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Top 4 Most Confusing/Long-Winded Training Videos

[This blog post was submitted by freelance writer Kyle O’Brien.]   Unless you’re your own boss, most every other job out there requires formalities from the moment a person is hired. Some sort of training exercise, or a bunch of binders

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Posted in Customer Service, Doing Business, Employees

Friday Favorites: Employee Edition

This morning, we’ll take a look at the best of last week’s posts about employees—and employee behaviors that you should either encourage, or nip in the bud! “8 Bad Habits that Are Driving Your Coworkers Crazy” by Business Insurance Quotes

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3 Reasons Your Startup Can Fail

Starting a business is risky—any startup entrepreneur will tell you that. But there are things any entrepreneur can do to mitigate that risk and position your business for success. If any of the below factors sound familiar to you, you

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Posted in Start a Business

3 Ways Not to Run Your Business

Running your business is an adventure. You’re finally out from your boss’s thumb—you’re the boss now!—and you can do whatever you want . . . right? Wrong. If you’re starting a business with the attitude that you personally are the

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Building the Right Team for Your Small Business

A business, like any team, is only as good as the people making it up, and your small business will only succeed if you’ve got employees onboard who can facilitate success. Here are a few tips on how to build

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How to Go On Vacation: A Checklist for Small Business Owners

When you’re a small business owner, to say that you have your hands full is an understatement. But study after study has shown that taking a vacation will, in the end, make you healthier (read: better able to work productively and

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Posted in Doing Business