Starting A Business

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Keeping It Real

Keeping It Real

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Posted by: CommunityTeam, Jun 5, 2009

Tailoring your goals and expectations to reality will help you succeed

By Max Berry

A certain amount of ambition is necessary when running your own business. If you aren't expecting a lot from your idea and yourself, it will be hard to deliver much to your customers. But at what point does ambition become a hindrance? If your expectations are too high for one person-or one business-to meet, they may be doing more to hold you back than push you on. Dreams of glory ...

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Business Plans

Business Plans

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Posted by: SBOCTeam, Sep 19, 2008

Do I Need One? How Do I Go About It?

By Christopher Freeburn


You're ready to take the plunge. You have a good idea for a new business. You've done the requisite soul-searching and determined that owning your own business is the thing for you. You've spent some time researching the idea and you've figured out where you will locate the business, who your customers will be and what sort of market exists for the business. Now it's time to sit down and cre...

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Starting A Business - Part I

Starting A Business - Part I

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Posted by: SBOCTeam, Aug 8, 2008

Is My Personality Right for This?

By Chris Freeburn

Many people dream of being their own boss - of setting their own hours, making their own terms, and having the big office where all the important decisions are made. It's a tempting idea, one nurtured by a national culture that prizes the ideal of the rugged individual who strikes out and remakes the world according to his or her vision. And every year, tens of thousands of Americans launch their own businesses,...

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Getting Started: Part I

Getting Started: Part I

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Posted by: akgold, Jul 20, 2007

Be sure to do all your homework before you take the plunge and start your own business.
By Max Berry

So you want to start your own business? Maybe you have an idea you think is so good, you believe it will be a sure-fire hit. Or perhaps you are simply sick of working for someone else and just want to strike out on your own. The first step in founding a business is to define exactly what your new business will do, in as specific terms as possible.

If you don...

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