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Who Needs an Office? 10 Entrepreneurs Weigh In on the Future of Virtual Work

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They allow business owners to create systems, automation and infrastructure in a matter of minutes, while simultaneously enabling them to build credibility and compete at a higher level.”. This article was published in October 2011 and has been updated. Virtual tools are vital for young entrepreneurs. The post Who Needs an Office?

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11 Things Organized and Productive People Do Every Day

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Research conducted by Princeton University researchers in 2011 revealed that the more our brains are bombarded by the competing stimuli of clutter, the less we’re able to focus. You may think you know exactly where, and in which stack of paper, you can find a particular document. And this wasn’t just subjective evidence. They eat frogs.

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Easy Office Organization Home-Study System is now available as an all-in-one product!

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The Easy Office Organization Home-Study Program has been extremely popular since I launched it in September 2008, but over the past couple of years several of you have come to me and asked if it’s available to purchase all in one go as you didn’t want to have to wait a whole six months to get all of the information.

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How to Create Strategic Partnerships

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If money will change hands, a system needs to be defined. Proof it works: Schaus’s profits grew by 15% from 2011 to 2012 as a result of her partnerships. With each paddleboard purchase, our customers could buy a pair of RAMP skis at a discount price of $149 or a snowboard for $99. Be specific.

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Ron Finley, the Self-Proclaimed Gangsta Gardener, Found Purpose Fighting Food Poverty in South LA

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It’s freedom from depending on a store, a delivery app, a broken food system. Nearly two years after his first parkway garden, Los Angeles updated the law in 2011 to allow Angelenos to plant food in their parkways. you can purchase a 12-ounce pack of cherry tomatoes—which pair perfectly with hummus—and that’s the end.

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The 3 Stages of a Successful Product Launch

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It’s much harder to sell something simply by sticking it out there and hoping people will buy it; when you have a launch system in place you will make more sales. You want to allow several weeks for your pre-launch stage as it’s during this stage that you’ll be: Writing the sales page and creating the back-office systems.

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Niche Online Retailers Thriving; Hurting Traditional Retail

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.  Key quote: "A decade after pets.com and a string of other early Internet specialty retailers collapsed, a new wave of start-ups -- enabled by the power of cloud computing, advanced delivery systems and deep social relationships with customers -- is shaping e-commerce." Internet users over age 14, or 178.5