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From the Archives: What It Means to Be a Precedent Breaker

Success

What he manufactures and sells, the conduct of his business, the book he writes, the picture he paints, the sermon he preaches—this is the expression to the world of what was wrapped up in himself, not in someone else. A master mind can not be made to fit a pattern or to conform to any set routine or system.

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How to Launch (and Maintain) a Successful E-Commerce Business

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Not working with a manufacturer halfway around the globe to prototype and build brand new products. You can’t handle the website, sales and marketing, customer service, bookkeeping and taxes, build partnerships, and grow the business by yourself. Bookkeeping and some accounting. No warehouse or dropshipping fees. You need help.

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Mortification Week: the copied texts, the unamused clients, and more

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The only employees were the owner, his son, and their bookkeeper. On a call with operators, manufacturing leads, and my own junior design engineer/mentee, I asked, ‘Will this be enough space to jack off of?’ The son and I sat down for what felt like a pretty easy interview.

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should I stay at a job I don’t like if it could lead to a big pay-off in a few years?

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I’ve been working in my field ever since progressing from bookkeeping at a small manufacturing company to my current job as an assistant controller for a small tech start-up developing what could be a really huge platform. A reader writes: I’m facing a major decision that I thought I was solid about but now I’m not so sure.

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