2 Biggest Lessons Learned As a Business Owner

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Starting a business means learning a lot of things on the fly. You might have a business degree or have years of experience working for others, but there are countless things you’ll have to learn for yourself, or learn from others.  SmallBizClub recently asked three of our Advisory Board members about their biggest lessons learned…

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What Type of Entrepreneur Are You?

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Entrepreneurship can take many different forms, whether you’re starting up solo, buying a franchise, or partnering with others. But the common denominator with any new venture is knowing your own strengths and weaknesses and using them to your best advantage. Discover what kind of entrepreneur you are with this short quiz, developed by SmallBizClub.com. We’ll…

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Entrepreneurship and Branding with Leroy Hite (Podcast)

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In this podcast episode of “Made in Atlanta,” hosted by Liger Chief Strategist Eric V. Holtzclaw, we dive into the entrepreneurial journey of Leroy Hite, founder of Cutting Edge Firewood, a brand that elevated firewood to a luxury lifestyle product. Leroy shares the strategic moves that catapulted his business to success, such as impactful marketing…

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3 Entrepreneur Tips for Small Business Month

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May is National Small Business Month, an annual opportunity to support the hard work of small business owners. The backbone of the nation’s economy, small businesses employ 45.9% of the entire U.S. workforce and make up 99.9% of all U.S. businesses, according to the U.S. Small Business Administration. Unfortunately, some small businesses don’t have much…

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Understanding the Journey To Becoming a Business Owner

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The path to becoming a business owner is paved with hard work, strategic thinking, and an unwavering commitment to turning dreams into reality. Embarking on this venture involves honing the initial spark of an idea into a viable business concept and overcoming myriad challenges that one may encounter along the way. To embrace entrepreneurship is…

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How to Thrive During Your First Year as a Business Owner

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Launching your own business is a big endeavor. You’ve probably put time, energy and money into this new venture — and you no doubt want to succeed. But it takes more than passion and prior work experience to get a new business off the ground. In the early stages, you may feel like you’re navigating…

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The Best Career Advice We Could Find

With the Great Resignation in full effect, more people than ever are looking into career change possibilities. Perhaps one isn’t happy with their current salary, or it could be the environment of one’s workplace that’s the problem. Some strongly disagree with the way their current employers have responded to the ongoing pandemic. There are also…

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Hiring the Right People in an Entrepreneurial Organization

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Undoubtedly, a strong job candidate must conduct thorough research on your Entrepreneurial Organization as part of the hiring process. They should know your core values, core focus, target market, and anything else that will show their eagerness during their interview.  That initiative and preparedness is considered an indicator of a good prospective new hire. The…

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Create Rocks to Gain Traction in Your Business

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What Are Rocks? Quarterly Rocks are the three to seven most important things your company, department, or team must complete within the next 90 days. Rocks represent goals that will take longer than seven days to complete. They allow you to break down a large project into smaller, digestible tasks with clear deliverables to gain…

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Level Up Your Entrepreneurial Leadership Team Meetings

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How many countless meetings have you been in that seemed to have no clear purpose, no agenda (or the agenda was hijacked), ran too long, and left you feeling like you just wasted precious time? As an entrepreneur, you and your team must be making the best use of your time together each week –…

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