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Take this test to predict your success:

Berkonomics

Your success must be based upon data that is solid and sometimes flexible enough to pass several critical tests if it is to guide a business enterprise to greatness. Here in brief are ten tests for your successful vision. Try these on for size, and test yourself for attractiveness to the marketplace, to investors and to history. Ten tests for your business success: Is your market identifiable and accessible?

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7 Government Small Business Grants to Apply For in May 2024

Tech.Co

Seeking funding is a right of passage for many small business owners. While there are endless private and government-backed loans to choose from, if you’re looking to evade strict repayment terms and steep interest rates, it could be worth considering government business grants. Government business grants are financial awards issued by federal, state, or local authorities.

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To directors and advisors: “Noses in; fingers OUT!”

Berkonomics

Many of us have someone who reports directly to us and who supervises others in return. Well, this one is for you. And it is one of the most important lessons you can learn as a manager, board member, or advisor of a company or even a non-profit enterprise. Where did this statement come from? I first heard this in a governance seminar for a non-profit higher educational board upon which I sit, over 25 years ago.

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