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Ten Small Business Startup Ideas – 2009/09/20 | THE SMALL BUSINESS.

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Ten Small Business Startup Ideas Р2009/09/20 by Stefan Țpfer on Sep 20, 2009 If you are sat at home this weekend contemplating starting your own small / micro home business or becoming a self-employed freelancer / sole trader then here are ten quick-fire business ideas to use as a starting point. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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Small Business World News Round-up – 2009/12/01

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Small Business World News Round-up – 2009/12/01 by Stefan Töpfer on Dec 01, 2009 Here is this week’s news round-up for home business, micro business, sole-traders, freelancers, self-employed and any one who is interested in small business news from around the world. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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Competitive Intelligence: Not Just For Big Business | THE SMALL.

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Steve Said on January 26th, 2010 at 3:38 pm I often find that CI is overlooked by small businesses especially regarding restaurants for example. Say you have a competing restaurant a few blocks away. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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New Small Business Startup Idea: Virtual Import/Export Assistant.

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One of the obstacles I came up against was that I had to order wine in serious ‘bulk’ I naively thought I could order a couple of cases from a few hand picked wine farms and start my ’small business’ by selling these cases to restaurants, gaining trust and loyalty and slowly building up a customer base.

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Collaborating With The Enemy: Competitive Advantage? | THE SMALL.

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I’ve got 26 restaurants within a mile of me, and many are on the same three streets! (in Tim Read Said on January 26th, 2010 at 12:32 am Collaboration is obviously better than conflict – look at how estate agents set up near each other. in Crystal Palace, London, UK if you’re wondering!). Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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Entrepreneurship live and kicking! | THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG

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Raphael Dobbin is not going to help me loose any weight soon with his idea of a West African restaurant, but he was going to offer me free fruit as a dessert option for healthier living. Emmanual Opanuga is opening a shoe store chain , focusing on customer care while understanding the price pressures in this business.

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The Success Factor: Meat Loaf and Donald Trump

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Rick Malir, founder of City Barbeque, a chain of 10 barbeque restaurants in Ohio, has this notion about failure and what people can learn from it. We don’t allow our people to berate the suppliers. June 8, 2009 2:21 PM Anita said. So, if it’s not easy for him, it’s going to be even more difficult for everybody else.