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Every Business Is A Manufacturer

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Does your company make pillows? You’re a manufacturer. That’s obvious. Does your company clean rooms? You’re also a manufacturer. That is not so obvious. But you in fact are. Every company makes something. The pillow guy makes a physical thing that gives the consumer an experience of comfort. The cleaning guy provides a service, that [...]

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Learn The Basics On Crappy Instruments

Old Beat Up Guitar

At age 13 I bugged my Dad about getting a guitar. He supported it. He actually insisted on taking me to the store to get one. When we got there, he immediately marched us over to the used section, and asked the salesman which guitar was in the worst condition. Which one was the most [...]

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What Is My Uniqueness

My Uniqueness

I spoke with a group of entrepreneurs in Chicago last week and explained the importance of finding their EST. Are you the fastEST in your industry? Are you the niceEST? The coolEST, sweetEST, hottEST, etc. In other words, what makes you the most unique in your industry. During the presentation, one of the attendees said [...]

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15 Stupid Business Ideas, That Are Actually Super Smart

“Your idea is stupid.” Has anyone ever told you that your business idea won’t make it? That your idea is too odd, too unique or too different? That you need to stick with what is proven? Here is the dealio, your entrepreneurial success is almost exclusively determined by following your passion, servicing the living hell [...]

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The World’s Best Entrepreneurs Are The EST

The EST in the world

Dusting off your high school yearbook may be the last thing you want to do this fine day, but its faded pages hold clues to entrepreneurial gold. Seriously. Whether you look back on them as the glory days or the worst four years of your life, during that time high school taught you an essential [...]

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How To Take Advantage Of Being A Micro-Enterprise

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How To Take Advantage Of Being A Micro-Enterprise If you’ve been calling yourself an entrepreneur, yet feeling more like a freelancer and less than a business owner, stop for minute. You may actually be a micro-enterprise. Okay, if you’re like most people, you may not even know for sure what a micro-enterprise is, or if [...]

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The 35 Ways To Find What Your Real Talent Is

Find Your Secret Talent

What are your secret, real talents?  Secret talents are those special skills you have that you may not use on a regular basis. Everybody has at least one secret talent. It doesn’t matter what your secret talent may be. What matters is that you know it’s there. The talent is yours to use as you [...]

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The 5 Traits Of A Successful Entrepreneur

A smiley face standing out from the crowd

The 5 Traits Of A Successful Entrepreneur That saying, “Every time one door closes, another opens,”? That saying was describing entrepreneurialism. Every year thousands of businesses open their doors. But thousands also close their doors. Estimates are that 50% of those who start a business fail (or succeed) at it. Millions of people have entertained [...]

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How Many Life Units Is It Worth?

Sands of time in our life

Before we get started here, I want to make sure we agree on something. Every hour of our life is an hour closer to our death. In other words each hour we spend, regardless of how we spend it, is a life unit. Okay? Okay. So here is my question for you: How many life [...]

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FUN, EASY CONTEST!

Mike Michalowicz in Headdress

THE OBJECTIVE: I want some funny, relevant phrases for my website and thought a fun, easy contest would make this a win-win for both you and me. THE PRIZES: I am giving away a FREE autographed copy of The Pumpkin Plan and an even more FREE copy of my “Industry Authority” DVD training (which I recorded last [...]

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Why You Need To Systematize Your Business

Business Systems That Work Like Gears

Systematizing your business means freedom. Not just one type of freedom, but many. You are freed from doing the work. And systems even give you the choice to simply watch the business run or improve how it runs. You are freed from the limits of your time. And since systems (done right) don’t need you, [...]

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The Biggest Excuse We Tell Ourselves

No More Excuses

If Only It hit me like a ton of bricks yesterday. A prospect for my business growth consulting group decided to go with a competitor. Egads! I mean how could they pick someone else? This is when I started analyzing the situation, and came up with all the possible ways I could have prevented this. [...]

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How To Recruit Talent Fast, Without The HR Department

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Recruit Talent Fast What if you could prescreen interviewees for your company when it was convenient for you, like when you’re sitting on the couch during commercial breaks or in the 30-minutes over coffee before you start your day? If you don’t have a human resources person who does nothing but screen applicants for your [...]

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