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Following These 4 Tips will Make Leaving the Corporate World for Entrepreneurship Easier

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After two decades in the workforce, Ohio businesswoman Deborah Wasylko found herself faced with the prospect of having to move to keep her job while dealing with challenges in her family life. Wasylko concluded that she had a choice: continue her corporate career or become an entrepreneur. “I decided to start a corporate gift company, […]

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When the Founder-CEO Has to Go

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Press coverage of tech companies can make it seem like long-running founder-CEOs are the norm. They’re not. People like Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos are notable because they’re so exceptional. While I REALLY wish it were different, the reality is that long-lasting founder-CEOs are exceedingly rare. Research (published in 2008) from Noam Wasserman, author of

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Start a New Business — As a Hacker?

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Hackers sometimes get a bad rap. But if you have the skills to be a hacker, you could actually turn it into a business opportunity. Hacker for Hire That’s what Mark Litchfield and others have done as part of hacking groups like HackerOne. Companies like Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Uber have hired these companies to

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6 Honest Truths About Failure That All Entrepreneur Should Know

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One of the biggest factors holding back new and aspiring entrepreneurs is the fear of failure. The reality is that the vast majority of successful entrepreneurs have, at one point or another, failed at some kind of business challenge. Personally, I have had more business failures than business successes, and even in the successful businesses,

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50 Business Ideas for Vacant Land

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Thinking about investing in a vacant lot? Or maybe you already own one and aren’t sure what to do with it? Luckily, there are plenty of business opportunities you can leverage when you have this type of space. Here are 50 business ideas for vacant land. Business Ideas for Vacant Land Farm Stand If you

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The 50 Best Side Businesses for Teachers

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For teachers, summer is often full of free time. And that means there’s an opportunity to make some extra money. But you don’t have to resort to getting a seasonal job. You can instead start a business that makes great use of your talents during the summer months. Here are 50 business ideas for teachers.

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4 Necessary Steps to Land Your First Client

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How does a new business get its first client? originally appeared on Quora – the place to gain and share knowledge, empowering people to learn from others and better understand the world. Answer by Drew Reggie, Entrepreneur + Writer, on Quora: Successfully starting a new business is about minimizing risk, which means keeping startup costs

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Why Calling Yourself a ‘Girlboss’ Is Setting You Up for Failure

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Last month, an article by Kathleen Davis (for Fast Company), titled “ Please Stop Trying To “Empower” Women With Cutesy Titles” was circulating my Facebook feed. I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it; not only because I agree, but because I think it’s important that women start talking about themselves as equals and

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Mother’s Love Creates a Service Aimed at a Very Special Need

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Becky Nichols didn’t set out to start a successful business. She just wanted to give sick kids something to eat, filling a need she understands the importance of on a very personal level. An Inspiring Small Business Story Nichols is the founder of Loving Libbie Foundation, an organization that runs Libbie’s Funtime Foodtruck. The food vehicle

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These 5 Mistakes Could Hurt Your Business

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When you run a business, you don’t have the luxury to philosophize about mistakes and learn lessons from them. Mistakes may be the proof that you are trying, but simply trying is not enough when a single mistake can pull your business a notch down in the competition. However, millennial entrepreneurs who hope to profit

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