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5 Ways To Make Sure Your Online Store Is Holiday-Ready In 2014

YoungUpstarts

If you own a retail store, now is the time to evaluate the 2013 holiday season and start thinking about how you can prepare your business in the months ahead for an even more successful holiday 2014. Here’s a quick guide to making sure your store is holiday-ready in 2014. Freshen up your website.

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The True Costs Of Entrepreneurship

YoungUpstarts

When food and shelter are a freelancer’s two heaviest expenses, a conversation about “costs” sounds absurd, no? Unless you breakfast on caviar, truffles and Dom Pérignon in a Mediterranean villa tended by your manservant Basil, your costs can’t be that bad. However, some freelancing costs don’t appear in the books. Fair enough.

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8 Organizational Cultures Boost Output And Cut Costs

Startup Professionals Musings

They point to several key trends in organizational cultures and working practices that can boost output, cut costs, and give employees more freedom. 58 million workers identified themselves as freelancers in 2021, up 5 million since 2014. In the U.S., Freelancers now make up 36% of U.S. workers and earned over $1 trillion last year.

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10 Ways To Win In 2014: An Entrepreneurs’ Guide To A Successful Startup

YoungUpstarts

2014 will be a formative year for new business owners and early-stage entrepreneurs. Continuing into 2014, there will likely be a shift in the role of the investor into a more hands-on player in businesses. by Melissa Thompson, CEO of TalkSession. For those would-be entrepreneurs debating the startup leap?

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Seven Ways To Make Sure Accountability Sticks In 2014

YoungUpstarts

That’s why you should kick off your 2014 accountability revolution with a meeting of the minds. Use this meeting to get consensus on what the core values and behaviors need to be to support the company’s strategies and goals for 2014, and emphasize that everyone, starting with the key leaders, will be held accountable for demonstrating them.

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10 Things All Founders Should Do in the Last Months of 2014

Up and Running

What has your business accomplished in 2014, and what is still left to do? Budget planning and allocating funds for 2015 should be a priority toward the end of 2014. The post 10 Things All Founders Should Do in the Last Months of 2014 appeared first on Bplans Blog. The new year is fast approaching. What have you accomplished?

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How publishing brands can grow internationally in 2014

The Next Web

Pick your analyst report – they all pretty much indicate that 2014 will see consumers approach and pass the tablet horizon. If you underestimate the cost of marketing your app, your app development investment is wasted. One key success factor is that all of these print editions are available internationally. There are 1.8m