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Always Right: Five Risks You Must Take With Your Customers

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Many entrepreneurs use the phrase “It’s not personal; it’s business” to justify keeping their customers at arm’s length. This made it relatively easy for entrepreneurs to stay aloof. To remain relevant, entrepreneurs must use technology to stay close — but not too close. Risk getting personal.

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Eight Ways To Get Past The Fear Of “No”  And Start Risking Rejection

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The problem is many entrepreneurs aren’t willing to take that risk. Entrepreneurs miss out on opportunities because they give up after one ‘no’ when the second or third or sixth request might have yielded a ‘yes.’. Entrepreneurs who struggle with persistently asking for the order often have trouble saying “no” themselves.

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13 Of The Biggest Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make (That May Not Seem Like Mistakes At All)

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Along with several partners, I’ve built two thriving companies: Direct Mail Express (which now employs over 400 people) and Response Mail Express (which was eventually sold to an equity fund, Huron Capital Partners). That’s why most entrepreneurs (understandably) want to keep some cash in reserve for a rainy day.

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Our Town – A Family Legacy

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His father Michael Plummer, Sr had built Florida-based Our Town from scratch since 1972, but Junior had never really wanted anything to do with it. Our Town is an interesting direct marketing business which essentially introduces people who move to a new neighborhood to the businesses within that community. New Beginnings.

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Risk Avoiders Are Opportunity Missers: 10 Excuses Business Owners Make

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All over the country, there are entrepreneurs — or wannabe entrepreneurs — who are just like Steve. ” When you’re an entrepreneur, there are a million “If I just had…”s, and often, they center around technology. However, for many entrepreneurs, the solution to avoiding the risk of reality is to keep planning.

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Nine Risks You Must Take (And Keep On Taking) To Build A Sustainable Business

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by Tom Panaggio, author of “ The Risk Advantage: Embracing the Entrepreneur’s Unexpected Edge “ Imagine you stand at the edge of an enormous cliff, a parachute strapped to your back. This is the dilemma entrepreneurs face every day. The committed entrepreneur doesn’t allow a tight money situation to stop her.

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How to Start a Farm: Your Complete Guide to Success

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See Also: 10 Business Books Every Savvy Entrepreneur Should Read. Say you start the passion fruit farm you’ve been dreaming of for years in your home state in Florida. If you’d taken the time to do your market research, you would have learned there was no demand for passion fruit in Florida. Step 1: Identify your niche.