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It’s Not All Progress in the World of Business—Although We’re Making Strides

Up and Running

Certainly an interesting concept to mull over, and one that would potentially affect small businesses in a variety of ways. It also becomes a PR question: Now that this case has garnered such public attention, is it worth the positive PR to make a change? The Oregon Ducks’ coaches earn huge bonuses.

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17 Entrepreneurs Share their Favorite Quotes

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My favorite business quote is: “A little bit of something is better than a lot of nothing.” ” This was a statement told to me years ago by a former client of mine, Chuck Kaady, owner of Kaady Car Washes, located in Oregon. And you’ll never get a business off the ground it you try to do five things at once.

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Go For the Gold: Olympic Lessons for Entrepreneurs

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In the broadest sense, Olympic athletes are small business owners. An athlete is their own product and their business is to be the best in the world. Is this any different than an entrepreneur working every day to make their startup or small business a success? Keep setting new goals.

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Twitter Link Roundup #216 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

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These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Four Important Small Business Insights – Marketing in 2014 – crowdspring.co/1eRYMvL. Here are some of the links that I’ve liked and shared this past week! 1emJcIa.

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10 Entertaining Things to Check out While You’re Waiting in Line Today

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Black Friday is great and all, but if you’re only going to hit the big box stores, you could be missing out on a number of unique things that small businesses are offering. Small Business Saturday is tomorrow. It was started by American Express in 2010 to encourage people to shop at small businesses.

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What’s the Secret to Your Success? With Jesse Thomas of Picky Bars

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After doing my MBA at the University of Oregon, I decided I wanted to try to become a professional triathlete. Our first employees were actually University of Oregon students that came in and made the bars in our house. Lauren and I met at Stanford where we were on the track and field and cross country team. “Now we did about 1.1

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Twitter Link Roundup #202 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

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These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Interesting study in Oregon on the impact cyclists have on roads… – crowdspring.co/1bnyj6F. Can you believe this is Roundup number 200!?!? LED bulbs aren’t cool.