Entrepreneurship
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It is a saddening fact that entrepreneurship is declining in America. While the myentre.net community continues to thrive and promote entrepreneurship, the nationwide trend has been showing less and less entrepreneurs. It is time that we as Americans, however, stand up for what we believe in and support small business around the country.
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A couple of weeks ago, I sprained my ankle. While this did put a major dent in my weekend activities, I still managed to go out to eat and do a little shopping. I’m glad I decided to go out, because it really helped me find a new appreciatio ...
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Republished with Permission
Article by Jim Olson, Associate Director for the Iowa Waste Reduction Center
University of Northern Iowa
In the Loop Newsletter - July 9, 2010 - Vol. 1, Issue 1
It is my pleasure to re-introduce you to the Io ...
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This Friday, July 16 at 1 p.m.we will discuss Valuations- An Advanced Discussion with Accredited Senior Appraiser, Darren Mize of GCF Valuation, M&A Advisor and Valuation software developer and instructor Mike Adhikari of Business Value Xpress (BVX) and Illinois Corporate Investments Inc., and Financial Analyst Andrew Blazenko
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We've nearly reached the 15th of June already, which means there is only a couple days left to submit entries for the June Dream Big Grow Here contest. If you haven't gotten your entry in, you need to do so by the time the clock strikes midnight on June 15th. We've already had quite a response with ideas ranging from photography to tourism from all over the state of Iowa. It's been exciting to see them roll in, keep 'em coming!
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Just wanted to let you all know about two upcoming classes for next week. Both are called "How to Start an Internet Business" and one is being held on Thu/Fri of next week and the other on Sat/Sun of next week. The class is designed to teach ...
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In this world of short attention spans and technology that advances by the minute, innovation seemingly gets more and more difficult to attain. But every day I read about really amazing things being done by people who simply pay attention to what' ...
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This past week I’ve logged over 1,000 miles on the road (went to a conference in Kansas City & went up north to hang out with some friends). With this much time in the car, I was able to listen to a whole lot of radio. I heard a ...
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I couldn’t believe my own TV when I was watching the History channel, as I am prone to do, and heard ‘Iowa Lakes Community College’ in the same sentence as the national brand ‘Duracell.’ The Small Business Consultant in me instantly looke ...
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LaDene Bowen started the day right off this morning with Strategic Planning. This was a topic that I thought I knew a lot about- turns out I was wrong. LaDene really opened my eyes to the power of transforming your strategic plan into a l ...
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As I am quickly learning, strategic economic development has a lot to do with keeping your companies in your region and recruiting outside companies to come join you. This is an area that I have very little expertise or understanding in- ...
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Of course the guy who is interested in market research wants you to fill out your form and send it in. No surprise there. However, I thought I would take a moment to write about why the census is so important. According to the Census Bureau itself ...
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Sure we know teenagers are carrying one, but did you know that almost 75% of adults now carry cell phones? Personally, I think these statistics are even higher- do you know of anyone who does not have a cell phone (if you do PLEASE comment and tell ...
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Several times, I’ve gotten a scam email, telling me some rich person in a foreign country that I didn’t know died and I could collect his/her wealth. I deleted those messages.
Recently, I received two invitations to link my blog to leading ink cartr ...
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My attention is split these days between the computer to blog and work on a book and the transformation outside from winter to spring. Sweet smelling purple and white hyacinths are in bloom in one of my flower beds. On a trip through a couple towns y ...
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I am still not very good at this blogging and keeping everything up to date. I continue to work on my education and getting things lined up on the paper end of my business. I am still hanging out waiting for my very first client. I continue to sharpe ...
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For me as an author it’s all about linking to people who may become potential book buyers. As a result, I’ve been rewarded with people who become my email friends and better yet want to be on my growing list of customers to notify when my latest book ...
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I was looking at an Amish website awhile back and saw the cook columnist had taken the month off because she needed to help the family with home butchering. I know from my childhood that it’s a big job to process a beef or hog by canning and preservi ...
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Early this week, I received an email from GoDaddy telling me to pre-register for a .co domain.
I thought to myself, "What is a .co domain and why would I want to spend money to reserve it?"
Up to this point, .co was the Internet country code ...
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To read more please go to: http://aspengroveinvestments.com/news/69-start-with-your-life-plan
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Did you know that all the major search engines give you the ability to list your business for free?
Here are links to several.
Google - http://www.google.com/local/add
Yahoo - http://listings.local.yahoo.com/
Bing - http ...
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This week's show
This Friday, July 16 at 1 p.m.we will discuss Valuations- An Advanced Discussion with Accredited Senior Appraiser, Darren Mize of GCF Valuation, M&A Advisor and Valuation software developer and instructor Mike Adhikar ...
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Temps close to 40 or 50 degrees, more brown grass with a tinge of green showing in the lawn, sparrows quarreling and crows cawing. A sign that it’s really spring is when I see a robin. Six flew into the hayfield this last week. Another sign is when t ...
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After a short visit with my daughter & her family I am energized and ready to go. Back to the last third of my studies and more work on organizing my business. I brought back several projects to work on from my daughter and I love projects. As so ...
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