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How Can I Start My Own Business?

Strategy Driven

Whether your idea for your small business is one you have fleshed out on your own, or one you’ve developed with the help of family and friends, make sure it’s a solid one. Conducting market research along with taking the time to do a full competitive analysis as it pertains to your business is vital to the success of your company.

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Guest Post: An Entrepreneur's Thoughts on Market Incentives & Foreign Aid

Mills Scofield

You will be excited and optimistic about the passion, compassion, thought, analysis, and implementation of this generation. Among this group has been a founder of a wildlife foundation, a married Wall Street duo, a management consultant, his digital artist wife, and an urban planner.

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President Obama Can Make Start-Up America Succeed

Harvard Business Review

Cities and counties should become the units of analysis, not the nation. Do we really want to beat India at developing clean tech, cheap medical devices, and affordable housing? Microfinance (Bangladesh), securitization of revenues (Saudi Arabia), and royalty-pay-back funding (Israel) were all invented overseas.