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I recently sat down with the managing director of a private equity firm who I will call Paul.
He preferred to remain unnamed after reading this interview and agreeing to my using it, but not wanting to have …
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One of the axioms of the entrepreneurial community is that the working world consists of two basic types of people: born entrepreneurs and born employees.
I don’t think it’s necessarily that simple, but it’s true that the vast …
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I remember years ago when I was in my master of business administration (MBA) program taking a particularly difficult class in quantitative analysis.
We had a rather arduous test one time, and I remember the painful feeling I …
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Driving growth in mature markets is hard.
By definition, a market is “mature” when most of the customers’ needs are well-satisfied.
The reason it’s so hard to differentiate, innovate and gain market share is because there are very …
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You just got stuck with an unexpected bill for $1,000. Could you handle it?
A new survey from GoBankingRates.com suggests more than two-thirds of Americans would be in trouble since they have less than $1,000 in a savings …
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Are you among the tribe of people who are continually restless and eager for the next hunt, driven to make their visions of the future a reality in the present world — an entrepreneurial personality type?
If you’ve …
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In his 2009 New York Times and Wall Street Journal best-selling book Crush It!, entrepreneur Gary Vaynerchuk has a chapter titled, “The Best Marketing Strategy Ever.”
The entire chapter is boiled down to one word: Care.
That’s …
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What’s one thing that’s essential for your small business that you probably don’t have?
Small-business insurance.
Nearly all businesses need some form of insurance, though many (maybe yours) never get it, either because they aren’t aware they need …
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Market: “ A medium that allows buyers and sellers of a specific good or service to interact in order to facilitate an exchange.” — Investopedia
Note that this definition is based on existing goods and services
Consequently, it …
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Whether business development is officially in your job title or you’re a solopreneur who wears multiple hats, finding, developing and maintaining clients is one of your most important jobs.
Finding brand new clients is, of course, really important.
However, …
