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Random Thought: How much change has occurred?

I was having a conversation yesterday with an online friend and we were discussing the movement of people into the freelance/entrepreneurial world and also the usage of telework resources.  One of the discussions that we were having revolved around whether this was a product of the current economic situation or whether the economic situation just [...]
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Random Thoughts

I was just taking a few minutes and reviewing some of my recent posts here on StartUpStudent.  While doing that I noticed that there is kind of method to what I feel is my madness.  If you put the tasks together hopefully you’re going to find a set of steps that will take you down [...]
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Baby Steps

Have you seen the movie “What about Bob?“?  In that movie, Bob is afraid of going out of his house and the doctor tells Bob to use baby steps to get places.  So, Bob is repeating that throughout the movie “Baby Steps to the car… Baby steps to the car”.  Anyway, this is really a [...]
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What do you love?

Everyday you read articles about people who have created the business of their dreams.  You also read about people who are creating new niches that no one ever thought of.  What I really find interesting is that at least 9 times out of 10 the people have found an idea that they are absolutely consumed [...]
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Are you creating a job or business?

Doesn’t that sound like a funny question?  What does that mean?  Really what you are trying to do is not have to go and find that next cube farm job.  You want to be in a position where you are the boss.  It will be you making all the decisions, interacting with the clients, and [...]
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To Plan or Not to plan… 4 Reasons to Write a Plan

We always hear the argument about whether start ups should create a business plan or whether they should fly loose and go with the flow. Much of the time the "experts" disagree on whether there is value in having the plan or not. I would absolutely say that yes you do want a plan. It doesn't have to be a 400 page ring bound document, it might even be in your notebook, but you should have your plan written down. Why you ask? 4 Reasons...
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