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Howard Schultz brought the espresso bar concept from Italy to the United States and grew Starbucks into a global phenomenon. And when Jeff Bezos started Amazon in 1994, many people had never even heard of something called the internet. True, your business aspirations may be on a more modest scale than these world-famous brands.

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AUGUST 28, 2014

A new study by CT Corporation shows that 61 percent of recent college grads want to start their own business, 45 percent believe that it is likely they will start a business, and 51 percent say starting their own business will in the long-term provide greater security than a job with an existing company.

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JANUARY 28, 2013

Steve Blank , a Silicon Valley mentor and serial-entrepreneur, recognized for developing the customer development methodology, says it best: No plan survives first contact with customers. Sure, he was talking about business models and business plans, but it applies to websites as well. Step 3: analyzing results.

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