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6 Small Business Pitfalls, and How to Avoid Them: PART ONE

Posted September 26, 2008 - 16:08 by Nora Dunn

Entrepreneurship

small business is big business

The world of small business is vast and rife with pitfalls. The opportunities are as great as the hazards, and no matter which way you slice it, running a small business takes a lot of hard work and tenacity.
But it doesn’t have to be all bad: by knowing where the typical traps lay and how to avoid them, you can soar to great heights with your business.

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Is This Job Worth It?

Posted 2 years ago by Troy Hadley

Filed Under: Career Building

This post technically isn't about me. It's about a friend, a lousy job situation, and soliciting feedback from our readers for a friend of mine.

Tiffany is an engineer who works for a small start-up. She makes a very good salary, has benefits, and doesn't have a particularly heavy workload at the moment (her company is building a product, so the work comes in fits and starts, so she's been chilling for a couple of months while the hardware is being built). Anyway, Tiff is kind of bored right now, but otherwise OK. She's the only female in her office, and works with about 12 men who are much older than she is (she's 27, they're all about 45-57).

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