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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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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

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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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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Concious Business

Balance is a State of Mind

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Cycle of Growth

The Cycle of Growth is key to understanding the mindset and behavior necessary to be a successful Trep. Entrepreneurs often hit difficulty and are faced with obstacles – having...

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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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What Makes a Good Life? Lessons from the Longest Study on Happiness

What keeps us happy and healthy as we go through life? If you think it’s fame and money, you’re not alone – but, according to psychiatrist Robert Waldinger, you’re...

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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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Set Goals and Dream…words to stimulate, motivate and inspire

For many years the bird lived in his cage. One day his cage was left open and he was free to fly the whole house. But the bird would...

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Risky Business

When Dan Shugar learned he was losing his customer base to Chinese manufacturers, he made the difficult decision to stay the course – continue to use natural ingredients and...

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What Does A Successful Entrepreneur Look Like?

A company founder is traditionally thought of being a middle-aged and well-educated person who comes from an extremely wealthy or extremely poor backgrounds. Check out this Anatomy of a...

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How Startup Valuation Works – Measuring a Company’s Potential

How would you measure the value of a company? Especially, a company that you started a month ago – how do you determine startup valuation? That is the question...

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Crowdfunding – What is it?

Using a crowdfunding campaign as the method to secure funding for entrepreneurs and startups has gotten a great deal of traction and media attention. Since we have experts in...

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How to Harness the Power of Positive Thinking

Jen Groover, founder of Leader Girlz, describes how to question your beliefs and determine which ones are holding you back. Click here to learn more.

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Josh Luber – A “Sneakerhead” And Proud Of It!

Working as an entrepreneur has its ups and downs, times when we may have had to reevaluate, step back, get back into the mainstream until the next great idea...

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Turning the Page to 2016 Priorities

Beginning each January, new resolutions decorate our mirrors, refrigerators, and screensavers. End February, guilt sets in. Almost 20% of the year is over and we’re no closer to our...

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