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Southwest Airlines Ticket Winner!

AND THE WINNER IS... (drumroll) Our congratulations go to bridalchic! You are our first lucky entrepreneur to win two free round trip tickets on Southwest Airlines through our "Work Hard. Play Harder." Contest. bridalchic is...
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Entrepreneurs need to turn it off to turn it on

Entrepreneurs often don't but they especially should. And when they do, they don't really, at least not completely. (I'm reminding myself of Yogi Berra's famous quotes – my favorite: "If the fans don't come out...
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Your small business needs more Cowbell!!

“Guess what?? I got a fever! And the only prescription … Is more Cowbell!!” Ohhh YES !!!!! The contributions that the late night tv show “Saturday Night Live” have made to our society are so...
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StartupNation is JOM’n

Have you joined the StartupNation community yet? We're the nation's fastest growing online group of people starting and growing their dream business. Over a thousand of you have been one of the first to join...
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Manufacturer: How to Find One

If your startup is based on a new product, your relationship with a manufacturer could be the most important partnership you will form. Your manufacturer will strongly influence the quality of your product, your speed...
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6 Grassroots Marketing Success Stories

Grassroots marketing is the best way for your startup business to create awareness among potential customers and to establish a brand in whatever markets you’re targeting – local, regional or even national. There’s nothing fancy...
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Social Entrepreneurship : Ben Cohen's View

Two childhood friends, Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, turned a $5 correspondence course on ice cream making into a successful business that shares its rewards with its employees and with the community, and has fun...
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A “normal” day for an entrepreneur

• Caffeine-up • Follow up with customers • Analyze website traffic • Move forward on strategy for growing customer base • Tweak strategy for growing customer base • Manage accounting activity • Re-caffeinate • Gain...