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Not All Stories Have Happy Endings—For This Entrepreneur, It Was Still Worth It

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In 2010, after losing her fashion design job during The Great Recession, Kristine Deer founded the activewear brand K-DEER. K-DEER was one of the first brands to make and market printed activewear in 2010 before it became an established retail department. “I Taking a leap. I had nothing to lose besides my ego,” Deer says.

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Why Your Small Business Needs A SWOT

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Copyright © 1994-2010 Winweb® · All rights reserved. Why Your Small Business Needs A SWOT by Stefan Töpfer on Mar 17, 2010 As a small business owner, or entrepreneur, you have no doubt heard of a SWOT analysis. Weaknesses : internal attributes of the company that may be detrimental to achieving your goals.

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10 minute power meeting technique. | THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG

The Small Business Blog

Copyright © 1994-2010 Winweb® · All rights reserved. by Stefan Töpfer on Oct 31, 2007 When you have internal meetings try to keep them short. Remember this is a rule for internal meetings, for meetings with customers this rule does not apply – within reason of cause. 10 minute power meeting technique.

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Why Do So Many Small Business Start-Ups Fail? | THE SMALL BUSINESS.

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Copyright © 1994-2010 Winweb® · All rights reserved. by Stefan Töpfer on Apr 07, 2010 Starting a small business can be a worrying and daunting time for would-be entrepreneurs. Rich Said on April 7th, 2010 at 4:16 pm Very good article Stefan – just found your site and am enjoying your posts!

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The US Talent Pool: Welcome Back to a Seller’s Market

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During times of high demand, as we are seeing right now in the US, the labor market tilts in favor of the ‘suppliers’ – or individual workers. But then organizations rapidly reversed course and by May of 2010 we were back in the 1.3% before starting to recover at the beginning of 2010. and now to 1.1%.

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Barter – The Way forward for Small Business during the credit.

The Small Business Blog

Copyright © 1994-2010 Winweb® · All rights reserved. If this works with two then it could also work within a bigger group of small businesses where you run an internal credit system. Effective Small Business Planning Strategy Planning your small business is the best way to avoid costly mistakes. Build your own network!

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Small Business Start-Up Idea – Party Planner | THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG

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Copyright © 1994-2010 Winweb® · All rights reserved. Business environment and set-up cost: There is not much international potential for this business because you will have to work closely with clients. Small Business Bootstrapping How to start your own small business with no or little money. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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