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Little Enterprise Tax Obligations: Paycheck Taxes

noreply@blogger.com (Custom Clearance) — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:21:32 PST

One of the concerns small-business entrepreneurs have to deal with is remaining current with the many bills for local, state and federal taxation. While most entrepreneurs hire a cpa or a tax...

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How To Invest Valentine Day On A Budget

noreply@blogger.com (Custom Clearance) — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:13:25 PST

How much do you invest on Valentine Day? 20 $ $ $ $ on chocolates? $ 50 on flowers? Hundred or so on evening meal for two? The somme can carrier up, and in these hard financial times, can we...

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The Social TV Space Heats Up

noreply@blogger.com (Custom Clearance) — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 06:24:01 PST

Social TV start-up GetGlue closes a $12 million round but it has plenty of competition. GetGlue, the fledgling social network for TV watchers and other entertainment, has raised $12 million in new...

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Inc. 5000 CEO: How I Got My Business Model Right

noreply@blogger.com (Custom Clearance) — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 01:26:01 PST

Everyone thought Joe Gillette was a big success after he sold his first company. Little did they know that his partners who provided him with capital had squeezed Joe's stake down with every cash...

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5 Healthy Habits for Any Work Schedule

noreply@blogger.com (Custom Clearance) — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:02:01 PST

AppId is over the quota AppId is over the quota Too busy to work out? Think again. Check out these easy ways to get your health back on track.shutterstock images '...

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Behind the Basis Band's Pre-Launch Hype

noreply@blogger.com (Custom Clearance) — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:35:01 PST

There's no shortage of health gadgets at CES this year. But one that impressed me is the Basis Band, which you wear like a watch but instead of telling time it monitors things like heart rate,...

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Do 'Booth Babes' Really Work?

noreply@blogger.com (Custom Clearance) — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:45:00 PST

For decades, the high tech industry, the computer game industry, the car industry, the tool industry and numerous others have hired "booth babes" to draw customers into their booths at trade...

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Documenting Life in a Start-up

noreply@blogger.com (Custom Clearance) — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 07:46:00 PST

First there was Shark Tank. Then came TechStars TV. And now, fueling the public's seemingly never-ending interest in "what it's like to work at a start-up," is Ctrl+Alt+Compete, a documentary that...

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Top 6 hidden costs of daily offers

noreply@blogger.com (Custom Clearance) — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 22:56:00 PST

Provide daily business programs a rapid influx of money - but what happens then? Here is what you need to know. During daily deals are good for some traders, for others the positive are offset by...

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Essential Money Tips for Women Owners

noreply@blogger.com (Custom Clearance) — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 18:16:00 PST

In a recent Inc. meeting of women business owners in New York, the participants deflected any attempt to get them to say that a woman’s way of running a business was better or worse than a man’s way....

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Social Search: How Your Friends Matter

noreply@blogger.com (Custom Clearance) — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:43:00 PST

The big search engines are now using social content to shape results pages. Time to rethink your online marketing? These days, two frequently asked question of my agency are, "How does all of this...

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Their customers do not worry, this is a good thing

noreply@blogger.com (Custom Clearance) — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:12:20 PST

At the jump on social media marketing, small business owners must avoid assuming that customers who ever really get involved. There is a turn of phrase , which has been rattling recently in my...

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This is your brain on multitasking

noreply@blogger.com (Custom Clearance) — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 06:54:00 PST

A life-threatening error caused by tech-enabled multitasking calls Harvard doctors recommend to get rid addiction, and learn to focus. Multi-tasking, You have probably already warned, your...

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How to Boost Employee Creativity

noreply@blogger.com (Custom Clearance) — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 02:39:00 PST

Moonbot Studios, a digital animation and development company based in Shreveport, Louisiana, describes itself as "an interplanetary creative expedition of story and art." If that sounds vague—even a...

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Beware: 7 Deadliest Start-ups

noreply@blogger.com (Custom Clearance) — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 23:03:00 PST

It's no secret that warfare has gone high-tech, and with a defense budget hovering near $700 billion, businesses that are able to develop innovative products stand to reap the rewards of lucrative...

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Is Private Equity on Your Side?

noreply@blogger.com (Custom Clearance) — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 19:07:00 PST

Get ready to hear a lot more about the world of private equity. Mitt Romney’s Republican challengers have only just begun to paint Mitt Romney as a heartless corporate raider. If Romney does win the...

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When I Retire, I Want To ...

noreply@blogger.com (Custom Clearance) — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:56:00 PST

“Basically I’m on my way to Australia.” That was a line delivered by James Garner in the 1969 movie Support your Local Sheriff! He was handy with a six shooter and basically an entrepreneur, well a...

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Makes a decision of every great entrepreneur

noreply@blogger.com (Custom Clearance) — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:50:00 PST

Good founders benefit from vision and courage. But great founders know that this is an important decision depends on their success. Business is a lot like sport. While a zero-sum game is rarely as...

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Your Feelings? Surprisingly, They’re Based on Math

noreply@blogger.com (Custom Clearance) — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 07:18:01 PST

Next time you’re feeling down or anxious, stop feeling hopeless and do some math. Seriously. Chip Conley, the founder of Joie de Vivre, the second-largest boutique hotel company in the U.S., is the...

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Entrenched Competitor? Make the Sale Anyway

noreply@blogger.com (Custom Clearance) — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 03:15:00 PST

The most challenging sales are when there's already a competitor entrenched in the account. Because the competitor is already there, with a head start developing decision-maker contacts,...

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Friends & Family ... & Business Deals?

noreply@blogger.com (Custom Clearance) — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 23:31:00 PST

Conventional wisdom says never to go into business with family or friends. I did. And I’m glad I did. Maybe it’s because there is a technicality involved here: My dad’s cousin married Rolf’s...

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How the euro crisis could well be

noreply@blogger.com (Custom Clearance) — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 18:37:00 PST

Now do business in Europe is a scary thought: The euro has crashed floor pretty much by the plea for a second rescue package and European equity markets have tanked Greek Government. So it is no...

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How to Succeed Against the Odds

noreply@blogger.com (Custom Clearance) — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:31:00 PST

As a coach, I help entrepreneurs through the issues that keep them from their dreams. For the most part I see these individuals as driven, passionate, unstoppable human beings. But after my recent...

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Create a Great Place to Work: 4 Steps

noreply@blogger.com (Custom Clearance) — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 10:46:00 PST

Some time ago we set out to create one of the greatest places to work in America. We borrowed workspace ideas from Google. The concept that everyone gets benefits from Starbucks. An open,...

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