The next time you begin to feel a little worn thin, keep in mind these tips from Forbes. Schedule many regular micro-breaks. Build 5, 5-minute breaks into every day. Stress accumulates in your body, your mind, and in your work. Taking care of your self also takes care of your work. Give yourself permission to […]
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Entrepreneurs face many questions when they are just getting started. Forbes asks Adelaide Lancaster and Amy Abrams what they believe new entrepreneurs should do, and whether their business should grow quickly or stay small. Does their advice suit your own experience? What reasons should an entrepreneur have when starting their first business? This is the
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When you juggle a lot of work in your day-to-day business, you must be efficient. Forbes has a list of tips for creating better efficiency in your business. Email. Send less email. When in doubt, throw it out! Phone calls. Using the phone only when planning to do so (excluding family and some friends of
The New York Times: You’ve heard of high-tech start-ups being in “stealth mode,” meaning they’re not telling anyone what they’re up to yet. It has a glamorous aura to it, conjuring up images of a brilliant project in the works that will soon be sprung upon the world, disrupting established players and leaving everyone scrambling
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photo credit: Joshua Rappeneker More and more people are offering their skills online by providing expert advice or performing specific tasks for a fee. The WSJ has more about this interesting new idea and trend: Teresa Estes, a licensed mental-health counselor, watched as business at her private practice dwindled last year. Then the single mother
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Ever wonder why you can’t seem to keep new customers coming back? Chron.com has a few ideas that will help you out. Never let your clients forget who you are. Use every method possible to keep yourself in the front of their minds. To get your customers back in the door, try giving them more
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CNNMoney.com asks, short on cash? Join the new old economy and swap. There’s no recession in barter,” said Debbie Lombardi as she navigated the crowd at the Barter Business Unlimited’s Annual Business & Holiday Barter Show, in Bristol, Conn. More than 1,000 people affiliated with 100 vendors of all kinds packed into a hotel event
Jason Cohen is an angel investor and the founder of Smart Bear Software. Here is his look at testing your business idea. I recently reviewed hundreds of startup pitches at Capital Factory, an early stage accelerator program for tech startups. Of those, almost none had unearthed 10 people willing to say, “If you build this
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It’s not about ideas. It’s about opportunities: Every founder who’s been in the game a few years has clouds of potential ideas floating around that they can’t find the time to work on. They might not all be good, but there are always too many of them. At the same time, though some people have
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Business owners often learn from their mistakes, but it doesn’t hurt to learn from the failures of others, too. Forbes has pulled together a list of expensive mistakes you should avoid. Don’t make wildly optimistic sales forecasts. Test and adjust your projections, based on experienced advisor input and industry norms, rather than the Google high
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