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Out of the Crisis #4: Carl Liebert, crisis veteran and radical optimist

Startup Lessons Learned

Carl was also worldwide head of stores at Home Depot when Hurricane Katrina hit, running sales out of the backs of trucks and accepting IOUs for payment. And then I did a brief stint at AutoNation, America's largest automotive retailer in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Stanley McChrystal's Team of Teams. (29:34)

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

Up and Running

I had the opportunity to speak with Melinda Emerson, the “SmallBizLady” and America’s #1 small business expert, who took the opportunity to share with us her proven, step-by-step method to transition from employee to entrepreneur. The number one job you’re going to have is as a sales and marketing guru.

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Transcript of When and How to Sell Your Business

Duct Tape Marketing

You can go get a job in corporate America, making 60, 70, $80,000 a year. I’m sure a lot of people that you… business owners… I mean, is it just the balance sheet, the P&L, the tax returns? Anything above $120,000 in earnings, it doesn’t matter whether it’s owner-operated or not.

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Swipe debit card, get stock; In defense of the IPO; New models for SMB lending, and more

Ben's Blog

What’s less intuitive, however, is that the biggest winners of the past six months, in terms of new accounts opened, have been megabanks like Chase, Bank of America, and Wells Fargo. Then COVID-19 hit, hurting sales for many SMBs. Effectively, the merchant is selling their future card sales at a discount.

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