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Want to Expand Your Business? Get Started with These 6 Steps

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Although she considered creating a fitness product from scratch, the potential for sky-high manufacturing and distribution costs was a deterrent. She studied fitness industry publications, joined networking groups and examined industry trends on blogs and in webinars. You must understand the cost of developing and the time involved.

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How To Hire And Manage Freelancers, According To Experts

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Clear communication up front, and continuing conversation through regular check-ins and transparent project management helps streamline workflows and prevent confusion. Source: “The Real Cost of Freelance vs. Full-Time Employees” What is a freelancer? Is the freelance industry growing or fading? It’s growing.

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These Are Nicole Lapin’s 6 Money Tips for Living Your Richest Life

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Lapin says that the word B h in her new book’s title shouldn’t be considered bad and that it really just means a woman who stands up for herself, while Rich alludes to a fulfilling life. If you waste several minutes fussing with the coffeemaker each morning, then it might be cost-effective to buy your brew. Ask for a raise and get it.

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Hello Alice Co-founders Carolyn Rodz and Elizabeth Gore Are Fueling the Small Business Ecosystem

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During a conference in 2015, the future co-founders started talking about a mutual passion to address the problem of equity in the small business space. They only loosely knew one another then, despite much overlap—both women grew up in Houston, graduated from Texas A&M University and have connections to Bolivia. The problem?

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3D Printing Moving Past Prototyping to Large Batch Manufacturing

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.  They've created a network of 160 3D printers that is able to produce parts fast and cheap, at prices competitive with traditional injection molding in order quantities up to 10,000 pieces. They expect to be competitive with injection molding on up to 100,000 pieces in the near future. 

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The What, Who and How of Outsourcing… So You Can Let Go

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You make it happen, you’re up for a challenge , you do it your way. While they ultimately hoped to maintain the website themselves, DeNike says, they planned to hire a designer to get it up and running. based virtual assistant is $10 to $20; an overseas assistant will probably cost less. Then bump it up to scheduling.

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How to Partner with a Rival for a Win-Win

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Blue Moon Fair Trade partners with three other fair-trade retailers to combine trans-Pacific shipments, saving all of them up to 40% in shipping and paperwork expenses. Team up to attract the big guys. Don’t just call up and focus on tactics.”. This article was published in April 2015 and has been updated. Julie Kearns.