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Vanessa Peters, an excellent example of someone who fell into the trap of attending college, choosing a career, working hard, and climbing the corporate ladder, hoping they would one day be financially successful. She eventually took action. Despite being a high-income earner, she realized she could not achieve her financial goals after building a career…
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Billion Dollar Exits founder Coran Woodmass never finished high school. It didn’t stop him from becoming self-educated and entrepreneurial. Over the years, he learned how to reverse engineer billion-dollar deals after mastering sales and negotiating dozens of exits. His current gig is buying millions of dollars worth of EBITDA at a discount with other people’s…
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Almost everyone believes that they are free. Their job is stable, they live in a lovely home, and if they’re lucky, they get 1 to 2 weeks of vacation per year. Can you really call that freedom, though? Throughout his life, Kevin Koskella has worked to answer this question. He used to feel trapped in…
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To succeed as an entrepreneur, what strategy should you follow? Is it better to raise money and grow a business, or to scale it up? Rob and Chris Taylor are powerhouse brother duos who are successful entrepreneurs in both fields. In 2006, Chris started Square Root to help OEM field managers understand and act on…
Read MoreThis may sound too good to be true. However, this article focuses on a self-proclaimed Finnish nomad — turned 8-figure mushroom entrepreneur. Yes. You read that correctly. Tero Isokauppila has developed an 8-figure mushroom business. By combining his family’s farming background with a market opportunity, Tero capitalized on the health and wellness industry’s boom. This…
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Among the fastest-growing sectors of commercial real estate over the past four decades has been self-storage. Self-storage units are useful for many things, from moving to storing vinyl records, and hand-me-down furnishings — to business inventory. However, COVID-19 was the pinnacle of the industry’s growth. The pandemic closed many businesses and caused many families to…
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“The first wealth is health,” wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson in 1860. David E. Bloom, a Harvard economist and health expert in Finance and Development’s lead article, cites Emerson’s quote as an example of the importance of good health as a foundation for life, a community, and an economy. As a result, health wealth is a…
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There is no doubt that every startup founder knows what bootstrapping is — for those who don’t, here’s a quick rundown. The concept of bootstrapping refers to starting a company with very little capital from outside investors. When a new company is founded and built solely through personal finances or operating revenues, it is said…
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For decades, we’ve followed the rule that business is business. To put it another way, profitability matters more than making a difference. This viewpoint has changed, though, as more and more businesses embrace the “business as a force for good” mentality. As Cheryl Fields Tyler, CEO of Blue Beyond Consulting, points out in Forbes, “Business…
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If an economic downturn doesn’t occur, it will be surprising. Inflation has remained tamed for over a year thanks to the Federal Reserve’s interest rate hikes. We have already seen more stringent credit conditions. There are even some regional banks that have closed their doors. However, even the Fed’s staff economists anticipate a recession even…
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