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When Should A Startup Consult With An Accountant?

When Should A Startup Consult With An Accountant? The answer: as early as possible! Look upon your accountant as a valued member of your team, one that can offer...

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Balance

A part of developing your personal brand is making time for activities and relationships that will enhance your unique characteristics; those that challenge you to discover and be your best....

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How to Stay Grateful in Down times?

Are you a “glass is half full” or a “glass is half empty” person? Or are you the one that drinks the water and says “thank you”? It’s so...

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Gratitude in a 140 Character World

140 Characters – not words, characters. That’s the amount of attention people allow themselves today. That’s the amount of time people have today. We get it, we’re all rushing...

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How Do You Thank Your Team?

It’s getting to be that time of year again when our thoughts go to showing our gratitude to those we depend on on every day to make our busy...

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Gratitude

When you hear the word gratitude, what’s the first thing that comes to mind? How does gratitude make you feel? Generally speaking, gratitude evokes good feelings and an invitation...

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The EOS Entrepreneur

EOS®, the Entrepreneurial Operating System, is a complete set of simple concepts and practical tools that has helped thousands of entrepreneurs get what they want from their businesses. Implementing...

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On-Demand Economy Goes White Collar: The Rise Of The Lawyer-Entrepreneur

Before founding grocery-delivery app Instacart, Apoorva Mehta had tried and failed to create a social network for lawyers. The reason for his troubles, he would later reflect, was that lawyers “don’t...

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Mom and pop crowdfunding for startups is about to become a reality

Mom and pop crowdfunding for startups is about to become a reality. That’s good news, but it also comes with a lot of red flags. On Friday, the Securities...

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What Can You Learn from Elon Musk’s Launch of the New Tesla?

Elon Musk had a good and a bad day last week. He launched the new Tesla model x – a fully electric SUV! That is an amazing accomplishment and he...

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Business Strategy

Entrepreneurs Need Entrepreneurial Attorneys

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How Stinky Gym Clothes are like Being an Entrepreneur

Being an entrepreneur is a lot like getting the smell of out dirty workout clothes.  How? Because when I found a solution for cleaning my stinky gym clothes,  it...

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Tony Robbins: What Entrepreneurs Can Learn From the World’s Top Hedge Fund Manager

Hedge fund culture may be vastly different from the world of startups, but entrepreneurs shouldn’t turn a blind eye to useful lessons from high finance. That’s why in his...

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The essential to-do list for the aspiring entrepreneur

From my perch at Harvard Business School, I can tell you one thing about the future of American business: it will be built by entrepreneurs with great visions and...

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Is this Australia’s youngest entrepreneur?

At just 12 years old, Bella Tipping is happy to take on the title of Australia’s youngest entrepreneur. Her business, Kidzcationz – touted as TripAdvisor for kids – has...

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Oprah Winfrey Inspires Entrepreneurship

Oprah Winfrey has achieved an unprecedented level of success in business. Not only has her work as a media proprietor and talk show host propelled her to a net...

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Steve Jobs: How to live before you die

At his Stanford University commencement speech, Steve Jobs, CEO and co-founder of Apple and Pixar, urges us to pursue our dreams and see the opportunities in life’s setbacks —...

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Pamela Meyer: How to spot a liar

On any given day we’re lied to from 10 to 200 times, and the clues to detect those lie can be subtle and counter-intuitive. Pamela Meyer, author of Liespotting,...

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Dan Pink: The puzzle of motivation

Career analyst Dan Pink examines the puzzle of motivation, starting with a fact that social scientists know but most managers don’t: Traditional rewards aren’t always as effective as we...

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The Anatomy of a Winning Business Pitch

Angie Allison of Bellies and Babies worked with marketing consultant Megy Karydes to come up with a snappy opener to pitch her wellness service to potential licensors or franchisees:...

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