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stephen key
"The Minimum Guarantee" Part II  - Inventions and Product Ideas
April 9
here are numerous other factors to consider and familiarize your self with. Contracts may differ severely in length; a small company may compose one that is two pages, and a large company, 40 pages. However, each licensing contract will include basic terms such as minimum guarantees, royalty rates, channels of distribution, liability insurance the licensee must have and more.
petrock
Mutt with a Mohawk  - Funny Business
April 8
Wiggles makes wigs for dogs.
Denise O'Berry
Credit Cards Filling the Cash Flow Gap for Small Businesses  - Just for Small Business
April 7
As banks become more tight-fisted with cash, small businesses turn to credit cards.

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Hi Liz - welcome to the AllBusiness Blog Center!
By: Kevin Stirtz on Welcome to Minding Her Business
Hi Liz, I find that your contribution to the blog are inspirational indeed. However motivated some of us women may be, regardless of geographic boundaries, there are a million of us or more out there for whom it might be a mind-bending thought to take the plunge. Hence, a few success stories would help a lot in getting our entrepreneurial juices flowing about the kind of businesses other women have established and learn from their successes and failures. Who knows, it might help spin off ideas to start similar or related ventures. Thanks.
By: Bhanu on Women Taking the Plunge
I think your writing is interesting. Whoever taught you about elevator speeches did you an injustice. I teach small business owners, mostly women and minority owned how to become successful. One of the key marketing concepts is to understand your business in a way that when you network yourself, you are not fumbling over words. We do not teach a script, but an understanding of her own business. Prepared in such a way that when asked "what do you do?", the entrepreneur can respond in a relaxed, non-intimidating and comfortable manner. An 'elevator speech' is a shorter version of any speech or presentation. One must practice her speech daily before the presentation. But never read from a 'script'. I give presentations regularly, short and long, I practice, practice, practice and never read from a script. So don't leave the elevator speech at home, learn it, practice it. Know thyself and your business. Listen, respond and be engaging. And most importantly, enjoy. 'If you are not having fun, you are doing it wrong.' Chris ...
By: Christopher Smith on Your Elevator Speech, Or Not
Excellent post and you really are very observant; however being entrepreneur isn't just opening a business. In fact opening a business has nothing to do with it. An entrepreneur is a person who through innovative development changes industries, creates new ones, or creates new products or concepts. They usually are terrible business people because they are more centered in process of their discovery and pushing their dream. Now with that said people who open or start a business can have the spirit of entrepreneurism, after all they are starting off on their own quest and in a very real since are pioneering real frontiers in their lives. This is especially true of most women who take the plunge. So thus you find hesitation, fear and reluctance to take that final step. It is big and it is scary. Planning for success will help to eliminate that process and make the business jump much easier and certainly help to promote the eventual success of the venture. This include drawing up your own business plan or using someone?s business opportunities that are already proven successful .
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