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What’s the Right Way to Fire Someone? 10 Pieces of Advice
One of the least fun jobs you’ll have as a business leader is firing people. Letting people go is never easy, no matter how detrimental their performance is to your team. But don’t let that stop you...
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15 Ways to Stay Healthy While Working Insane Startup Hours
Working at a startup is awesome … and often, utterly exhausting. As a CEO or founder, you’ll be forced to wear so many hats at your new business that it’ll feel like your to-do list multiplies whenever...
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11 of the Hardest Business Lessons for Leaders
Just because entrepreneurs are natural-born leaders doesn’t mean that leadership necessarily comes naturally. Growing into an effective leader of your team and your business takes a ton of learning —...
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11 Popular Excuses for Not Launching a Business
We are all busy people. Too often, our cramped schedules get in the way of bigger prospects, like starting a business — or at least, that’s what we tell ourselves. Would-be entrepreneurs come up with...
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10 Risks You Take by Saying ‘No’ to Social Media Marketing
These days, it’s rare to meet someone with no social media presence. It’s even rarer for a business to be absent from social media networks like Facebook and Twitter. Yet some small business owners...
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11 Ways to Make Sure Your Employees Are Happy
Startups can be stressful environments for founders and employees alike. It is important to ensure that goals are accomplished in what employees consider to be a welcoming, enjoyable atmosphere. We...
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When Starting a Business, Is Passion Enough?
We all know it takes a lot of passion to found a startup. There is a lot to be said for long hours and ongoing inspiration. The real question is, however, is passion enough? We asked 13 successful...
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11 Moments That Make Starting a Business Completely Worth It
We’ve all been there: nothing in your business seems to be going right, no matter what you do. However, without the lows, the highs wouldn’t seem so rewarding. Your career path can change your entire...
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13 Most Important Traits for Manager-Level Employees
As an entrepreneur, it often feels like all tasks depend on you. They don’t have to. It’s important to hire manager-level employees who can help relieve some of that tension and execute on strategy for...
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Where Will Your Business Be in 10 Years?
While success and money are all nice end goals, in our experience, most entrepreneurs have something a little bigger in mind. What do you really want your business to accomplish in the next 10 years?...
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12 Effective Ways to Tame Your Email Inbox
Your inbox can feel like an endless abyss. How are you supposed to get actual work done (and even approach inbox zero) when “urgent” emails keep trickling in, 24 hours a day? To find out, we asked 12...
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8 Most Unusual Places to Meet Investors
In business especially, you never know where life will take you. Never underestimate the power of a coffee run or a trip to the supermarket. After all, elevator pitches aren’t only good for elevators....
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The Very First Employee a Solopreneur Should Hire
When you go into business on your own, the order in which you hire employees is very crucial to your productivity. You want to make the transition to a team as seamless as possible. That’s why we asked...
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13 Business Tasks You Should Devote an Entire Day To
Because you are busy running a business, there’s not enough time in the day to accomplish everything you would like. But thinking about what you would like to do will help you move toward business...
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8 Home-Based Business Ideas That Will Lead to Success
When starting your first business, it’s not always the smartest idea to dive in head first, especially if you don’t have the money or expertise (yet) to dominate a brand-new industry. Luckily, there...
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