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One Copy at a Time: Kinko’s Takes Off
Orfalea had been a student at USC when he noticed a copy machine in the school library. He realized that few people had access to the new technology and decided to do something about it. With a $5,000 loan from the bank, Orfalea rented out a 100-square-foot garage behind a hamburger stand near his campus. In addition to selling school supplies, Orfalea bought a copier and began charging 2.5-cent copies. The store was so small that the copier had to be used out on the sidewalk in front. He called his business “Kinko’s” after his childhood nickname.

Proper Preparation Prevents Poor Performance: Tips & Tools to Increase Productivity
Prior proper planning prevents poor performance. It may be a tongue twister, but it’s important to remember that our productivity is greatly increased when we make the time to prepare. Preparation is a discipline and successful professionals make the time. Here are five ways to do your homework and prepare.
Internet Marketing Home Based Business, What Does Riding A Bike Got To Do With It?
The biggest hurdle in starting a business online is not even trust, as many would say. It is in the not knowing and understanding what doing business on the Internet is all about. There is only one way to find out, get on your bike and experience the thrill of the ride. Only then will you understand, and not before. Only until you take some simple steps explained here will you understand what doors are already open for you to walk through.
Redneck Retirement Savings Plan-RRSP
If there is such a thing as free money then why aren't there more millionaires?
6 things you must know to attract affluent clients
Do You Want To Learn The Insider Secrets to Find People that Value Your Expertise, Are Willing to Pay Premium Prices and Will Build Your Business FOR YOU By Raving To All Their Wealthy Friends?
Marketing Strategies for a Small Business I learned One Summer
This is a light hearted article from a real life experience. It is about two friends who fail in business due to a poor product.
The three biggest barriers to small business success, and what you can do to break through.
Have you ever wondered why some people achieve small business success while others find themselves sitting on the sidewalk watching the parade go by? Well, here are the three biggest barriers to small business success.
The Ethics of Service
Service works when it enriches the exchanges. Customers feel valued when the experience a service provider delivers something special to the encounter. But generous must be coupled with conscientiousness or it turns contentment into caution. And, a generous heart without an enthusiastic spirit risks leaving customers believing they have received a gesture without importance and a gift without worth.

Seven Key Words for Success
These seven words, when used properly, hold the key to finding answers and solutions to every problem, obstacle, or barrier you will encounter. When you are faced with a problem, look at this list to determine what you need to do or be to solve it. 1. Change To make things different in your life, you have to make one or more changes. Change happens all the time, and there is nothing we can do about it. Few things in life are static or permanent, and the "status quo" is never permanent. There are only two things in life that never change: truth, and the fact that everything else changes. Regardless of your background, you can become more.
Holiday Parties 101: Risks and Returns
With lavish holiday parties not only raising questions but eyebrows too, companies are debating the appropriateness of costly year-end celebrations during these faltering economic times from both a financial and public relations perspective.

Small Business Marketing -- Business Lessons Learned in Cabo
The thing about Cabo, Mexico, is you're surrounded by a lot of entrepreneurs. From the people peddling their wares on the sidewalk to the wait staff and crew members serving you (and working for tips), it's a great place to study what to do if you want to put more money in your pocket. Here are 5 things they did and what you can do in your own marketing to increase your sales.
The Value of Your Word
Dear Jane, Recently, I broke a promise to a colleague and didn’t complete my part of a project on time. Now she says she can’t trust me anymore. I think she’s overreacting, especially because I told her the reasons I was late. What else can I do? My 79-year-old mother received a letter from the Austrian Government a few weeks ago. You see, my mother, along with her family and many other Jews in Vienna, was forced to flee when the Nazis invaded in 1938. She was just 10 but she remembers clearly the name of the Nazi Commissar, Anton Kaiser, who stormed her family’s home and forced her father to sign over the deed to their apartment, her father’s life insurance policy, his business, and all his possessions.

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Small Business Marketing -- Business Lessons Learned in Cabo
The thing about Cabo, Mexico, is you're surrounded by a lot of entrepreneurs. From the people peddling their wares on the sidewalk to the wait staff and crew members serving you (and working for tips), it's a great place to study what to do if you want to put more money in your pocket. Here are 5 things they did and what you can do in your own marketing to increase your sales.
One Copy at a Time: Kinko’s Takes Off
Orfalea had been a student at USC when he noticed a copy machine in the school library. He realized that few people had access to the new technology and decided to do something about it. With a $5,000 loan from the bank, Orfalea rented out a 100-square-foot garage behind a hamburger stand near his campus. In addition to selling school supplies, Orfalea bought a copier and began charging 2.5-cent copies. The store was so small that the copier had to be used out on the sidewalk in front. He called his business “Kinko’s” after his childhood nickname.

"Gotcha TV"
You’ve seen it on TV dozens of times. The businessman is walking casually to his car when a reporter and television crew ambushes him on the sidewalk. Sometimes the businessman shields his face. Other times he tries to answer the impromptu questions. When television is at its best, a camera gets shoved and doors get slammed. But what should you do and how should you respond when confronted with this situation? Here are a few simple steps you should take that can ensure your reputation remains intact.
The three biggest barriers to small business success, and what you can do to break through.
Have you ever wondered why some people achieve small business success while others find themselves sitting on the sidewalk watching the parade go by? Well, here are the three biggest barriers to small business success.
Parallel Synchronized Randomness
The person you happen to meet on the sidewalk who knows a person you should meet. The phone rings, it's someone dialling a wrong number but somehow you get to speaking and she knows all about the answers that you are seeking. You get a flat tire driving to work and someone pulls over to help you and it just happens that this person knows someone that you have been trying to meet and makes the introduction. The book that just magically appears on your desk one morning that no one knows how it got there, but carries within it the secrets that you have been searching for. Life is as big a miracle as you want it to be.

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