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How to Build a Bootstrapped Product MVP (From the Ground Up)
Whether you want to launch your product business or diversify with a product MVP aligned with your service-driven company, you need a methodical approach that gets you closer to success. Building a product can be an extensive exercise consuming both time and capital. But with the right type of due diligence, this could be a…
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32 Techniques for Stress Management
Excessive levels of stress—and the inability to deal with it—have been leading to major personal and professional outbursts, impacting the global economy. Stress.org’s research indicates that 77% of people experience physical signs due to stress.One in three individuals feels they live with intense stress, and 73% believe it impacts their mental health. Forbes Magazine reports…
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What Makes Running a Digital Publication a Lucrative Business Venture
Running a digital publication can be highly lucrative due to several key advantages. The convergence of low overhead costs, high scalability, targeted advertising, and a global reach makes this a particularly appealing business model. Digital publications can quickly grow in content and readership. The internet provides a nearly unlimited audience for any niche, and expansion…
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11 Business Strategies for Freelance Writers and Content Firms to Land Clients
A report from Inc.com states that around $3.1 billion is being spent by blue chip businesses for remedial writing training, $2.9 billion of which is spent on current employees and not new hires. This indicates that quality writing and impeccable written content production remains to be highly in demand these days. By recognizing the importance…
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Dealing With Clients: Vendors vs. Consultants
Always being compliant with everything that a prospect or a client says is not the best practice to build a sustainable business. This is one of the most important lessons I’ve learned over a decade of running a business and separately running a consultancy—advising small and medium enterprises. Regardless of the fact that clients often…
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How to Get Better at Asynchronous Communication
Allocating your time and creative juices on just whatever and whenever you feel like it can be great. However, in most business dynamics, you can’t really escape the reality of having to sync over client meetings – as well as handle communications following requirements in different formats (such as video drips, email threads, screencasts). In…
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8 Crucial Business Skills to Weather the Recession Storm
The current decade has been turbulent at best, challenging business paradigms, industrial practices, and biological presumptions across the planet. It begs the question: What is the successful route to developing resilient business skills for the years to come? From a global pandemic ranking near the Spanish Flu of 1918-1920 to worldwide lockdowns suffocating the travel…
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How Mission and Vision Statements Work
When starting a business or setting a new direction for an existing one, two guiding stars often lead the way: mission and vision statements. The mission statement is like the company’s backbone, outlining its core purpose and the reason it exists. It answers the straightforward question: Why are we here? On the other hand, the…
