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Pros & Cons Of Non-Compete Agreements

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Three of the most valuable assets of businesses are trade secrets, customer relationships and employees. An effective agreement can prevent or impede employees from jumping ship and taking your customers with them – which can impair customer goodwill, the lifeblood of any business. By Mike Freed , attorney at Gunster.

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Testing Your Entrepreneurial IQ

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But tales of entrepreneurs becoming multimillionaires focus attention on the financial rewards without revealing the business and personal challenges and costs associated with being in charge. Develop products and services that customers will purchase. ? Price your offerings properly and promote them. ? Deal with the competition. ?

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Smells Like Money: The Business of Waste Management

Up and Running

Keith’s former employer had gotten big enough that they had started losing touch with their customers. This would ultimately be the advantage Keith had, and still has, in running a smaller operation: relationships mean more to the owner and the customer. His new customers were ready for the change.