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Learning Opportunities Abound in Becoming an Entrepreneur

Entrepreneurship is a fickle beast, but one that can be tamed. It takes time to establish yourself, and we all know that entrepreneurship is often as tainted by failure as it is by success. This…

5 Excellent Reasons to Start a Business During a Down Economy

When our economy takes a turn for the worse it means a very uneasy feeling for both the country and the people living within it. Inflation goes through the roof, companies lock their doors, unemployment…

6 Tips for Building a Successful Law Firm

Building a successful legal firm doesn’t rely so much on the law school you attended, your billing costs or the number of cases you’ve successfully tried. As with any business, it’s the person behind the…

This Georgia Educator Helps Students Think Like Entrepreneurs

(Photo by Peter Frey/UGA) Imagine graduating from high school with $200,000 in sales from a business you started as a freshman. That’s the reality for some students at Brookwood High School in Snellville, GA thanks to…

Dress for Success: 3 Important Ways to Prepare for a Business Meeting

Like it or not, when you are a businessperson, you can’t simply put on your favorite pair of jeans and t-shirt and rely on your entrepreneurial skills to make a good impression. What you wear…

Health & Fitness: 5 Ideas to Generate Some Extra Income in Your Spare Time

Let’s face it—not all of us do jobs we absolutely love. Many of us will have passions and interests that don’t relate to our work, but we will find time to do them anyway. So,…

7 Questions to Test Your Potential as an Entrepreneur

As a mentor to aspiring entrepreneurs, the most common question I get is, “I want to be an entrepreneur—how do I start?” The obvious answer is that you need an idea first, but I’ve come…

5 Differences Between Freelancing and Owning a Business

There is a big difference between freelancing and having a business of your own. Although both invest in resources, require planning, getting leads, developing a skill, and are in need of ideas, there are major…

12 Burning Questions to Ask Before Launching a Startup

Entrepreneurship is an essential thing we should be concerned about within this day and age—for us, our children, and grandchildren. Robots are taking over the majority of the jobs and careers many of us were…

Get Motivated: Top 5 Reasons to Go and Start Your Own Business

Each day you go to work. You get up, get dressed, and fight the morning traffic to tackle the stressors of working your 9 to 5 job. During your monotonous journey each day, have you…

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