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#1 The first step toward scaling your business is to have the right mindset. Get this wrong and entrepreneurship becomes limited in what you can achieve.
#2 Before you go any further, stop and think about what you want from your business. What is your dream situation. What is real success for you, and how is your business going to get you there.
#3 To begin scaling...
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Book Preview: #1 On March 6, 2012, Michael Dubin launched the video series for his start-up, Dollar Shave Club. The video series was uploaded to YouTube, and within a minute and a half, the site was experiencing server issues because of the high traffic.
#2 King C. Gillette, the founder of rival razor company Gillette, was a businessman by nature. He invented the safety razor in order...
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#1 Incomes are getting lower every year. This will never stop, and relying on college, a job, promotions, security, and stability is a thing of the past. Meanwhile debt has gone straight up.
#2 The basic equation of all economics has been reversed. Supply is almost infinite, and demand has gone down. The rich are getting richer because of this.
#3 The rich get richer,...
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Get the Summary of Brandon Dawson's NineFigure Mindset in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Brandon Dawson's "NineFigure Mindset" chronicles his entrepreneurial journey, emphasizing the importance of mindset and mentorship in achieving business success. After facing setbacks, including being ousted from his own company, Sonus Hearing Centers, Dawson was mentored by Hector LaMarque, who helped him shift his focus from...
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#1 In the summer of 2020, my family and I were under lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic. I was excited to teach my daughter karate, but I couldn't remember any of the techniques. I started watching the first two seasons of the Karate Kid television sequel Cobra Kai, and noticed all the Easter eggs.
#2 Our brains aren't wired to remember routines, but they are wired...
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Book Preview: #1 The farm is currently operated by my mother and my family: wife, Teresa Wenger Salatin, son, Daniel and daughter, Rachel. We produce organic grass-fattened beef, home-grown broilers, firewood, eggs, rabbits, and vegetables.
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#1 I had a side hustle going, and while working full time at my day job, I moonlighted as a social media manager. I was able to secure my first clients through LinkedIn and Facebook groups. I was blown away by the number of people who started their own businesses.
#2 We didn't have enough money to open up a restaurant, so we had to come up with a way to get the $150,000...
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#1 James's client was a perfect example of how the residential real estate market can change quickly. After James had approved Cliff for a loan, the market suddenly changed and many more people wanted loans. Because of this, the team handling the loan request became overwhelmed and it took longer than expected to process it.
#2 Team launches, which are sessions where...
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#1 Accounting is the language of business. It is the process of recording, classifying, and summarizing economic events through certain documents or financial statements. To understand how to interpret and use the information accounting provides, you must first understand this language.
#2 Bookkeeping is the process of recording and keeping track of business transactions....
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Book Preview: #1 I was interested in finding out how much I could teach people about business. Could I take a couple who weren't businesspeople and show them how to create a successful business. I wasn't sure, but I was curious to find out.
#2 After hearing the goals of the business owners, I wanted to see if their plan was viable. I wanted to know if they had a real business or not....
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Book Preview: #1 Anything that can be measured can be improved upon. This includes intangibles such as customer service, brand image, and employee loyalty.
#2 Many organizations have steering committees that make decisions on how to spend the corporate money. These committees are often guilty of making decisions based on intangible factors such as strategic risk and word-of-mouth...
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Get the Summary of Seth Godin's Linchpin in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book.
Original book introduction: Few authors have had the kind of lasting impact and global reach that Seth Godin has had. In a series of now-classic books that have been translated into 36 languages and reached millions of readers around the world, he has taught generations of readers how to make remarkable products and spread powerful ideas....
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Book Preview: #1 Entrepreneurship is an important field to be in, not only because of the money and the fame, but also because it creates a lot of the jobs in the future.
#2 The author is a professor of entrepreneurship at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. He has written the books “The New Business Road Test” and “Getting to Plan B”, which teach...
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Book Preview: #1 There is a difference between equity crowdfunding and the stock market. With equity crowdfunding, investors are not just customers but also shareholders of the company.
#2 Equity crowdfunding is all about investing in a company, which offers a share of its equity to investors in return for money. The companies featured on these platforms are typically seeking funding,...
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Book Preview: #1 When I presented the findings of my research to the V. P. of Sales, he was quick to point out that good questions are equally as important in sales as good closes. He explained that he had always stressed to new salespeople the importance of asking open-ended questions.
#2 My colleagues and I had collected more compelling evidence against the traditional sales training...
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Book Preview: #1 Passion is fickle and uncontrollable. It can make you do things you wouldn't normally do, and it can make you lose interest in things you once loved. However, it's a good thing because it means your passion will not stand still. It will grow, then diminish, then grow again.
#2 Passion is something that drives you, motivates you, and inspires you. It is what gets your...
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#1 Content marketing is when a business provides information to its potential customers that helps solve their problems. It can be in the form of a blog post, video, iPhone app, whitepaper, or even a webinar or event.
#2 Content marketing writers are hired by brands, PR firms, content companies, professionals, and associations and universities. The pay varies depending...
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Get the Summary of Sarah Frier's ‘No Filter’ in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary and not the original book. Original book introduction: In 2010, Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger released a photo-sharing app called Instagram, with one simple but irresistible feature: it would make anything you captured look more beautiful. The cofounders cultivated a community of photographers and artisans around the app, and it quickly went mainstream....
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