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Nobody Likes Dealing with Death—Until They Attend One of Amy Pickard’s Humorous ‘Good To Go!’ Parties

Success

When Amy Pickard’s mother died suddenly in 2012, she was understandably grief-stricken. She didn’t have a business plan when she started; instead, she learned as she went along and as her business evolved. But she also felt frustrated and overwhelmed, since her mother didn’t plan ahead for her death. “I

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The Benefits of a Performance Culture (and How to Implement One)

Success

Foster says he learned a few things after the company’s first eight years of growth. A major lesson learned at Excel in the early days is the virtue of hard work. It’s a cliché to say you learn more from failures than anything else—I think you learn more from studying your successes.”.

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My 2012 Career and Business Plan

Eat Your Career

As we head down the final stretch of 2011, I (like the rest of the world) am engaging in a little annual professional planning and review session. I would say, all in all, I’m pretty pleased with 2011. So, I’m making a very clear commitment in 2012 to maintain a 70/30 split. But there’s always room for growth.

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How Women Are Rising in Business

Success

from 2012—while the growth of male-owned employer businesses during the same time period was only 5.2%. million workers in 2019 and grew their workforce by 28%… between 2012 and 2019.” She moved on in 2012 and founded Mina Shah Enterprises the following year, self-funding with income from consulting.

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How to Create Strategic Partnerships

Success

Make it explicit that you want to learn everything you can about them in short order,” Gage says. Proof it works: Schaus’s profits grew by 15% from 2011 to 2012 as a result of her partnerships. In 2012 I passed along between 35 and 40% of the work that came my way. Does the organization share your values ?

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Product/Program Promotion Problems and Profits -- Launching Lessons Learned Expert Interview

Stephanie LH Calahan

Introducing Product/Program Promotion: Problems and Profits -- Launching Lessons Learned.  Thank you for your willingness to share some of your mistakes and lessons learned so that others could benefit! What didn’t go so well and what were your lessons learned?   Andrea, what a great lesson you learned

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What Improvements Can Your Small Business Make in 2012?

Small Business CEO

With 2012 right around the corner, your small business is likely hoping the New Year allows you and your employees a fresh start, especially if the return on investment (ROI) for 2011 has been less than stellar. If you have been around for some time now, how has 2011 compared to previous years? Better revenue?

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