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• A Good Time to Pull Back and Reflect

  
  Up and Running — Authority: 467
  This is the middle of the first of two holiday weeks. This is a good time to pull back a bit, reflect on things from a different perspective. It’s really good that our various religions, cultures, and traditions remind us, every once in a while, to slow down and think. Especially this year, which has been a tough ...
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• Your Business or Your Life?

  
  Up and Running — Authority: 467
  Scene: a business conference, an expert talking about starting a business. The expert gives the good-old passion pitch, how you have to be ready to sacrifice all for your business: “Either make this business work or die trying.” A voice from the audience asks, hesitatingly, “er, are those the only ...
  2 days ago

• 5 Tips on How to Set Consulting Fees

  
  Up and Running — Authority: 467
  For all the years I was one-person business planning consulting, one of the hardest parts of surviving in that business was figuring out how much to charge the client. Of course I worried about charging too much and not getting the job. But on the other hand, charging too little devalues your work. It sends the wrong ...
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• How Giving Can Help Your Business Grow

  
  StartupBooster.com — Authority: 106
  Today I came across a blog post by Darren Rowse @ Problogger who is giving away books that are sitting on his shelf to his readers. Unlike many of his other blog posts, there are over 1200 comments on this post. The requirement to win one of his book is to post a comment and tell him which book you are interested ...
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• 3 Steps Before Hiring a Social Media Expert

  
  Up and Running — Authority: 467
  I really liked “3 Ways to Know if You’re Dealing with a Real Social Media Guru” by Doyle Slayton of SalesBlogcast.com . Simple, obvious, one of those “aha!” items you get when something is simple and obvious but, to be honest, only after somebody else has said it. With all the talk about who’s an ...
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• A Wise Woman’s Answer to Which Business to Start

  
  Up and Running — Authority: 467
  When people ask me which business to start, as if one business is generically better than another, or which business is something you could pick off of a list, I always say, “ Look in the mirror ,” meaning that the best business to start depends on who you are, what your resources are and so forth. But I have to ...
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• Do You Know These Myths of Owning a Business?

  
  Up and Running — Authority: 467
  I read Myths Of Owning A Small Business , on Forbes.com the other day. It’s a good read, based on an interview with Anand Sanwal. Here are some highlights, along with my comments. 1. Myth: Entrepreneurs are risk-taking visionaries. Actually, as it turns out, we’re driven to something better, but we like to ...
  2 weeks ago

• GetClicky sucks: an Analytics service going out of business?

  
  T=Machine — Authority: 109
  A year or so ago I did a roundup of the major free Web Analytics services. I was interested to see how Google Analytics had affected the market: was there a market left any more? One of the trials I signed up for I found so useful I carried on using after I’d written the review. GetClicky had a lot less ...
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• 8 Tips for Evaluating Alternatives to Outside Funding

  
  The SiliconANGLE — Authority: 141
  Many entrepreneurs planning their first software startup get stuck on funding and ownership issues. Here are some simple rules of thumb that may help you reframe an issue: Revenue, especially break even revenue, is never dilutive of your ownership. The right co-founders, while dilutive, ...
  2 weeks ago

• Startups: Unique and Revolutionary, or Forget It?

  
  Up and Running — Authority: 467
  Here’s a question I got yesterday in email: I’m 25. I have a good degree, I did okay with my own online business, and then I did really well in a dealership, brick and mortar, selling major brands. But I want to go back and start my own thing again, only slightly different than where I’ve been working.Is this ...
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• Are You Up for a Business Plan Competition?

  
  Up and Running — Authority: 467
  I like business plan competitions. I participate in several as a judge, and I recommend them to entrepreneurs working on high-end startups that might be interesting to investors. You know who you are. You need a real shot at high growth, a credible management team, and commitment to an exit strategy. You can win real ...
  2 weeks ago

• Dropshipping is not the answer.

  
  ScottFox.com - Internet Riches - e-Riches 2.0 — Authority: 423
  Dear Scott, I’d like to know what the pros and cons are of dropshipping , and how you go about starting. Thanks, Liz Click Millionaires Member Cumbria, UK SCOTT FOX’S ANSWER Hi Liz, People ask me all the time about dropshipping . This has gone on for years. But as you found during ...
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• Turn Luck Into a Skill

  
  The SiliconANGLE — Authority: 141
  Richard Wiseman, of the University of Hertfordshire in England, has studied luck and found that lucky people share traits that tend to make them luckier than others. First, lucky people take advantage of chance occurrences that come their way. Instead of going through life on cruise control, they pay attention to ...
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• 5 Harsh Startup Realities … and 2 Maybes

  
  Up and Running — Authority: 467
  This list started with The 7 Harsh Realities of Starting a Business posted last week by Neil Patel on his Quick Sprout blog. I like his list and I like his post, but I can’t resist the temptation to edit a bit. But first, here’s the five from his list of seven that I’m keeping: Starting a business is like a ...
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• The Key To Startup Success

  
  Social Media Explorer — Authority: 554
  Unwittingly, my job has given me a fair amount of exposure to, and interaction with, entrepreneurs building the next big thing. Whether it’s a gadget, software platform, online service or earth-shattering productivity whatchamadigger, I meet and talk with up-starts and start-ups from several walks of life. Many are ...
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• More Women Than Men in Social Media

  
  Up and Running — Authority: 467
  I found these very interesting statistics on Huffington Post yesterday. The post was titled Women Dominate Most Social Networking Sites . This is according to a survey sponsored by Pingdom, a network uptime monitoring business. The chart here gives us the interesting, detailed breakdown, by site name. I’m not ...
  3 weeks ago

• Job Seekers, References, and Time Bombs

  
  Up and Running — Authority: 467
  Job references. Do you assume your past employers will just verify employment and shut up? Don’t assume. Are you hiring people? Check references. Don’t assume that just because a candidate gave you the name, the references will be good. Do your homework. I know nothing about Allison & Taylor, which calls ...
  3 weeks ago

• Podcast: MyWorkButterfly.coms Internet Riches-inspired Success Story

  
  ScottFox.com - Internet Riches - e-Riches 2.0 — Authority: 423
  Bradi met Terry at a book store. Terry asked Bradi about the book she was buying, Internet Riches . The two became friends, read my book, and they used Internet Riches as a blueprint to launch their popular social network for moms, MyWorkButterfly.com . Sound too easy and good to be true? ...
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• Do Your Business Your Own Way

  
  Up and Running — Authority: 467
  Today, a national day-after-national-holiday day, a shopping day, frenetic parking lots near stores and empty offices, it’s a good reminder. You’re an entrepreneur, involved in a startup or small business, presumably, or you wouldn’t be reading this blog. Did you manage to take the day off yesterday? Were you ...
  3 weeks ago

• Ask Scott Fox: How do I get affiliate program merchants to accept me as an affiliate?

  
  ScottFox.com - Internet Riches - e-Riches 2.0 — Authority: 423
  Dear Scott Fox, How do I get affiliate program merchants to accept me as an affiliate? Although its really easy to become an affiliate for sites like Amazon, others seem to just not want to do business with me. My goal is to showcase their products and get people to click on the link and buy their products. So why ...
  4 weeks ago

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