Category Archives: Small Business Tips

Zuckerberg Advice for Entrepreneurs

Mark Zuckerberg spoke at Brigham Young University in Provo on the 25th of March, sitting down for the first official interview he has had on a school campus in front of an audience of 10,000+.
Never graduating from a formal university himself, his advice on company management and choosing a career path is based on life [...] Continue reading

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Sneaky Tricks to Win Customers: Don’t Do It!

“Help me! I’m stuck in England. Can you help me out by wiring me $2,000? Better yet, I’m a disposed Nigerian prince and I have a large sum of money ($72 million, to be exact) that I would like to transfer to your account. All I need is for you to…”
We’ve all seen scams before. [...] Continue reading

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Friends & Feedback

Ever had a dumb idea that one of your buddies talked you out of?  Yeah, me too.  Phew.  Pretty serious relief when you realize how dumb the idea was and how truly excited you were about it for a while. Being a small business has loads of perks—flexibility, low overhead, general awesomeness—but one big drawback. The problem many small [...] Continue reading

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Hook Line and Stinker

Personally I enjoy fishing. There are many things I find enjoyable about the serenity of being outdoors, the sound of quiet flowing water and the occasional riverbank conversation. What I do not care for, and would guess this goes for most people, is getting fished… hook, line and stinker. I am talking about “DEALS, DEALS, [...] Continue reading

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If you’re going to sell me something, know who I am and what I do.

I own Hugamonkey.com; we make and sell baby slings. I get a lot of phone calls from marketers, vendors, and manufacturers. Many of these people are calling to sell me their services or products. Recently I set up a phone appointment with a marketer. They had an interesting offer and it seemed like it might [...] Continue reading

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