The following is a guest post by Brian Hamilton, CEO of Sageworks, Inc. Running a business should earn you an honorary graduate or even doctoral degree given all you will learn. For those just starting out, here are the CliffNotes, the mistakes you should hear now and avoid. Hiring in advance of revenue. There is […]
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Jason Fried, co-founder of noted web developer 37signals and author of Rework, made a pretty good case for ignoring people at work. In a big think interview, he explains how starting your business should involve seriously, drastically paring down your ambitions.
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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photo credit: Mr.Thomas We have all been there, those times when you temporarily loose your mind for a few seconds and do something very stupid and often funny. However, I read an article posted recently on Small Biz Trends that takes the cake on “what were you thinking moments”. Wearing a sweat pant suit to some
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photo credit: Lori Greig I recently found a great article located on CopyBlogger for all of you professional bloggers in business. Blogging is a wonderful way to reach your audience, customers and clients, however if you’re not careful you can make some very severe mistakes that can also cost you all of those things in the
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photo credit: Unhindered by Talent Copy Blogger: Content is king, but if the king looks like a toad, no one will know he’s royalty. On the one hand, your blog theme might be drop-dead gorgeous. But if your writing isn’t compelling, readers won’t stick around to read it. The number one mistake that people make
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photo credit: jared In today’s economy we are all trying to strive for more; more profit, more customers, more everything. We constantly look for new and ground breaking ways to achieve our goals in the quickest manner possible. Well, below are some mistakes that every manager should never make unless they want to kill their
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photo credit: pfala Entrepreneur.com: Success in a networking group comes when the rest of the group members trust you enough to open up their best referrals to you. Unless they’ve seen your work, you have to earn that trust by demonstrating your professionalism to them. Since founding BNI almost 25 years ago, I’ve seen how
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photo credit: Las Valley 702 OpenForum.com: Branding. We’re done with that word. Instead, focus your efforts on expressing your identity fully and freely. Concentrate on transferring your passion to others. Make what you sell a natural extension of your personality. It won’t feel or look like branding, and as such, people will buy it. When
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photo credit: Mariano Kamp Open Forum: You rely on referral sources. Note I said “rely on.” Building a network of referral sources and having them recommend you to their friends and family, these are always good things. But relying on them is a big mistake. That’s because you pass control of your own destiny on
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