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In an informative book called The Medici Effect about entrepreneurialism and innovation, there is a section with an anecdote about how Richard Branson started Virgin Airlines that shows the serial entrepreneur’s views of risk taking and research in business.
In 1984, Branson was already a successful record company executive.  But upon being presented with the idea [...]

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Check out this great article at the Sitepoint blog, called 10 Inspirational “How I Did it” Stories about ten individuals who have succeeded in various online business ventures.
The stories range from marketing guru Seth Godin to online dating entrepreneur Markus Frind to Carlo Feliciano, an internet copywriter who shrugged at his own inexperience and jumped [...]

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Higher education is getting more and more expensive as the years go by.  And it’s not going to stop.  However, these days you can find more and more free educational resources online.
If you are interested in getting a business education, maybe you should start an online business.  There’s never been a better time for entrepreneurs [...]

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The ultimate small business is a website run out of your home. Think about it. No brick and mortar (aka additional rent for an office). You can teach yourself how to build a website or hire someone to build one for you relatively cheaply.
Websites are the ultimate small business. You have [...]

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