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How Small Business Development Centers (SBDCs) Can Help Your Business

Up and Running

UW-Madison Small Business Development Center (SBDC) celebrating SBDC Day. Starting a new small business? Looking for some professional consulting to help you think through your business plan or your strategies for growth? Your local Small Business Development Center (SBDC) can help.

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28 Entrepreneurs Reveal The Entrepreneurs They Consider to be Successful

Hearpreneur

Especially with alternative social media, his advice has helped many small businesses find success. I truly have a weak spot for entrepreneurs who don't let their past define their future and make it big after going through extreme hardships. Thanks to Nina Nguyen, Fraulila ! Thanks to Jerry Han, PrizeRebel ! #9- 9- Steve Jobs.

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Does Your Small Business Need Workers’ Compensation Insurance?

YoungUpstarts

These include Alabama, Mississippi, Missouri (all businesses except construction), Tennessee (if not construction, coal mining, or trades), West Virginia (if agriculture), In Florida, if you have an agricultural business and have six (6) or more employees and twelve (12) or more seasonal employees , you must carry workers’ compensation insurance.

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Why We Need Each Other

Duct Tape Marketing

Less than twenty-four hours later I found myself in front of about a hundred small business owners of the main street variety in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. In the summer of 2008 the entire Upper Mississippi River Basin flooded and inundated ten square miles of Cedar Rapids, including the entire downtown of this community of about 100,000.

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15 Famous Companies That Started As Something Much Different

YoungUpstarts

Since 1851, Western Union has been in the business of connecting people. But in those days, as the Mississippi Valley Printing Telegraph Company, the only thing they were sending was telegrams. Western Union. It wasn’t until 1871 that the company introduced money transfers, which they are known for today.

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Becoming an Entrepreneur Ain't for Everybody!

Small Business Force

Now entrepreneurs don't have to be "Mississippi gamblers," but there are risks involved. Either way, focus is a critical skill that will be absolutely necessary for entrepreneurial success. Without it, potential success will be difficult to achieve. You're risk averse.

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One Little Ice Cream Cart That’s About to Have Big Growth

Up and Running

By contrast, Stuart grew up working in his father’s law office in the Mississippi Delta. In addition to law, Stuart was involved in various business ventures, including building subdivisions, as well as owning or operating restaurants, a grocery store, and a farm.

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