You went into business with a partner because you could lean on each other. You could back each other up. You could exploit your strengths and rocket business forward. In most cases, those pipe dreams never come true. You work, your partner sleeps. You bring in the sales, and your partner spend the money (on a nice car). If you are in a business partnership that is falling apart, here at 81 strategies to fix it or to get out clean...
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An interview of Barry Moltz, Author of Bounce, on how to get an entrepreneur who is stuck, back on track. In this interview, Barry shares multiple tips and strategies that helps an entrepreneur get out of a downward spiral and moving forward again.
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Ironically in the pursuit of success, most entrepreneurs never celebrate when they have a success. Here are 63 ways to celebrate your entrepreneurial successes.
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More people are starting businesses than ever before. The fact is many of these entrepreneurial start ups are guaranteed to fail and this is the five reasons why:
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Entrepreneurs sometimes (maybe it really is a lot of times) get it wrong. We work, work, work, hoping that down the road we are going to live, live, live. Here is the dealio. You need to start living now. And one great way to do it is through a bucket list...
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Master negotiators maximize their gains AND maximize the gains for the guy on the other side. Here are the 4 steps necessary to become a master negotiator...
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Customers are good. Customers who come back for more are better. Actually they are WAY better. They are far easier to sell too, they require less education about you and your company, and you already know how to tickle their fancy. Here is a list of some obvious and a few really unique ways to keep your clients coming back for more, and more, and even more...
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Mom entrepreneurs have advantages. But before you get your undies in a bunch, let's get one thing straight. This is my perspective. A guys perspective. And you're right, I can't relate.
I observe, though. And mom entrepreneurs are starting to crush it. Here's how...
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I am kinda a gadget guy and kinda not. I have the latest greatest mini-notebook, but my cell phone is from like 1963. The reason is that gadgets can be time drainers more then productivity gainers. With that in mind, I reached out to the TPE community and asked them what gadgets increased productivity and how did they use them. Yes, the iPhone is referenced over and over, but the uses are some what different. Perhaps in this list you will find a few things you never thought about before, or find a new way to use what you already have.
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Everyone has an opinion about your business. Too bad it is often wrong. Here are 54 pieces of bad advice that entrepreneurs have, thankfully, ignored. You should too...
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Pilot episode "An Ice Cream Fix" of Bailout! with host Mike Michalowicz. Michalowicz uses an ice cream truck to fix a cash strapped business.
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It’s YES. The most dangerous, damaging word in business is YES. I know what you are thinking. “What the hell, Mike?" Let me tell you why I'm right...
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Every entrepreneur at some point or another gets stuck in a rut. Things just come to stand still, and the ideas flow like tar. Cold tar. As always, the TPE community stepped up and shared their best ideas on how to get the brainstorm going again... and to get the good ideas flowing.
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Worried about your entrepreneurial venture being a disaster? Too many of us are frozen with fear of the worst case scenario. The TPE community, shares their worst case scenarios AND the actual outcome.
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Oh, that elusive first client. We desperately need them to get our neophyte business off the ground. Their referrals are the key to subsequent business… to sustaining our business. And, to be truthful, until you service them we don’t know if we really can pull it off.
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It's that time of year... TAX SEASON. There is no question that you need a good accountant. And thanks to the TPE community, here's how to find a good one.
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Less than five percent of the folks who make New Year’s resolutions actually make the change permanently. For everyone else it is around now, a mere three weeks after resolution d-day, that all those great plans get dropped. Three weeks of great expectations, yield to the realization it takes long term, consistent effort to succeed.
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Check out the huge list of amazing tips (over 190 in total), on how to raise a true blue entrepreneur or just a child who is going to be an entrepreneur of their own life.
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Are your children going to be entrepreneurs? I don’t know if mine are. In fact, of the three of them, I think it may only be right for one. But I do know, no matter what they choose in life, they will need to have a strong foundation in money management.
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Most new businesses fail. That's a fact. But blaming it on cash flow every time is a mistake. In fact there are 25 additional reasons why entrepreneurs fail...
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In this interview, Kevin Daum reveals what his new book ROAR! is all about. He shares the four buyer strategies and how to navigate them to get more sales...
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Of course you want to make the first million with your business. Every entrepreneur does, but few make it. Instead of me rambling on what differentiates the wanna-be's from the achievers, I thought it best to get the varying opinions of the TPE community. You want to achieve your first million, right? Here's how...
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