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Advice From a Successful Female Business Owner: “Don’t Wait Until You are at the Top of Your Game to Get Covered”

Women Entrepreneurs Can

A recent study by research firm Marshall & Swift/Boeckh revealed 75% of businesses in the U.S. Furthermore, the Insurance Information Institute estimates that close to 40% of small business owners have no insurance at all. But successful business owners will urge – don’t let this be you. It was significant.

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5 Small Business Marketing Ideas for Every Holiday

Up and Running

People are already planning to shop and scouting sales, so your task is to stand out and give them a better reason to shop with you than your competitors. Here are five simple ideas that are easy on the budget, making them an ideal starting point for a newer small business. That’s where creative marketing ideas come into play.

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Buying Your Way Into Entrepreneurship: What You Need to Know

Up and Running

These are buzzwords for many Americans that aspire to start a business of their own—and there are indeed many. In fact, the 2016 Kaufman Index on Startup Activity reported that 550,000 new businesses are started every month in America. Should you acquire a business instead of building it from scratch?

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Growing a Profitable Marketing Consulting Practice: My First Year as a Duct Tape Marketing Consultant

Duct Tape Marketing

My first interaction with John Jantsch was in April of 2016 at the annual Social Media Marketing World conference in San Diego, CA. A copy of John Jantsch’s presentation at the 2016 Social Media Marketing World conference in San Diego, CA. They make it so easy! Before Joining the Network. on retainer and several other one-off projects.

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How To Scale Your Business In 2016

YoungUpstarts

It seems obvious, but for so many early stage startups, the day-to-day of running operations bleeds over into everything and eclipses opportunities to learn more about their industry, about best practices for marketing and sales, and about the newest trends in entrepreneurship and small business operations.

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[Interview] Mark C. Perna, Founder And CEO Of TFS, Cleveland, Ohio

YoungUpstarts

When I graduated with a degree in communications from John Carroll University in 1984, I went to work in the printing business as a sales representative. America rates its educational system based on how many graduates a school can send off to college, so there’s additional pressure to keep this narrative alive. Absolutely.

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20 Entrepreneurs Share Their Business Goals for 2018

Hearpreneur

Continuing our rapid rate of growth in the UK, whilst successfully expanding internationally in America are our two main goals for 2018. 2018 is going to be a big year of change at Journyx, where we’ve set challenges for ourselves to grow in a number of areas – not just in sales, but in our culture as well.

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