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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. Social media is no longer an option, you must be a social media expert, too, or have some budget to hire somebody to help you.

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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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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.

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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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Paying Lip Service to Developing Entrepreneurs

Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

There is very little respect for high level crafts and workmanship and every student is made to think the only option for them is college and a white collar salary job. Business schools, where the most likely entrepreneurs go, are rewarded with high rankings for turning out graduates who get great Salary Jobs. in 1997 to 24.7

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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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Lean Business Planning with Tim Berry [VIDEO]

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You have visits that you assume from clicks through social media. What is our plan for social media? This is that bicycle store again, it’s a few people and you can do your estimated gross salary per month, and the point here is it’s conceptually simple. Then you have an assumed conversion rate.

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