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The Wall Street Journal's Small Business, Big Innovation Contest

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  Key quote from their submission: Using similar technology and equipment employed in the automotive side of our retail operations, we added a business that remanufactures airport ground services transportation equipment axles.   They responded by increasing their marketing and using social media

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How To Start A Business While In Debt

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Copyright © 2011 Guest Author. Cash is an added advantage to set up equipment that are absolutely essential to conduct the operation of your business. You should also engage in social networking and open profiles in multiple social sites. Visit the original article at [link]. Guest Post. But, this is not actually true.

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From Behind Bars to Business Owners: How 3 Former Inmates Became Entrepreneurs

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After her release, she found Inmates to Entrepreneurs on social media and figured it would be a place to “hang out until I figured out what I was going to do next,” she recalls. He jumped at the chance to take an indoor job repairing fitness equipment, even though he didn’t have any knowledge of the field.

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Maker Faire Round-Up, From a Small Business Perspective

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.  These companies provide services, tools and equipment that make it easier for Makers to create and sell products.     Both these firms turn CAD files into products so Makers don't have to invest in manufacturing plant or equipment.    The growth of Maker coworking facilities. 

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

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Elizabeth Saunders of Real Life E® offers a wise word of advice: “Reduce, reuse and recycle: For instance, your current software, email provider, phone service and office equipment may be most—if not all—of what you need to start. This article was published in October 2011 and has been updated. Photo by Jaem Prueangwet/Shutterstock.

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Best Business Technology for Small Businesses & Their Owners (28 ideas from them to you!)

Stephanie LH Calahan

My smartphone empowers me to conduct my business better because: > I can communicate whilst on the move, e.g. voice, text & social media updates. > Triples My Efficiency On Social Media. But I live and work in less than 200 square feet -- so I don't have the room for a lot of equipment.

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16 Drop-Out Billionaire Entrepreneurs Every Business Owner Should Know

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He died in 2011. I had to keep my overhead low by learning everything about running a business, from accounting to fixing the gears of my equipment. Dropped out of Harvard to promote his social media network; Facebook. The founder of CNN; dropped out of college to become a media billionaire.

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