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How to Be a Happy Entrepreneur in 7 Steps

A business that’s on a good financial standing is what an entrepreneur cherishes. The happiness would be much more if there’s the likelihood that the business would not only span his or her lifetime but be bequeathed to later generations. This article gives seven steps that are imperative for an entrepreneur to be happy.

1. Take pleasure in meeting both old and new customers.

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What a Business Plan Is

A business plan is a written document that describes a business itself, its goals, policy and approaches, the market involved and its financial estimates. It is extremely important to have a realistic, well thought out business plan whenever you’re setting up your business.

Managing an accurate business plan is very beneficial since it can help you recognize potential drawbacks before they even happen or configure the financial sphere of your business efficiently.

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Leadership Coaching: Management With Substance, Not Just Style

“These cookies are so cute”, people would rave. Never mind that they taste like sawdust. This is an example of people focusing on style over substance, which happens in the workplace as well.

A smart manager knows that substance matters. Substance gets the manager ahead in their career, getting past cookie cutter managers. Style managers may make an impression and do well at first, but management without substance leads to a dead end. If you want to succeed as a manager, you have to produce substance.

The Style Manager

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Entrepreneur Facts Are The Basis For Small Business Decisions

For An Entrepreneur To Be successful They Need To Be aware of their Facts

Let me start with the boring stuff. These are essentially the facts an Entrepreneur must know about the business climate and the opportunities this year and for the approaching year.

As of May of 2011, there are about 27 million small business owners in the United States. About 60 to 80% of all new positions come from these business’s. It may be hard to believe, but a business can be started for less than $350.00. Also, in spite of the myth of huge failure rates, a full 69% of small business’s continue to exist through their first 2 years. Where we get in trouble is over the longer term. The number of small companies still in business after 7 years drops down to 31%.

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Consulting Small Business Entrepreneurs – Under Promise and Over Deliver

The other day, I was talking to a small business consultant who had an angry client, a customer who had expected more, but due to his actions made the consultant’s job even tougher. The client had misstated some key information, leading to an unfavorable result. The angry client went on a rampage and trashed the reputation of the consultant online on numerous websites. Okay so let’s talk about this.

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