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It’s Not the End: Why Creating an Exit Strategy Sets Your Business Up for Long-Term Success

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Make sure when you go to sell the company you don’t run out of money and negotiating power. billion and instead sold themselves to Verizon in 2016 for only $4.6 Ask for directions. Engage with service providers like bankers and accountants frequently. Don’t run out of gas. Pace yourself. It’s a long ride.

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How to Ask for More Money (and Get It)

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Lesson 2: Always demonstrate value in negotiations. Focus on results rather than personal circumstances when approaching negotiations. Pointing to the mere passage of years as a reason for a pay increase is arbitrary without some measure of improvement to back it up. Time served isn’t particularly compelling either.

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Tasty Tidbits: Professional Development News & Views (Nov. 18, 2016)

Eat Your Career

It starts in January and the application deadline is coming up! It might be an interesting tool for salary negotiations. 18, 2016) appeared first on Eat Your Career. This is a new, highly collaborative professional development program with a cross-cultural flair. I’m intrigued and you may be too.

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Tasty Tidbits: Professional Development News & Views (Nov. 18, 2016)

Eat Your Career

It starts in January and the application deadline is coming up! It might be an interesting tool for salary negotiations. 18, 2016) appeared first on Eat Your Career. This is a new, highly collaborative professional development program with a cross-cultural flair. I’m intrigued and you may be too.

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5 Ways Women Can Support Each Other at Work

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And while some of that advice differs based on the career level of the individual— how to negotiate as a woman, how to dress, etc.—if Network up, down and sideways. Or, more insidiously, she will make a point or proposal, it will be glossed over, and 10 minutes later a man will make the same proposal—which is then taken up.

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7 Money Mistakes You’re Making in Your 20s

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for the ATM and up to $5 to your bank. You’ll end up paying nearly $4,000 in interest—on top of the $3,000 debt. It can be uncomfortable negotiating. Some things you can negotiate are credit card interest rates, mortgage rates, car loans and any type of insurance. That means if you withdraw $60, you might pay $2.50

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True Gender Equality Is Still 151 Years Away—Despite Recent Milestones

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Women in sports In 2016, Brehanna Daniels became the first Black woman member of the pit crew in NASCAR. has a record number of women-led Fortune 500 companies, with “74 female CEOs employed at America’s 500 highest-grossing companies, up from 41 in June of 2021 and only 7 in 2002,” according to the World Economic Forum.

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