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There’s never been a better time to invest in gold, or to save money on your car insurance, or invest in real estate, or whatever. We hear those statements and statements like them all the time when companies or individuals want to sell their produc...
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There is tremendous opportunity and satisfaction as a leader in developing others. By effectively developing the people around us, we elicit excellence in a number of impactful and far-reaching ways. Developing others is an important function of effecti...
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As it’s getting close to the end of the year, most people are focused on holiday shopping and getting out of work early. Most businesses will wait until they come back in January to really get thinking about their marketing for the new year.Want to ...
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Just eight ingredients, 3 hours and a quarter. That’s all you need to create social media soup.Planning Time: 15 minutes Prep Time: 45 minutes Post-mortem Meeting Time: 2 hours Waiting Time: One quarter Serves: Fewer than you promisedIngredients lis...
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During The Growth Academy sessions which I run one of the most commonly asked questions is about the validity of cold calling and how to do it effectively.The simple answer is that you don’t cold call. People don’t like it, and they could be put o...
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Jessica Jacobs took a long maternity leave after having her first child just 9 years ago. During that time she began to re-think her career reports the Financial Post.
Like many new mothers, she didn’t want to return to her job in the real estate ...
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Chris Morrison looks more like a missionary than millionaire entrepreneur reports Stuff.co.nz.
Through Phoenix Organics, the company he and his wife Deborah Cairns and partner Roger Harris laboured in for 20 years, he pioneered the organic drinks market ...
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When you start a business, you need help. Often, you need help fast, or you're going to close your doors.That sense of urgency often leads entrepreneurs to jump on any type of assistance that's offered. But it can be worth taking a little time to find exa...
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As you recover from the long Thanksgiving weekend, you might be relieved to know that a new survey by Challenger, Gray & Christmas has found that companies who ditched holiday parties during the recession are ready to bring them back.
The survey of...
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Entrepreneurs face many legal challenges when starting a business. From writing a business plan, to determining which corporate structure is best and scraping together enough money to file the appropriate documents, starting a business is easier said than...
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Although deemed fiction by Mark Zuckerberg, “The Social Network” brought up some valid transferable business points on how to create a competitive company that thrives in a time of slow and even negative growth.How can the hosting industry take multib...
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Richard Branson clearly knows a thing or two about success. At 20, he started a mail order shop, and opened a recording studio a short while later. Now, the Virgin brand boasts dozens of companies and Branson’s net worth is estimated to be more than 3 ...
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According to Neatorama, this is a one-of-a-kind penny, resulting from a production error at the U.S. mint in Denver. It was struck in bronze rather than the zinc-coated steel normally used during the WWII era. About 20 such errors are known from the Phi...
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An inventor has created what he feels is an improvement on the racing cart that is currently used reports Morning Sentinel.
Gaylord Boutilier said he has been leading up to this breakthrough for decades, tinkering in the industry that he views as a lifel...
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PC Magazine reports that businesses thinking of including “face” in their name might want to reconsider. Facebook this week was granted a notice of allowance to trademark the word “face.”
Facebook now has six months to file a stat...
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Kids like to do things themselves, and this includes putting on shoes. Unfortunately, they often do not have the right and left shoe concept down. One mom has created a new product that will help kids put their shoe on the right foot, time after time.
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For many entrepreneurs, it is the passion they feel about something that helps guide them into starting their business. MotoCorsa and CorsaVino founder, Arun Sharma, has allowed his passions to create a third business reports Motorcyclist.
Last year, Sh...
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Retail's biggest weekend of the year has come and gone. It kicked off with Black Friday -- traditionally the day retailers start making their profit for the year. That was followed by Small Business Saturday, and finally Cyber Monday, often...
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Know a person at work that would be perfect for The Heinz Ketchup Award for always making others wait?
How about “The Human Vulture Award For Eating Anything Found Lying Around” for the person always stealing your lunch?
Small businesses are ...
