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How to Successfully Approach Trade-Offs as an Entrepreneur in 2021

Up and Running

In fact, Americans are becoming small business owners at an accelerated clip: New filings for employer identification numbers are higher than they’ve been since 2007 , according to the U.S. Weigh hiring an employee versus implementing software. Price out the cost of tools (and estimated impacts) to compare against hiring someone new.

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Working Remotely: Is work From Home Good for Everyone?

Transformify

I started working remotely as a freelancer back in 2007, and then became a digital nomad in 2012, traveling to/living in over 120 cities in 50 countries since then. The nature of remote work also makes it even more important for managers to clearly define the roles and what constitutes “success” for their workers.

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Google Adds Reputation Management to Dashboard :: Small Business.

Duct Tape Marketing

I’ve been promoting tools like Google Alerts and Google Reader for years now and today Google added something called “ Me on the Web &# as an attempt to make it easier to monitor your identity on the web.

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Small business startup kit for 2007 – mostly free!

BeyondVC

As I started thinking about his question, I remember what it was like setting up our office in 1998 and the headaches and cost of buying a Nortel phone system and phones and hiring a Microsoft networking expert to get our office set up for file sharing, back up, and email. The post Small business startup kit for 2007 – mostly free!

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How To Be A Great Leader

YoungUpstarts

Many people confuse leadership and management. During my career, I’ve worked with a few remarkable leaders and managers. Understand the difference between being a manager and a leader. If you’ve been studying how to be a great boss, you’ve probably seen a lot of advice on how to manage people, but little on how to lead them.

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What Makes A Successful Franchisee?

YoungUpstarts

Obviously, having the ability to effectively manage a team and handle the day-to-day operations of business is critical, but franchise owners need a particular set of leadership skills to help them grow their business. So before you embark on the hiring process, you need to ask yourself, would I want to work for me? Leadership Skills.

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The cardinal sin of community management

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, September 11, 2009 The cardinal sin of community management Once you have a product launched, you will the face the joys – and the despair – of a community that grows up around it. Nothing worked, until we finally had one of our community managers start talking to real customers on the phone.

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