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Do You Drop the Ball Following Up After Business Networking?

Don't drop the ball on followup

As a person who has dribbled the ball a few times I admit I have never been perfect with following up after business networking events.  However, one must forgive oneself.  As we have been told many times before, The fortune is in the follow up. Are you flaky when it comes to following up?  Do [...]

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Abundance Comes With Gratitude and Persistence

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To say that we have not been challenged in the last year is an understatement.  The economy, the government and world terrorists seem completely insane sometimes.  Yet opportunity abounds if you do not let negative incidents get the best of you. Abundance results when you allow yourself to be grateful for all that life gives [...]

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What Makes Entrepreneurs Quit Too Soon?

Success as an entrepreneur

Have you ever wondered why someone, who does not seem particularly brilliant, becomes successful as an entrepreneur while others, who appear to be highly intelligent, never get off the ground?  There are certain things the successful ones do that the others do not.  Most of these items are practical as opposed to theoretical. They go [...]

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Compare Your Elevator Speech to a Twitter Tweet

Tweet Your Elevator Speech

The beauty of Twitter, a highly popular social media platform, is that you have to squeeze exactly what you want to say into 140 characters or less to get your point across.  In order to do this, you must be strategic. In a face to face networking situation, business owners are often asked to give [...]

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Stay Real With Your Business Start Up For Greater Success

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There are many advantages of having your own business that far outweigh working for someone else.  The security of having a regular paycheck is outwardly attractive, but there are concessions to be made. If you are a young person, getting out of college, armed with an MBA, the idea that you will suddenly be thrust [...]