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As an entrepreneur, you must stay ahead and anticipate the future. To do this, you must refine your current skills and understand successful business practices while sharpening the most important skills you should master in the next five years.From recognizing potential opportunities to adapting quickly to change and maximizing resources for growth, you'll be better equipped to take your business

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3 Ways Dairy Farming Made Me a Better Entrepreneur

For more than 60 years, my family has owned and operated a mid-sized dairy farm in Junction City, Wisconsin. I spent many of my formative years at the barn working alongside my grandparents, parents, uncles, aunts and cousins milking, "sweeping in" and making hay. And while I'm sure I caused

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How to Attract Investors During Tough Times

Whether the economy is doing well or in a phase of uncertainty, the fundamentals of building an investable start-up remain the same. You don't need to be a mind reader to determine what investors want to know.Here are five tips to help convince potential investors that your solution solves a

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Is AI Opening the Door for the 100x Founder’?

Founding a startup is incredibly demanding. The challenges of simultaneously raising capital, hiring and finding product market fit can be overwhelming for new founders. Being a founder in Web3 is an order of magnitude made even more complex with the additional regulatory, business model and technical considerations and risks that

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Expert Reveals Strategies for Creating and Building Unicorn Businesses

The business world respects unicorn startups and with good reason. To qualify as a unicorn startup, a company must have an investor valuation of $1 billion or more, and there are over 1,200 unicorns in the world as of March 2023.The path to unicorn status may not be impossible, but

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How to Deal With an Upset (or Angry) Customer

Here's the bad news: an angry customer is breathing down your neck or tearing you up over the phone, shooting daggers at you via e-mail. Worst case, they're threatening you with the words every business owner dreads, "I'll never use you again, and I'm telling everyone I know not to

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A Guide to Visualizing Data in Your Pitch Deck

As an entrepreneur, a pitch deck is your most powerful tool to impress investors and raise investments from them. However, creating the perfect pitch deck can be a real challenge, and only 1% of pitch decks succeed in acquiring funds! So, how do you make things work here?To make a

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How I Raised $2 Million Without Knowing Any VCs

One of the greatest challenges of entrepreneurship is raising money for your startup, especially if you don't have an established network of venture capitalists (VCs) to rely on. However, with the right strategies and approach, it's possible to secure the funding you need even without prior connections.My DTC cat company,

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New Season of ‘Entrepreneur Elevator Pitch’ Premiere

Season nine of Entrepreneur Elevator Pitch kicks off on June 14, and it's our biggest season yet. World-changing ideas meet life-changing money on every episode — you won't want to miss a second of the high-stakes drama!And speaking of seconds, here's a quick refresher on the rules of our show:Contestants

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How I Earned $389,822 A Year On YouTube

One of the best things about YouTube is its incredible potential to earn you income. With multiple ways to monetize your channel, an unlimited income ceiling and direct access to a network of targeted viewers, YouTube channels have the potential to not simply be just a hobby or even a

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AI Is Becoming a Game-Changer in Startup Fundraising

Navigating the world of startup fundraising can often feel like walking a tightrope, balancing a compelling pitch with hard data, all while trying to predict what investors want to hear.The good news? Artificial intelligence (AI) is here to lend a helping hand, providing startups with an advanced toolkit to make

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