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Key Considerations when Selecting a Legal Entity

As an entrepreneur it’s extremely important to “know what you don’t know” when selecting the appropriate legal entity for your business. As an attorney and small business advisor, I...

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Intellectual Property: Clear the Confusion with Contracts

What’s black and white all over? NOT intellectual property (IP). That intellectual property is defined as ‘creations of the mind’ makes it a decidedly gray matter. Its complexity makes...

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Running a Business with “Remote Resources”

There are many benefits to employing human resources from around-the-world. It is less costly in terms of overhead, however it can be a struggle to get “outside employees” to...

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Business Development

All You Need To Know About Virtual Assistants

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Treating Your LLC Like A Corporation

Like many entrepreneurs, you may have elected to file your business structure as a Limited Liability Company (LLC) and I’m sure you know that LLCs can elect to be...

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Preparation Say Hello to Opportunity!

Paul Jenkins Jr., or as many know him, PJ, believes that if you have a dream, you should wake up everyday and work on that dream, so when opportunity...

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Capitalization: Working Capital

  When it comes to starting a business, two key questions entrepreneurs ask are: “how do we finance our new business” and “what are the tax consequences”? Entrepreneurs know...

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Events

Entrepreneurial Funding

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Events

7 Obstacles Entrepreneurs Face

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You Asked, We answered!

The Trep Talk is a little different this week – actually a lot different! We have been getting such great questions from all over the world on all of...

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Clayton Christensen’s “How Will You Measure Your Life?”

World-renowned innovation expert Clayton M. Christensen explores the personal benefits of business research in the forthcoming book How Will You Measure Your Life? Coauthored with James Allworth and Karen...

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Energy. Get it to give it.

  Optimism is a choice. Think about a time when you were “in your zone.” You know, that time when everything seems to be going right without much effort....

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Entrepreneur Fulfilled His Dream, Now Helping Others!

Instead of failing when the mortgage crisis hit his retail business, Shawn Ward redefined his business and his business model, taking an obstacle and creating a stronger business. It...

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Rod Hairston Interview – Why Does an Entrepreneur Need Treps Nest?

Rod Hairston gives us a glimpse into why every Entrepreneur needs Treps Nest as part of their training and development. 

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Concious Business

Balance is a State of Mind

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Making Something From Nothing

Most entrepreneurs can relate to that statement; they come up with an idea and work to make it into a reality. Rachel Rotger, President of Stillwater Communications, LLC has...

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Tech’s Most Unlikely Venture Capitalist

In 1992 I was homeless in Silicon Valley. Well, not homeless, exactly. I was working in a yogurt shop and had somehow convinced the owner of the shop to...

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Riding the Internet Wave

Wanting to be part of the exploding Internet and a strong desire to ride the Internet wave were the motivations for Jeremy Schneider to start RentLinx. The wave crested...

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The Travesty of First Impressions

Have you ever felt compelled to act out a certain role that just wasn’t you in order to make a “good” first impression? And what is a good first...

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The Entrepreneurial Mind of Richard Branson

  A business has to be involving, it has to be fun, and it has to exercise your creative instincts. Richard Branson Sir Richard Branson is an iconic and...

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