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The Gig Economy Acts As A Stepping Stone Into Entrepreneurship

The Horizons Tracker

Of course, correlation does not mean causation, but the researchers believe that gig work may allow budding entrepreneurs to earn a side income while they work on their new venture, which allows them to bring in some cash during the inevitably lean early days of their business.

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Black Entrepreneurship In The United States

The Horizons Tracker

Entrepreneurs have had a torrid time of 2020, with the coronavirus bringing a great many to the point of extinction as their cash flow rapidly dried up. Entrepreneurs are also crucial to the economic recovery after the pandemic, and it’s vital that the entrepreneurial world is able to call upon talent from all quarters.

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Why Including Government Procurement In Your Sales & Marketing Strategy Will Catapult Your Business To The Next Level

Strategy Driven

Most agencies have very high credit ratings, and companies can even get advanced payments from financial institutions on the future payments of government contracts (if necessary). Jack Siney is an entrepreneur with over 25 years of experience in government sales and procurement. About the Author.

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Do You Need Good Credit to Start A Business?

Strategy Driven

We all know that many entrepreneurs have bad credit score. Moreover, some go through personal difficulties which affect their personal credit score at the same time. Some businesses only start because the owners are unemployed, laid off, or worse, bankrupt.

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The Real Solution Is Growth

Harvard Business Review

Recent headlines have focused on the debt ceiling , the recent credit rating downgrade , unemployment , and the other thorny fiscal challenges facing the United States. Patenting is the bulwark of the system.

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Why Rational People Can’t Succeed as Economic Forecasters

Harvard Business Review

Everybody talks about Silicon Valley being this bunch of entrepreneurs who created the computer industry in their garages. This was a bunch of entrepreneurs who gathered data either in their basements or in some subdivision of their office, and invented the idea of the economy.