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Archive for October 2007

October 19th, 2007

Two easy weekend tasks to become better entrepreneurs

There are two very simple things you can do this weekend to become a better young entrepreneur.
1) Read Seth Godin’s Bootstrapper’s Bible
2) Read this post by Young Entrepreneurs of America
Congratulations,  you are now a better young entrepreneur. That was rather simple wasn’t it?
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October 16th, 2007

A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats

Good news everybody, according to London Stock Exchange there are 20,700 more of us.
There has been a big rise in the numbers of people under 25 who set up their own businesses, the survey by Barclays has revealed.Estimates say that 20,700 businesses were started by this age group in the first half of 2007, compared […]

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October 15th, 2007

The UK pre-budget: Pros and Cons for UK entrepreneurs

If you’re a UK entrepreneur, Wednesday wasn’t the best day for you was it? Alistair Darling, UK chancellor, announecd he would scrap taper relief and set capital gains tax to a flat rate of 18%. So what does this mean?
Capital gains tax and taper relief 101
Capital Gains Tax is the tax charged on any asset […]

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October 12th, 2007

If you can’t bulldoze that final 20%, don’t become an entrepreneur

The end is in reach, the bulk of the work is done, and there’s only the minor details left to see it through. Or is there? These minor details are usually the final 20% of you’re project. It’s a tedious, time-consuming, chunk of work outstanding.

It an essay that needs rewriting and proof-reading
It’s a fantastic event that […]

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October 9th, 2007

How To Find a Great Business Idea

Entrepreneurs are one of two types of people. The first is somebody who stumbled across a great idea for a business, and finally mustered up the courage to quit their job and go for it.These people will be discussed next week.
The second types are those people that have always wanted to be entrepreneurs, but still […]

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October 8th, 2007

The Top Five Business Books for Young Entrepreneurs

College Startup has listed their Top 5 books for Young Entrepreneurs. It’s a worthwhile read, but it’s not a list I agree with.
Reading books and blogs is vital, usually it will give you an extra edge over the majority who don’t.  But ‘How I Did It’ books will either give general advice (e.g. be persistent), or […]

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October 8th, 2007

5 Cold, Hard, Facts of Being a Young Entrepreneur

 1) You will eat a lot of cold, hard, food - at least early on.
2) Your first office will probably be a cold, hard, garage.
3) You will spend a lot of time meeting cold, hard, impassionate people – who need a lot of convincing.
4) If you don’t brush up on your accounting and legal knowledge, you could spend a […]

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October 7th, 2007

Warning: Education is bad for you

Here is my stance. I’ll say it right here in the first paragraph of my second post. I think education is a catastrophe. Education is the anti-Christ to entrepreneurialism. Education creates fear, prevents change and tells you how business should be done. It’s all wrong.
I’m a hypocrite. Next July, aged 22, I’ll drop out the […]

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