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Lesson #3: Enjoy The Process
“It's not that I want money,” says Buffett. “It's the fun of making money and watching it grow.”
Lesson #2: Care for Your Customers and They Will Keep Coming Back for More
When Bean first founded his company, he did so with one golden rule in mind: “Sell good merchandise at a reasonable profit, treat your customers like human beings, and they will always come back for more.” Today, Bean is a legend in the industry for his willingness to go above and beyond the call of duties for his customers. From having a 100 percent money back guarantee to keeping stores open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, Bean placed the customers’ priorities at the heart of everything he did. And that was why they continue to reward his company so well.

Lesson #5: Take Time Off to Tune Up
When Orfalea first rented his little $100 per week garage near the USC campus, he was told his venture would never work. It was a pipe dream, they said. It was a business that would flunk as fast as Orfalea had in school. Still, says Orfalea, “I didn’t listen. I knew what I was going to do.”

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As entrepreneurs, we all have to be wary of our bottom line. By and large, I am of the belief that it’s never smart to spend more than you’re bringing in. That being said, however, there comes a time, especially during our startup days, when it’s time to take a risk, to spend a little extra money in the hopes that it will bring you a bigger return. Here, especially, I am talking about low cost web hosting.

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Passive-Aggressive Behavior Is Useless In A Startup
If you are making the move from a big company to a startup, Scott Converse has a must read post up about passive-aggressive behavior titled Corporate vs. Startup behaviors.
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As entrepreneurs, we all have to be wary of our bottom line. By and large, I am of the belief that it’s never smart to spend more than you’re bringing in. That being said, however, there comes a time, especially during our startup days, when it’s time to take a risk, to spend a little extra money in the hopes that it will bring you a bigger return. Here, especially, I am talking about low cost web hosting.

Learn To Avoid Ugly Baby Syndrome
Last week we talked about creating a "Startup Plan" for your new business idea. To catch you up, a Startup Plan is a detailed list of tasks and subtasks that must be completed in order to get you from the initial idea stage to opening day and beyond.
How to Tell If Your CEO Is Clueless
Pontificating, theorizing, and terrorizing abounds these days in tech startups. Here is a simple test to help you figure out if the startup you work for is in trouble. All you have to do is listen to your CEO talk to people for a week and determine if she uses these lines.
Favorite Small Business Franchises For The Techie
Techie, Nerd, Geek, while many of these pay have been put downs at one point in time, these days geek is chic. If you're a techie looking to startup your own business, check out some of the best small business franchises currently available.

Ten Tips For a Successful Ezine
Looking for ezine startup advice? Look no further. These ten ezine startup tips will guarantee you produce a winning business newsletter.
Startups: Top 10 Funding Sources
Even in today’s stressed economy, there are multiple ways to keep your startup alive and moving forward. I find that many startup founders fixate on one or two, often at the expense of their business. Following is a prioritized larger list of sources, with some “rules of thumb” which may save you a lot of time and energy:

Four Stages of Startup Development
The Startup Genome project is a study of 650 startup companies in an attempt to understand why some startups suceed and others do not. The authors of the Startup Genome project aid significantly in understanding how and why startups develop and succeed or fail.
A Five Point Strategy for Job Creation
Most of the net new jobs in the last decade have come from business startup less than 5 years old. Yet, the number of startups, in 2010, was at an all time low. We present a strategy to return the startup numbers to their pre-recession highs in 2006. Entrepreneurs are key to returning unemployment to a reasonable 5%-7%.
5 Reasons Why You Need To Build A Financial Model For Your Startup
To be successful, entrepreneurs and startup founders need to have a good handle on their business. The best way to do this is to build a financial model, which will give greater insight into your company. It will also make your startup more attractive to venture capital investors, lenders, or angel investors.

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