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[Review] The $100 Startup

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One should also determine if outsourcing to virtual assistants, subcontracting and hiring employees would truly work. To multiply one’s efforts, one could use a “hub-and-spoke” model of maintaining a home base while using other outposts to diversify oneself. Partnerships such as affiliate programmes may also work.

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How to Choose a Business Location

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Our business in located on Country Club Drive and down the street from a large country club community.”. Because Juwai Realty specializes in luxury property, it’s important that their business reflects the same. “An An interior designer was hired to make the space shine. Do you have experience choosing a business location?

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Self-Employed or Working Part-Time? Here’s How to Get Affordable Health Insurance

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But if you’re self-employed, a part-time employee, or a small business owner, getting insurance is a difficult and expensive prospect. Despite government efforts to ease the process for these segments of the population, small business owners are still struggling to provide benefits to employees.

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

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Small Business. SMALL BUSINESS. more in Small Business. Harvard professor Noam Wasserman and WSJ small-business editor Vanessa OConnell took reader questions about avoiding start-up pitfalls on Sept. Small Business » Subscriber Content Read Preview. Loading… Careers.