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The Successful Optimist
Glass half-empty or half-full? Does it really matter? As it turns out, it does matter how you explain that glass and the world ...
Glass half-empty or half-full? Does it really matter? As it turns out, it does matter how you explain that glass and the world ...
From Survival Mode to Growth
Financial consultant John Gillespie compares companies in "survival mode" to critical-care patients: They are ailing, ...
Financial consultant John Gillespie compares companies in "survival mode" to critical-care patients: They are ailing, ...
Will the Fed Favor Unions?
When President Obama took office, the NLRB, typically comprised of five members, was operating with only two members--one ...
When President Obama took office, the NLRB, typically comprised of five members, was operating with only two members--one ...
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Entrepreneur.com - Big-box businesses around the country are closing their doors, but some entrepreneurs are seizing a rare opportunity to capitalize on the vacant spaces left in their wake. ...
• Keep More of What You've Earned
Entrepreneur.com - You've made it. Your career has taken off, and you are financially stable. You own the things you always dreamed you'd have because you've worked hard your entire life ...
• Sundance: Synthesizing Art and Business
Entrepreneur.com - Sundance Institute and Film Festival founder Robert Redford believes passionately in the presence of artists at the business table. During a recent presentation at the Suzanne ...
• Why Young Entrepreneurs Fail
Entrepreneur.com - Face it. Nothing will go as planned. Ever. Failure is inevitable. Your world will be flipped upside-down on a daily basis, and even the best-laid plans--accompanied by the best ...
• So You Want to Be Your Own Boss...
Entrepreneur.com - If you want to start a business but don't know where to start, don't worry--you are not alone. In fact, given the new economic reality of our time, more people than ever ...
• How to Create an Overnight Success
Entrepreneur.com - Give back. It's easy once the company grows and you start earning money to want to keep as much as you can. It's important, however, to make sure you take the time to give ...
• In Business Planning, Form Follows Function
Entrepreneur.com - How long should a business plan be? How many pages? What should it cover? It covers what you need to manage your business better. Form follows function. Consider the illustration ...
• Becoming an Entrepreneurial Expat
Entrepreneur.com - Even if a region does welcome foreign entrepreneurs, the local infrastructure may not live up to U.S. standards, especially in developing nations."Here, we take it for ...
• 5 Tips for Startup Success
Entrepreneur.com - You have the perfect home business idea. You can't believe no one has thought of it before. Or, if someone has, he or she doesn't have your vision, skills or passion. You ...
• Are You a Goal-Getter?
Entrepreneur.com - I recently overheard someone reply, when asked about her holiday weekend, "It was successful. My New Year's resolution is to overeat on every major holiday. I figure ...
• Business Plans for Bootstrappers
Entrepreneur.com - Bootstrappers start companies without outside investments. Instead, they hunker down and do what they can with what they have. Bootstrappers are also behind more than 90 percent ...
• Managing Your Numbers Is Essential for Growth
Entrepreneur.com - Do you want to do everything you possibly can to ensure the survival and growth of your company? Of course you do. Well, one of the most essential skills that you can bring to ...
• How to Prepare for Your Own Success
Entrepreneur.com - Success came to me when I consciously decided where my path should begin and where I wanted it to end. If you're still trying to convince yourself of your own worth, how can ...
• Proven Strategies for Multiplying Profits
Entrepreneur.com - In past columns, I've talked about the " 5 Ways ": a simple formula designed to multiply profits no matter what type of company you may want to (or currently) own. ...
• D Experts
• Write Your Business Plan in Pencil
Entrepreneur.com - I have a few words of advice for first-time entrepreneurs, as well as seasoned business owners looking to hit a new stage of growth. My advice is this; write your business plan in ...
• The Way Back Machine: Nostalgia Sells
Entrepreneur.com - The joy and fantasy of comic books and video games are often looked upon as fleeting childhood experiences. That was not the case for Gareb Shamus, who, as founder and chairman ...
• Plan for Repeat Business
Entrepreneur.com - If there is one mantra you should adopt now and plan for in your business, it should be that repeat business equals profit.The reality of business is that it costs anywhere from ...
• Get Your Business on the Fast Track
Entrepreneur.com - One of the most common questions I've been asked in my 40 years in business is this: "Bill, lots of people would be happy to become millionaires, but you made a billion ...
• Opportunity Is in the Bag
Entrepreneur.com - Earlier this year, Giantnerd, a Boulder, Colo.-based outdoor gear and apparel e-tailer, spotted some consumer complaints on both its website and Facebook page about a unisex day ...