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Some People Are Indispensable, But No One Is Irreplaceable

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Although Mr. Jackson was assuredly a superstar baseball player, he failed to realize that even though he was indispensable, he was not irreplaceable. Learn from Reggie’s transgressions: you can be simultaneously indispensable and imminently replaceable. Tags: Entrepreneur Team Building The Fringe. Cal Ripkin, Jr.

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Sharpen your business vision!

Berkonomics

First, if your vision is limited and you will be happy with a successful local dry-cleaning enterprise or small restaurant around the corner, you are not the target for this epic effort to help entrepreneurs build great businesses that do change the world. Please take what you can from these weekly posts. Many will apply directly to you.)

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Vision for your future success is EVERYTHING!

Berkonomics

First, if your vision is limited and you will be happy with a successful local dry cleaning enterprise or small restaurant around the corner, you are not the target for this effort to help entrepreneurs build great businesses that change the world. Please take what you can from these weekly posts. Many will apply directly to you.).

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Have you heard? Eyeballs aren’t everything.

Berkonomics

Email users, continue here… ] That is the quandary which entrepreneurs face today in building models for new companies around a web presence. We experimented with subscription-based charges – hoping that ours were indispensable services. Bringing us to today – Viewers or profit? a month for a subscription.

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10 Ways To Learn At a Startup To Be An Entrepreneur

Startup Professionals Musings

Here are some tips from a book by Harvey Mackay a while back, titled “ Use Your Head to Get Your Foot in the Door ,” which work even better in a startup than they do in a bigger company: Make yourself indispensible. The truly indispensible person in a startup is a problem solver, because every startup has plenty of problems.

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8 Keys To Ensuring Accountability In Your New Venture

Startup Professionals Musings

As an investor and advisor to entrepreneurs, I see accountability, or lack of it, as an override to even the best idea. If you are an entrepreneur building a new business, there are many things along these lines that you can and must do to be seen as accountable, including the following: It’s up to you to be the model of accountability.

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8 Strategies To Satisfy Investors You Are Accountable

Startup Professionals Musings

As an investor and advisor to entrepreneurs, I see accountability, or lack of it, as an override to even the best idea. If you are an entrepreneur building a new business, there are many things along these lines that you can and must do to be seen as accountable, including the following: It’s up to you to be the model of accountability.

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