The National Franchise & Business Opportunites Show – Chicago When: 9/11/2010- 9/12/2010 Where: Schaumburg Convention Center – Illinois 1551 N Thoreau Dr. Schaumburg, IL 60173 The National Franchise & Business Opportunities Show focuses on self employment opportunities for individuals wanting to start up a full or part time business of their own, or wishing to […]
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I’ve never been a fan of the band, but have always marveled at the culture surrounding them — truly a unique following, turning each concert into an event beyond just music, reports Jon at 800CEORead.com. David Meerman Scott’s and Brian Halligan’s Marketing Lessons From the Grateful Dead: What Every Business Can Learn From The Most
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It only takes one moment to realize that a gathering Santa Clara University isn’t the traditional Silicon Valley get-together reports Mike Cassidy for the Mercury News. Rajnish Jain has ducked out of a session on developing markets and forecasting revenues to tell me about his latest venture. No. Not the next “FarmVille” or the next
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Join Rich Whittle as he talks with Sherry Sexton, author of “The T-Shirt To Prove It!” The Successful Journey Of 25 Passionate Women Entrepreneurs on THAT’S MY BUSINESS! Thursday, July 29th.
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 Entrepreneur.com: Businesspeople unfamiliar with referral networking sometimes lose sight of the fact that networking is the means–not the end–of their business-building activities. They attend three, four, even five events in a week in a desperate grasp for new business. The predictable result is that they stay so busy meeting new people that they never
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Many businesses enjoy receiving referrals, but feel they come by mixing good work with chance mentions from satisfied customers. Certainly, many referrals happen this way, but if you understand the realities of referrals listed below you might rethink your approach to referral generation, with an eye on taking a more proactive view of the process.
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Colorado’s Secretary of State and other officials are warning the state’s 800,000 or so registered businesses to watch out for scammers who have been forging business identities to make fraudulent purchases from several big-box retailers in recent months, reports PC World. The corporate identity thefts itself were possible because of what appears to have been
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Mile Meter likes to think of itself as the “anti-insurance insurance company.” It sells auto insurance by the mile – which means that the less you drive, the less you pay for insurance. See how Chris Gay, founder and chief executive, managed to keep the company alive. Video via New York Times ‘You’re the Boss’
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If you only had 3 minutes to share a bit of information with a stranger about your business, what would you say? According to The Commercial Appeal a recent speed networking event was held at the Better Business Bureau, giving local entrepreneurs the opportunity to share a little bit about their business in 3 minute
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photo credit: timparkinson John Warrillow, the author of Built To Sell: Turn Your Business Into One You Can Sell, knows about selling businesses: He has started and exited four companies. His new book is a compact and essential guide to anyone who plans to sell their business. Suggestion: buy the book a couple of years
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