Boss Lady
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How to launch your startup with crowdfunding
Crowdfunding is the new way to fund your startup, but people make common mistakes with this approach. The ratio of failed campaigns is higher than successful ones on crowdfunding sites because of these mistakes. But there are basic ground...
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5 tips to nail the sale
When you first start a business you often have no money and no customers, face-to-face or ‘door knocking’ contact is a powerful tool and often the most economical. It also gives you an opportunity to meet your potential customer...
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Refresh your Business – How creative are you?
Success in a small business is directly related to an individual’s capacity for creativity. Creative individuals are idea generators while non-creative individuals tend to use the ideas of others. If you are creative, your inventiveness and intuition will enable...
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3 ways to effectively mentor and inspire women
Many women are hesitant to seek a career mentor. They fear that it is a sign of weakness, and that if they seek help from another woman it means they are somehow less capable. In fact, nothing could be...
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How improvisation can help your success
So, you find yourself in a new job. When learning the ropes, it helps to be able to draw upon something you already know. Whether it’s information, an activity, or a relational experience, leveraging transferable skills shortens the time...
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Top 5 lies business schools tell you
Do you remember when you were at school and grow-ups used to say: “Go to college so you can find a good job and live a happy life.”? I certainly do. My parents grew up during the communist regime...
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9 things you shouldn’t sacrifice for your career
A sacrifice is something you’re willing to give up for something else—usually for the improvement of one or the other but sometimes to the detriment of yourself. This is the case with wanting to get ahead with your career...
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9 things you should sacrifice for your career
There will always come a time when something has to give and you choose to make a sacrifice for your career or business. It could be sacrificing pleasurable downtime for work, sacrificing surety for change, or even sacrificing aspects...
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Refresh your Business: How flexible are you?
Flexible individuals accept change as natural. They may have many projects underway at the same time. Sometimes they even appear to be indecisive because they like to keep their options open. Inflexible individuals like a planned, predetermined way of life. ...
