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According to a TD Canada Trust survey and BIV Business Today, the top five happiest entrepreneurial cities are Calgary, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto and Vancouver.Overall, high satisfaction levels associated with owning their own business were the main reasons for small business owners having a more positive attitude than those who work for someone else. About 97% [...]

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According to The Florida Times-Union, the barbecue sauces, salsas, mustards and rubs are on the shelves. Now the owners of Sauceaholics just have to hope for business.They opened the small shop in Lakewood, Florida, last week. It’s a simple operation by most business standards – one employee and 900 square feet of jars and bottles [...]

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Rick Norsigian, a goateed 64-year-old maintenance worker who has spent most of his life living in the same house on a quiet street in Fresno, has long had a penchant for collecting antiques. His hobby may have paid off in a big way.The Fresno Bee reports Norsigian and his attorney announced that 60 glass negatives [...]

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I recently published a video on why it is important to develop a deep understanding of your customer. In that video I covered a brief overview of the different psychological elements that relate to you understanding your customer and how you fit in as a service or product provider, fulfilling their needs. After reading the [...]

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Numerous research studies show that our bodies operate by 90 minute rhythms during the day. When we’re awake, we move from higher to lower alertness every 90 minutes.Matthew E. May at OPEN Forum says we should try to get things done in bursts of intensely focused activity, interspersed with periods of rest and recovery. [...] [...]

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