How Brain Training Games Can Help You Build Your Business

by Lindsay Lavine Do you struggle remembering directions? Putting a customer's name to a face? What about staying focused for long stretches of time? If you find yourself easily distracted by your inbox or social media feed, you may want to give brain games a try. Brain games have become a popular way to form better habits, with Lumosity.com,...

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How to Do Business in China

by Randy Myers Yum! Brands, the fast-food purveyor whose brands include KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell, generates approximately half of its global revenue in China. Lots of other U.S. companies do good business in the world's most populous country, too. Could your small business learn -- and earn -- from their example? Yes, says China...

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Richard Branson: To Be Successful in Business, You Need a Little Luck

by Jason Fell Luck. Perseverance. Success. These were all topics billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson discussed recently in a video interview with LinkedIn executive editor Daniel Roth. Branson was the first among the professional network's "Influencers" to cross the million-follower mark. LinkedIn...

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5 Secrets to Winning More Sales

by Grant Cardone Sales is king in the new economy. Your success will be determined by your ability to generate revenue and sell, not just your products and services, but also yourself. Here are five signs you're well positioned to succeed at the art of selling: 1. Remember you're in the people business.Lots of...

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Franchise Takes the Cafe Concept on the Road

by Jason Daley Mike Ash, who had worked in restaurants since he was 15 and earned a degree in hospitality management, hoped to one day open his own eatery. But as the years went on and he managed various restaurants and cafeterias, Ash, now 35, figured he was unlikely to ever save enough money to open his own place. Then,...

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The Hottest Sectors for Franchising

by Tracy Stapp As Entrepreneur's 2012 Franchise 500® illustrates, in spite of tough times, the franchise world continues to grow--and these are the industries that our research shows are leading the way. From hotels and hamburgers to kids and convenience stores, if you're interested in franchising, you're bound to find...

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The Fastest Growing Franchises for 2013

by Tracy Stapp The list of fastest-growing companies from Entrepreneur's 2013 Franchise 500® offers a quick snapshot of the types of businesses with the highest rates of expansion. Quick-service restaurants are often the first category people think of when it comes to franchising, and for good reason:...

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Top 10 New Franchises

by Tracy Stapp The hottest franchising concepts right now are also the coolest. The first three spots on Entrepreneur's ranking of the top new franchises all go to businesses that specialize in frozen desserts: Kona Ice, Menchie's and Orange Leaf Frozen Yogurt. But there's plenty of variety...

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10 Fastest-Growing Industries for Small Business

by Catherine Clifford Past performance is no guarantee of future results, as the old business truism says. But you also may have heard that you can’t know where you’re going without knowing where you have been. To get a sense of which industries small businesses are growing in, the analysts at Raleigh, N.C.-headquartered private-company financial-information company Sageworks ran some numbers for Entrepreneur.com....

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How to Research a Business Opportunity

Protect yourself by learning what a business opportunity really is, how the government regulates them, and the steps you should take to ensure you've found the best opportunity available. Just what is a business opportunity? That question has plagued a great many people trying to decide whether to buy a current independent business, a franchise, or what we'll refer to in this text as a business opportunity. To allay the...

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The Unasked Question: Should You Open a Business?

by Carol Tice There's been a lot of cheerleading for entrepreneurship the past couple of years. Many people laid off from corporate America have plunged into starting their own businesses -- driving the start-up rate to its 15-year high.  But is that necessarily a good thing? No-nonsense business advisor Carol Roth says...

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Reid Hoffman's 10 Rules for Entrepreneurial Success

by Mikal E. Belicove LinkedIn co-founder and angel investor Reid Hoffman says now's the time for bold entrepreneurship. Current economic conditions offer an ideal environment for startups, he says, because you have more time to get a new venture off the ground before the competition catches on.At last week's the South...

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Usaha di Saudi Arabia

Di zaman sekarang ini, tidak ada batasan dalam membangun usaha. Tentunya selama usaha yang kita bangun tersebut tidak melanggar hukum atau merugikan pihak manapun. Salah satu contoh yang paling mudah adalah dengan investasi, investasi asing tepatnya. Kami telah mengutip salah satu peluang bisnis investasi yang cukup menjanjikan dari sebuah forum lokal, yaitu di Arab Saudi. Di web ini, kami hanya akan menampilkan brief overview...

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