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As an entrepreneur, you must stay ahead and anticipate the future. To do this, you must refine your current skills and understand successful business practices while sharpening the most important skills you should master in the next five years.From recognizing potential opportunities to adapting quickly to change and maximizing resources for growth, you'll be better equipped to take your business

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Friends’ Kitchen Side Hustle Surpassed $130,000 in 3 Days

This Side Hustle Spotlight Q&A features Scott Hattis, 41, of Brooklyn, New York. Hattis is the CEO and entrepreneur behind Loisa, the Latin food and kitchen brand co-founded in 2018 with his friend Kenneth Luna. Image Credit: Courtesy of Loisa. Scott Hattis, left, and Kenneth Luna, right. Hattis and Luna

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Struggling to Find New Clients? Use the ‘Lumberjack Strategy’.

I was exhausted. My B2B fulfillment business had grown rapidly and was doing $1.2 million annually, but finding new clients was a grind. I was trapped in an endless cycle of networking events, cold calls, and business card exchanges that yielded minimal results.Then I discovered what I now call the

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How NFL Star Von Miller Became a Chicken Farmer

Von Miller knows what it takes to dominate a field.For more than a decade, he's been one of the NFL's most feared pass rushers, a Super Bowl MVP and the kind of player who changes games and defines eras. But even after all the sacks and all the glory, Miller

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Walmart Employee’s ‘Magic’ Side Hustle Surpasses $1 Million

This Side Hustle Spotlight Q&A features 35-year-old New York City-based entrepreneur Mehek Khera. Khera is the founder and CEO of Niramaya Foods, a snack brand "rooted in wellness and inspired by Indian heritage."At the age of 24, Khera left New Delhi, India and immigrated to the U.S., where she landed

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Caught Off Guard? You May Have Found Your Next Big Idea

Being an entrepreneur means experiencing a range of emotions, sometimes in quick succession: there's frustration, inspiration, exhaustion, glee, satisfaction, anger, excitement, despair — to name a few. It's a rollercoaster.Success hinges on being able to manage those feelings, and not letting them unbalance the even keel needed to keep going

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Kim Perell Shares The Mistakes That Made Her a Millionaire

On every episode of How Success Happens, I get to talk to incredible people who have done incredible things despite the many roadblocks and risks entrepreneurs face.This week, I spoke with Kim Perell, a nine-time founder, best-selling author, investor in 100+ companies, and a proud mom of four.If you're a

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Harvard Business Happiness Expert Shares Money, Career Tips

"The first big mistake that people make is thinking that happiness is a feeling," Arthur Brooks, professor at Harvard Business School and author of the forthcoming book The Happiness Files: Insights on Work and Life, says.Image Credit: Jenny Sherman Photography. Arthur Brooks. On the first day of class, Brooks asks

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Brothers Start Business From Garage, Leads to $100 Million+

Coulter and Trent Lewis, Colorado-based brothers and co-founders, wanted to give yards across the U.S. a major update — and it led to the launch of an innovative lawn care brand in 2019: Sunday.Image Credit: Courtesy of Sunday. Trent Lewis, left, and Coulter Lewis, right.  "I'm standing in the aisle

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3 Things I Wish I Knew When Founding a Company 20 Years Ago

Twenty years ago, I launched my company with a head full of optimism and a thin playbook. The market was smaller, capital was scarcer, and the word "scale" usually referred to manufacturing, not software.Let me save you twenty years. Through three recessions, a pandemic and a Russian hack I'll never

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What the CEO of Kickstarter Wishes Aspiring Entrepreneurs Knew

Everette Taylor had an entrepreneurial mentality from a very young age, buying candy at the store and selling it for a profit at school. At 19, he founded a business that played to his event-planning strengths and filled a niche in his community, EZ Events.Taylor learned an important lesson about

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