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Twitter Link Roundup #284 – Late Summer Resources for Small Business, Startups, and Design!

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We do love sharing articles about fonts, logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, economics and other interesting stuff! The Art of the Out-of-Office Reply nytimes.com/2015/08/28/fas…. The Art of the Out-of-Office Reply nytimes.com/2015/08/28/fas….

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30 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

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5- Tired being a salaried individual. I started my own business as I didn’t enjoy being a salaried individual who lived from one payroll to another. I started a Kickstarter in 2015 to start my business featuring the “All Day Every Day” Pant concept and raised over $180k in sixty days to jumpstart my brand.

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Twitter Link Roundup #288 – Necessary Stuff For Small Business, Startups, and Designers!

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Clearly talent and hard work went into the project and it paid off with awards from major festivals and competitions, including recognition as a finalist in the 2015 Student Academy Awards, a finalist in the 2015 Student BAFTA Film Awards, and winning the Best Student Film honors at the Nashville Film Festival!

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How to Become Your Own Boss in 2015 (Webinar Recap)

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As CEO of Quintessence Group, Melinda educates entrepreneurs and Fortune 500 companies on subjects including small business startup, business development, and social media marketing. You need to show leadership skills because the things that you’ve got to understand is that everybody else in your company is going to queue off of what you do.

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24 Entrepreneurs Explain What They Love About Being An Entrepreneur

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No matter how well my team did I knew that at the end of the year I would earn a predetermined salary with a small bonus that was based on the company stock performance. They don’t teach this stuff in school and you can’t learn it by reading a book or by listening to a leadership podcast. 16- Freedom to think BIG.

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25 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

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I craved freedom to be responsible for my salary, not have someone else set it. We only grow if our clients grow, and we take great pride in establishing thought leadership for them, seeing the leads we generate turn into more and more sales, and seeing the marketing directors we work with get promoted to VP. 8- For freedom.

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Small Business and Startups: The Top 10 Business Books of 2014

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Here are ten that should feature on your bookshelf: The Virgin Way: Everything I Know About Leadership – Sir Richard Branson. In his latest literary offering, he gives a behind-the-scenes look at his notable — and some might say exuberant — leadership style: a style that has helped him build a multibillion-dollar empire.