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Are you an entrepreneur who is stressed out about work and getting projects done on time? Check out these three, simple tips to help you get back on track… fast!
1. Work extra hours at strange times.
If you are a morning person, try to get up one hour earlier and start working. If you are a [...]

Want to start your specialty product business this year? Then you MUST attend the (SPREE) Specialty Retail Entrepreneur Expo & Conference. Be part of the world’s largest event for the $12 billion specialty retail industry!
No matter if you are a retailer, or prospective entrepreneur looking for the newest concepts, or interested in starting  or [...]

A recent survey conducted by StartupNation’s friends at Wakefield Research for Brother® International, http://bit.ly/cIsNF5, indicated that small business owners “believe that stockpiling their cash now is the best strategy for survival.”
The survey also revealed ways that small business owners plan to make their businesses more efficient this year. To find out more, I interviewed Bruce [...]

As a retail product expert, and working with the industry leaders in the field of placing products on retailer’s shelves (or on TV), I am honored to be partnering up with one of those industries experts - Jim DeBetta.
Jim and I have decided to join forces to help budding entrepreneurs get the education and connections necessary for [...]

Every time I tell people what I do as a Product Agent, and then start describing that I search for products for QVC, TV and retail product placement, inevitably 90% say, “Oh, I have a product idea, I just do not know what to do with it.” It never fails, ever.
Then I start telling them a [...]

Is that bull’s-eye logo going bye-bye to survive the Wal-Mart effect? What does Wal-Mart know that may save business everywhere?
Is it true- is Target steering away from their famous Bullseye logo? Since March of 2009, they have been pulling it to implement an ARROW; that is being targeted right to “Real MOMs” and how they are [...]

Boy, it sure does sound like that is a silly thing to say? How do you make money when you do not have work? Well, it isn’t easy…but you can do it. My husband lost his job two months ago, after 25 years in aerospace…..now who has issues? He is OK though because:
1) He is [...]

I’ve been receiving several exclusive offers specifically to help small business owners. And since the economy is tough right now, I thought I’d share these free offers with you, my fellow StartupNation entrepreneurs:
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If so, you may want to enter PrintingForLess.com’s “Economic [...]

Now, I am not one to air my dirty laundry, however, in this case I hope to enlighten you to the power of your homeowners insurance.

I am currently enthralled in a law suite with an old, dear friend of mine. The incident spurred from an injury that her dog sustained while at my home.

Long story [...]

Imagine yourself on the CNBC show “The Big Idea” with host Donny Deutsch saying  “Bite Me Charlotte” to millions of his viewers.
Donny then fires the question, “Kim, how did you overcome your nay-sayer Charlotte to achieve great success?”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=te1SjoA6VNo

The answer starts when my family experienced a financial hardship and I needed to seek employment to [...]