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Pawn Stars Teaches Entrepreneurs How To Not Negotiate - Real Lessons From Reality TV

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I was recently working at my kitchen table while my adolescent son was watching the History Channel’s reality TV show Pawn Stars. The show caught my attention, as a litany of extremely unsophisticated individuals sold their family heirlooms and other.

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Top Ten infoChachkie Entries Of 2011

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By early 2010, I found my stylistic voice and identified my audience of emerging entrepreneurs and thus dropped my penname. Pawn Star Negotiating. I was hesitant to use my own name, as I did not want my blog to be perceived as a self-promotional vanity project. I published 21-Skype interviews during 2011. All Time Rank.

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Why Selling To The Government Can Downgrade Your Startup

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In fact, during my many years as an operational entrepreneur, I explicitly avoided working with governments, for the reasons described below. As highlighted in Negotiating With Pawn Stars , an entrepreneur’s two most valuable assets are time and money. I am not a government contracting expert.

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