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The Best Place For An Online Entrepreneur To Live And Work

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Surprise!  It’s not Thailand!  How’s one supposed to get friends and family to regularly visit you when you’re all the way out there?  Meanwhile, each time you want to return back to your home country, it’s going to cost you, or your business an arm and a leg.  For all sports fanatics except for soccer, [...]

How to Be Strategically Rebellious

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I was inspired by how a high schooler’s rebellious, entrepreneurial attitude landed him success despite the circumstances. A NY Times article featured a story on Cameron Stephens, who managed to get a summer job at the Farmer’s Market in Atlanta, while almost all of his classmates remained unemployed. Cameron did not submit his resume (which [...]

Why You Should Be Going to Conferences

By Sean Ogle on June 9th 2011 in Business 11 comments

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If you’re an entrepreneur (or an aspiring one) it should be a requirement that you go to at least one conference a year. So far in 2011 I’ve been to two, South By Southwest in Austin, Texas and the World Domination Summit in Portland, Oregon. Each has not only changed the way I think about [...]

Starting a Business: Why Do People Take The Plunge?

By Jamie Makar on June 3rd 2011 in Business 5 comments

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People choose to take the plunge and start their own business for various reasons.  Be it financial gain, frustration in their current role, lack of job opportunities, or a big idea – perhaps they have designed the next best thing to a bread slicer. In addition to people’s inner drive and motivations, governments also want [...]

7 Successful Examples of How to Make Boring Things Rock

By Kristoph Matthews on May 31st 2011 in Business 11 comments

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A common question among new entrepreneurs is “how do I come up with a profitable idea, especially considering all the good ones are probably taken?” This question has stumped many people before they even had a chance.  Sure, it would have been hard to discover the idea for Google, the touchscreen, or the cement that [...]

Make Sure You Have Professional Liability Coverage For Your Small Business

By Jamie Makar on May 28th 2011 in Business 2 comments

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If you run your own business, it’s important to consider signing up for Errors & Omissions Insurance (E & O insurance), also commonly referred to as Professional Liability insurance.  If you are giving professional advice and services to your clients, your business can be protected from lawsuits claiming negligence if you have the right policy.  [...]

Tips For Getting A Job After College So You Don’t Have To Live In Mom’s Basement

By Financial Samurai on May 19th 2011 in Career 10 comments

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When I graduated from college, I didn’t have a job offer. I was five months into a six month interview process, that seemed hopeful, but I had nothing in writing when my name was called. I was scared sh!#less about having to go back to my first job flipping burgers at McDonald’s. I mostly thought [...]

How to Stay Motivated: Never Give Up!

By Josh Aggars on April 28th 2011 in Entrepreneurship 14 comments

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Never give up. That’s the one mantra I stand by. It doesn’t matter how often my plans go up in smoke or someone tells me I can’t make it on my own I repeat that and move on. I am a small business man with an ecommerce store selling flip flops who will one day [...]

The Best Place For Entrepreneurs To Live Right Now

By Financial Samurai on April 3rd 2011 in Business 16 comments

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If you don’t know, we are in the midst of a great big Social Media BUBBLE.  With companies such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Zynga doubling in value over the past 12 months, Silicon Valley/San Francisco is about to experience one of the biggest influx of wealth once these firms go public.  Money from all [...]