Entrepreneurs & Entrepreneurship Articles For Entrepreneurs & Small Business OwnersFranchise Business Plans – How To Write A Franchise Business PlanWhen you set off to start your own business for the first time, a very good idea is to go with a franchise. After all, the systems are already in place, the business model is already proven, and you will have help getting your business off the ground from your franchiser. But like anything else […] Are You An Entrepreneur Addicted To Success Or Failure?The bottom line is that to be successful as an entrepreneur today in business and in life you’ll need to cultivate a sense of balance in your life. Choose to do work you love, delegate the rest. Find time each day to sit quietly with yourself and enjoy the tranquility of not having to think […] J Is For Joint VenturesJoint Ventures is a concept that has probably been around for a long time, but only seems to have become mainstream over the last few years. 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But isn’t it better to seize the opportunities to change […] How To Choose A Business PartnerIf your business is going to be owned by more than one owner, the simplest business form to create and operate is a general partnership. Forming a partnership entails an agreement between two or more prospective partners. Whomever you choose to be a partner in any given business venture lies solely in what skills, attributes, […] Ten Richest Canadians – How Did They Get So Rich?Billionaires From the Frozen North Any annual listing of the world’s richest people invariably conjures up many of the same names from one year to the next. Yes, Warren Buffet is on there, and so is Bill Gates. Ho hum. But the average American-centric observer usually fails to recognize the wealth and entrepreneurial spirit that […] Most Powerful Women in Business 2009Women in the Boardroom, and Beyond Over the past several decades, women have gained a far more prominent position on the American business scene. Once relegated to roles of subservience, as viewers of the AMC television series “Mad Men” can attest, female corporate executives have continued to assert themselves in boardrooms across the country. The […] |
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