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

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Refusing to hire people who are smarter than you. Of course I shouldn’t hire people who are smarter than me , you might think. The best advice I got when I became the CEO of RME was to hire people who were better and smarter than I was. The best news is, getting personal doesn’t have to be time consuming or expensive.

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Risk Avoiders Are Opportunity Missers: 10 Excuses Business Owners Make

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You’d love to hire her, but the time doesn’t seem right to hire a new person — money is tight and you’re far too busy to go through the hiring and training process right now. As CEO of spin-off RME in Tampa, Florida, Tom headed a company that created the most effective lead-generation program in the financial services industry.

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