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3 Common Money Myths Debunked

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In every financial workshop, I hold with 20-somethings, there inevitably comes a point where someone utters the phrase, “But my dad said…” followed by: I should carry a balance on my credit card to improve my credit. TRY THIS: The app Acorns rounds up each of your purchases and invests the spare change.

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How to Know If You’re Financially Ready to Start a Business

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To get all your ducks in a row and ensure you’re ready to jump into creating a new company, you need to craft a robust business plan that accounts for the myriad financial considerations of setting up a business. You wouldn’t show up at the airport without an idea of where you’re going. The Importance of Writing a Business Plan.

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Use Mindfulness to Transform Your Financial Well-Being

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If past-you ran up credit cards that you’re still paying for, or you’re only just starting to invest and thinking about all of the compound interest you missed, it can be easy to beat yourself up and believe that you should have known better. Perspective.

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How 30 Days of Kindness Made Me a Better Person

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It’s only the sixth day of my month-long challenge to find the joy in making someone’s day every day and up until now, I had felt like a failure. To find lasting happiness through generosity requires a suppression of our ego, an analysis of our motives and a reflection on how these acts alter our perception of the world.

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10 Must Have FREE Personal Finance Apps for iPhone

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With Bloomberg Mobile you can easily navigate price quotes, get real time market data, place trades, and even get an up to the minute market trend analysis. With Square you can accept credit card payments, send receipts and process cash payments wherever you are. And all for free! If you are in the U.S. moneyStrands.

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How to Launch (and Maintain) a Successful E-Commerce Business

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When I read it in 2015, I was working both a full-time government job and launching a side business that would eventually eat up 80 hours of my week. Choose an e-commerce platform Set up your website Step 5. As little as a weekend to set up a website. Titles can be misleading. Or a service? You need a niche. Validate your idea.

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Grow Your Business With These Eight Processes Every Business Should Have

Stephanie LH Calahan

  Co-mingling is when your personal and business finances are mixed--either through a bank account or credit card.  Your business plan can be as detailed or as high level as you want, but it should be your one-stop location for direction when you come up to a new fork in the road.  Market Analysis/Competition.