How to Survive the Peaks and Valleys of a Seasonal Business

The parties often went late into the night, with up to 150 friends milling about their pool, gathered around the piano, singing, talking and laughing. Scott Jones and his partner, Kell Hicklin, loved entertaining. So when they decided to tank their respective careers in marketing and human resources, the couple determined it...

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Nine Things Successful People Do Differently

Why have you been so successful in reaching some of your goals, but not others? If you aren’t sure, you are far from alone in your confusion. It turns out that even brilliant, highly accomplished people are pretty lousy when it comes to understanding why they succeed or fail. The intuitive answer — that you are born...

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5 Key Skills to Develop to Become a Successful Entrepreneur

Becoming a successful entrepreneur is not just a combination of good fortune and being in the right place at the right time. A talented business person will be able to use a range of skills to identify what is the right business to move into (or out of) at key times in order to maximize their profitability and to build their...

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Forbes Business Tip: Sell More by Adding Variety

People buy more jelly beans when they’re offered an assortment of colors. This is true even if all the different-colored jelly beans taste exactly the same. After reviewing 50 experiments that involved more than 5,000 consumers, researchers at Switzerland’s University of Basel, Germany’s University of...

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10 small-business trends to know about for 2012

As 2012 unfolds and small-business owners continue to face an anemic economy, knowing the trends that will reshape how you do business can give you a critical edge. Here are 10 top small-business trends for 2012 and beyond: • Technology disruption accelerates: Web-based or “cloud” computing, mobile commerce...

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