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SUCCESS Celebrates 125 Years of Progress, Positive Thinking and Personal Growth

Success

From early cover lines about why fine clothes are an asset in business to recent ones about how to turn social media followers into customers, the magazine has gone through a massive transformation. Along with SUCCESS , these books have helped form the foundation for what personal development is today. Hill and W.

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Entrepreneurship live and kicking! | THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG

The Small Business Blog

Francis Xavier Sixth Form College in London. But then my business education does not limit me to just ticking boxes on a form (-forgive me for this little side dig, but it had to be done!). Meron Nour and his Underground Imports will import trendy cloths and shoes from Japan. The event was held in the St.

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Brands Built on the Tailgate Economy

Success

In 2020, Tailgate Guys combined with several other brands in the live event space to form a new company, REVELxp , which hosts larger live events, such as Topgolf Live. Connor and Christa Hitchcock came up with a solution to that and turned it into the wildly successful clothing company Homefield Apparel. Homefield Apparel.

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Why You Should Invite Your Customers to a Campfire Storytelling Session

Men With Pens

Of course, you probably don’t want to make up a story out of whole cloth—“Our natural spring water comes from the exact center of the earth, delivered in clay vessels by naked nymphs”—but you need to place your reader, your customer, in the dramatic arc of your tale. Stories Are Living Things. Another rockin' post from Men with Pens!

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Writing Tips from Blackbeard the Pirate

Men With Pens

Charles Johnson, author of the 1724 book, A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the Most Notorious Pirates , described Teach as “such a figure that imagination cannot form an idea of a fury from hell to look more frightful.” He spent his money as he earned it – on fine clothes, good food, and busty wenches.

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Shaping Sara Blakely: Meet the Billionaire Founder of Spanx

Success

Blakely readily admits that she wasn’t the first woman to cut the feet off her pantyhose and wear them under her form-fitting clothes. She worked on her idea at night and on weekends, often skipping dinners, parties and other fun events to research patents and visit clothing manufacturers. Practicality is kind of her thing.

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Why Less Is More

Brilliantly Better

Without a goal to direct it, without a plan to make it something material, it will remain in its raw form. And every form of raw energy is a dangerous thing to play with. Without a goal to direct it, without a plan to make it something material, it will remain in its raw form. Particularly helpful when I go clothes shopping !

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