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How Do I Start Your Own Business?

Strategy Driven

Knowing the cost of a business is essential in determining whether a business is profitable. Determine your Potential Market. If any of these numbers are insignificant compared to the cost of running your business, you need to revisit or change your plan. Part 3 Creating a Marketing Plan. Part 4 Get Finance.

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Where to Find Authentic Entrepreneurs

Harvard Business Review

Coming out of Peru, you’ll find Kola Real, formed during a coup d’état in 1988, not exactly an ideal environment for business incubation. Or, in Kamchatka, you’ll find ecotourism ventures by Wild Salmon River Expeditions , initiated by an alliance between a former American military officer and his Russian associates.

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The Problems With Incubators, and How to Solve Them

Harvard Business Review

Inexperienced friends and family (and, increasingly, crowdsourced investors) lack the ability to gauge the viability of a business, or to mentor naïve entrepreneurs. This knowledge gap, I have come to believe, is best filled by savvy incubators. However, there are over 7,500 business incubators around the world.