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Getting Lucky – 5 Myths Debunked

With St. Patrick’s Day being upon us, a lot of people might be thinking about luck and wishing for a little of it to jumpstart their business, or to help them find their next big idea.  What is this stuff called luck though?  Is it real, or is it something unsuccessful people point to in [...]

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How Great Ideas Make Successful Businesses

by Guest Writer Tim Andren
A great idea brought to life will shoot a business to the moon.
A bad idea, on the other hand, can drive even a perfectly-managed company to the grave.
Startups and existing businesses alike hugely benefit from understanding the importance of practicing regular innovation.
The Foundation
It’s a well-known fact that great companies are made [...]

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Follow Those Tweets! 50 Tweeters Online Entrepreneurs Should Follow

Who do you follow on Twitter?  If you’re like most of us, you follow back everyone, and you might or might not get anything out of those follows.  So we’ve put together a list of Tweeters who give you information you can actually use.  No doubt you’re already following some, and others you’ve never [...]

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Why Do Snacks Taste Better On Party Toothpicks?

This post is written by Guest Blogger Suzanne Tulien.
How simple perceptions create business differentiation.
We were enjoying happy hour cocktails and snacks at our neighbor’s house the other day and their inquisitive six year old daughter began telling us about her day at a friend’s birthday party. She hyper-focused on the detail of the decorations as [...]

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10 Online Businesses You Can Start Today

As part of our series, covering 100 of the best business ideas out there, we present our list of 10 Online Businesses.  These are Internet-based businesses that just about anyone can start.  For some, you’ll need to have some creative skills and/or training before you launch, while others take no special training at all.  In [...]

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Punch the Boss Goodbye, Win Venture Capital?

There’s a cool new app in town, boys and girls.  BizBreak is its name, and a little light-hearted comedic revenge is its game.
BizBreak, a fun entertainment app for the iPhone, encourages users to “beat up” the boss while he barks out a variety of humorous insults, including, “You call this work? There’s little girls in [...]

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Social Networking For A**holes: Why Jerks will Succeed in the Digital Age

This post is written by Guest Blogger Elijah Young.
I knew it was wrong the first time I heard it.  Social media expert So-and-so says, “Social media is bringing everyone together; the key to success is to be amicable, social, friendly”.  On the surface, I guess it makes sense.  You don’t go to someone’s house and [...]

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5 Books Every Entrepreneur Should Read

Evoking the right frame of mind; getting and staying motivated; learning to lead, grow, and innovate.  These are all reasons we entrepreneurs read books.  Amazon lists nearly 27,000 titles under Small Business and Entrepreneurship.  Some are good, some not so much, and a few are outstanding.  Classics like Napoleon Hill’s Think and Grow Rich, The [...]

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Introducing CoreCommerce: Sell Online with Ease and Peace-of-Mind

So, you’re ready to start selling your products or services online.  You want something that’s easy to understand.  You want something that’s feature rich.  You want something that will help you get found.  And you don’t want to fork out hundreds of dollars upfront to get started.  Then CoreCommerce, by Sum Effect Software, may just [...]

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How Can Angel Investors Help My Business?

This post is written by Guest Blogger Brant Bukowsky.
Starting a business can often be a difficult proposition, particularly if you don’t have the start-up capital needed to fund it.  There’s nothing worse than wasted potential.
There are many different types of financing options for new business owners, and finding an angel investor is one strategy that [...]

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Web 3.0 – Coming Soon to a Device Near You

Wait a minute… didn’t we just figure out what Web 2.0 was?  Yes.  In fact some are still trying to figure that out and aren’t nearly ready to begin thinking about Web 3.0.  For those on the cutting edge though, you’ve been dreaming of Web 3.0 for quite some time already.  In fact, the oldest [...]

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10 Businesses You Can Run From Home

Interested in starting a business?  This post is the first in a series that will detail 100 Business Ideas.  Each week, we’ll post an article describing 10 businesses in a specific category.  This week’s post gives you ideas for businesses you can work out of your home.  A future post will discus Internet businesses, so [...]

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