"Do what you love and you'll never work a day in your life." Or will you? Learn why too often entrepreneurs suck the love out of their passions by turning them into businesses and how you can prevent this from happening to you.
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Will Entrepreneurship Ruin Your Passion?
Posted by CateCosta under Self-DevelopmentFrom http://www.catecosta.com 3480 days ago
Your Pitch is as Much About Strategy as it is About Marketing - If You're Doing it Right -
Posted by CateCosta under StrategyFrom http://www.catecosta.com 3493 days ago
How prepping your startup's investor pitch can help you improve your strategic plan for launch and growth.
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Tips for Pricing Your Products & Services
Posted by CateCosta under Products and ServicesFrom http://www.catecosta.com 3501 days ago
Pricing is one of the most frustrating, stress-inducing, and confusing issues for new entrepreneurs to tackle, and it’s also one of the most important pieces of the success puzzle in entrepreneurship, so today we’ll look at a couple of strategies for figuring out how to price your offerings.
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Millennials and Entrepreneurship
Posted by CateCosta under Self-DevelopmentFrom http://www.catecosta.com 3508 days ago
This week we're talking about millennials and entrepreneurship. Admittedly, it's going to be a bit of rant, but I hope you'll stick with me for a minute here because it seeks to get you thinking honestly about whether you're ready for the realities of entrepreneurship.
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Understanding Your Business Model - It's Not the Same as Understanding What You Offer -
Posted by CateCosta under ManagementFrom http://www.catecosta.com 3515 days ago
Recently I've noticed that a surprisingly simple concept trips up a lot of new entrepreneurs as they begin the planning process for their new business: the difference between what your business offers and what your business model is.
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Cheap vs. Frugal as an Entrepreneur (and How it Affects Your Business)
Posted by CateCosta under ManagementFrom http://www.catecosta.com 3543 days ago
Learn how to tell if your penny pinching may be hurting your startup or small business and how to change your habits if you're stunting your company's growth.
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Are You Addressing Your Business' Problems or Just Its Symptoms?
Posted by CateCosta under StrategyFrom http://www.catecosta.com 3557 days ago
Many issues in a business are just symptoms of an underlying problem and treating them won't actually solve that problem. Use the 5 Whys technique to make sure you're always focusing on solving real problems, not wasting time treating symptoms.
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The Tools I Use to Run My Business, Take 2
Posted by CateCosta under ResourcesFrom http://www.catecosta.com 3571 days ago
A lot of people ask me about the tools I use to help me run my business and I have done a couple of posts on this before. Of course, as time passes I find new tools that I love and use consistently, so I'm doing an update to my older tools posts to add in my newest loves.
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Elements of a Good Strategic Plan for Your Startup or Small Business
Posted by CateCosta under StrategyFrom http://www.catecosta.com 3585 days ago
Many small business and startup coaches and consultants, including myself, regularly espouse the benefits of a strong strategic plan and implore entrepreneurs to spend the time necessary to create a great one to guide the growth of a business. But what is a strategic plan exactly and what are the e
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How to Get a Warm Introduction to an Investor
Posted by CateCosta under Raising CapitalFrom http://www.catecosta.com 3592 days ago
If you’ve done any research about raising funding for your startup or small business – or, really, if you know anything about human behavior – you’ll recognize that you have a much better chance at getting an angel investor or venture capitalist to write a check to fund your business if you’re able
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