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25 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

We asked some entrepreneurs and business owners, why they started their businesses: #1- Express thoughtfulness and kindness. 3- I’ve always been an entrepreneur. For me, I’ve always been an entrepreneur at heart. I decided to decline that job offer and start my new career as a real estate entrepreneur.

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Security And Privacy Are Entrepreneur Opportunities

Startup Professionals Musings

My plea to entrepreneurs is to recognize these concerns as an opportunity, to make people’s life better, rather than stoke the fires. Last year, the Target retail chain account database was hacked, with personal data of up to 70 million customers stolen, and this black eye won’t soon go away. Why is everyone so paranoid these days?

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Building A Website For the Non-Technical Entrepreneur

YoungUpstarts

You’ll look through the database of available themes, which you can typically narrow down by style, type of business, and more. It does most of the rest, by going into its large database of themes, graphics, fonts, color schemes, layouts and more to create a unique combination just for you. How does it work?

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Here’s A Painful Problem For Aspiring Entrepreneurs

Startup Professionals Musings

My plea to entrepreneurs is to recognize these concerns as an opportunity, to make people’s life better, rather than stoke the fires. A while back, the Target retail chain account database was hacked, with personal data of up to 70 million customers stolen, and this black eye won’t soon go away. Why is everyone so paranoid these days?

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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal The Industry With The Most Optimist Future

Hearpreneur

Here’s the list of industries with the most optimistic future as suggested by entrepreneurs. #1- Entrepreneurs who can spur innovation and offer solutions to these long-standing problems will have an edge over others and be a part of a fast-growing industry. 1- Network marketing is one such industry. Photo Credit: Hannah Dworkin.

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14 List Building Hacks to Grow Your Email Database Fast

ConversionXL

But the biggest challenge most businesses face is they don’t have an email database (which I’ll interchangeably refer to as a ‘list’) big enough to see the benefits of email. Why the ‘traditional’ method of growing an email database doesn’t work. If your cost-per-conversion is $10, then it will cost you $100k.

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5 Startup Cost Realities Most Founders Underestimate

Startup Professionals Musings

Most entrepreneurs realize and budget for the additional costs of incorporating a business, marketing, equipment costs, and manufacturing. Every smart entrepreneur I know thinks he can do everything personally, perhaps with a few interns or family members to help. Staffing and people-management costs.

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