A company that used this report would get credit for enlightening the reader and would also get to position itself as the source for lower-cost but just-as-good policies. If you can show him that you can help him overcome that obstacle, it will be hard for him not to hire you. They might think your prices are too high.

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Hubris Versus Humility: The $15 billion Difference

Steve Blank

Describing your product as “new and “never been done before” instead of “we’re just like those others guys, but better” could cost your company billions. By 1992 Research in Motion (RIM) had been in business for eight years, had 16 employees, sales of about $500,000 a year, and three or four business lines. Research in Motion (RIM).

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Stop Chasing Clients Once And for All: A Five-Day Plan To Bring Them To Your Doorstep

YoungUpstarts

Second, it allows you to provide prospective clients with enough information that they believe you know what you’re doing but not so much that they can do whatever they need without hiring you. Proof that a marketing campaign doesn’t have to take months to plan and implement or cost tons of money. So, there it is.

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Small Business and Startup Tips: Cool Stuff for Your Next Trip

crowdSPRING Blog

Kayak’s Yapta.com tracks fares and notifies you via e-mail or Tweet when the cost of your itinerary drops. How about a vacation where your lodging will cost you exactly nothing? Small Business and Startup Tips: Hire and be Human. Traveling to multiple cities overseas?

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21 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Business or Entrepreneur Turnaround Story

Hearpreneur

Hiring an expert or a coach to walk you through this stage can help you minimize the chances of failure although identifying the problem first can be a great way to create a long-lasting strategy. John has invested in various small businesses and served as a mentor and branding authority since his beginnings in 1992. It cost him $4.8B

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Entrepreneurship for Superwomen

Up and Running

I put “ SuperWomen Do IT Less” ( First Edition 1992) into the closet, and became my own boss. Through his class, I learned what to expect as far as occupancy, cost of goods, insurance, taxes, real estate needs, and more. Hire help and train them to be great at what they do. They worked from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m.

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