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The Inevitable Entrepreneurial Question: How Much You Should Pay Yourself?

Mike Michalowicz

Every entrepreneur stumbles sooner or later with the question of what they should be paying themselves. It is a fair question and one that you shouldn’t ask without doing a little fact checking about your business. Believe it or not, choosing what salary to pay yourself is actually must easier than you may think!

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5 Lessons Learned Launching a Startup With No Plan, No Cash, and No MBA

Up and Running

In the summer of 2009, my wife and I caught the entrepreneurial bug and started a company without any prior business experience. We’d never had anyone pay us for a product or a service. We didn’t even know how to write a business plan. See Also: How Traveling Helped Me Prepare for Startup Life. We’d never hired anyone.

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So you say you want to be a Product Manager …?

Austin Startup

(Almost) everything you need to know (but are afraid to ask) before you wistfully ask a product manager to coffee so they will help you find a job. Product management is very much the dream occupation of the jack-of-all-trades, not-necessarily-master-of-any individual who possesses “raw intellectual horsepower.”

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Four steps for dealing with well meaning but negative family and friends

NZ Entrepreneur

So you’ve decided to take the plunge and start a business. Well done you! The problem is, it is unlikely that everyone in your life is as excited about your decision as you are. Including the people you care most about. You may be facing this now. 1) Your partner. This is such a tough situation.

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Soundbites from the future

Start Up Blog

A few soundbites from the future: Leadership: It’s no longer about being king of the mountain, it’s about being center of the circle. Prof Joseph Nye author of Soft Power. Woman will lead the 21 st century, or at least a feminine social and business ethic. The 20 th century was very male centric. The magic of the ‘live’ event is being re-born.

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How to build a startup advisory board

NZ Entrepreneur

Building a team of trusted advisors can be immensely helpful in the early stages of your entrepreneurial venture. Here’s how to build a startup advisory board. Knowledge is having the right answer, intelligence is the ability to ask the right questions. A great advisory board should be… Experienced.

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Transcript of Monetize Your Expertise and Thrive

Duct Tape Marketing

She’s also the author of a new book we’re going to talk about today, Entrepreneurial You: Monetize Your Expertise, Create Multiple Income Streams, and Thrive. Dorie Clark: John, it’s great talking with you. I should write for that too, that would be pretty cool. Dorie Clark: Absolutely.

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