www.entrepreneur.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Determining how to value sweat equity is key when negotiating with investors and employees. When you're getting started, sweat equity is often a critical component of your negotiating leverage with co-founders, early stage employees and others who aren't paid market wages to help you grow your business. BY Asheesh Advani. |.

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 8, 2017

Highlight Community Members. Make sure you recognize specific members of the ambassador community for their efforts. Finally, highlighting community members helps spread brand awareness. The ambassador and other members of the community will share the story, bringing it to the people in their circles.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

My partner Denise lives outside of Philadelphia, and wanted more flexibility to be there for her children and grandchildren. It has opened the door to youth sports for kids in my community as well as eliminate the theft that occurs in youth sports that aren’t being monitored. With that, I created LeagueNetwork.com media.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

JANUARY 5, 2021

How can you become a more recognizable name in your community? Some ways you can survive the COVID-19 pandemic and come out ahead in 2021 include putting your family and employees first and communicating better with your customers. She lives in Philadelphia with her husband and dog, Bear. Perfect Your Message.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Kim Strengari owns three successful restaurants in the Philadelphia region, including Stella Blu. A few ideas: Participate in community events and give out food samples. Managing: Have employee materials. To better manage your staff, make sure you have employee materials ready. Offer discounts to new customers.

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techcocktail.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Tech Cocktail Connecting, educating and amplifying the startup technology community and having fun doing it since 2006. Dedication: At a typical organization, dedication of its employees is important. If your team members are not passionate about the goal of the organization, what’s going to keep them from leaving?

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

Well, for starters, I was born in Philadelphia, so I’m a lifelong Eagles fan. But just give people a taste, and then what I would challenge the community here to do is, these different things that you’re not an expert on or you’re not good at, go back and read what Mark has written about it. 00:00:52] MARK: Sure.

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The Entrepreneurial Mind

MARCH 1, 2010

As recently as 2007 the Small Business Administration estimated that there were more than 21 million self-employed entrepreneurs without employees in the United States. The number of self-employed and freelance entrepreneurs has seen steady growth over the past two decades. Co-working spaces are being established all around the country.

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 5, 2017

Internally the job boundaries may be a bit fuzzy as employees help each other, but when you send a team out into the world for sales, training, support, a trade show, or any form of gathering, you should make some careful decisions as to the mix of that team. Culture is the overworked term for that.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Key Takeaways: The Hero Factor—a leadership philosophy emphasizing the prioritization of values, employee well-being, and community impact. Humility, a key trait of hero leaders, is stressed as crucial in fostering a servant mentality towards employees and customers, ultimately shaping successful and impactful businesses.

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Smarter employees are valuable resources providing a wealth of knowledge that will help your business thrive. Melinda Emerson , the “SmallBizLady,” is the founder and president of Quintessence Group – a successful marketing consulting firm in Philadelphia with an impressive list of Fortune 500 clients. 2) Tammy Adams.

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Smarter employees are valuable resources providing a wealth of knowledge that will help your business thrive. Melinda Emerson , the “SmallBizLady,” is the founder and president of Quintessence Group – a successful marketing consulting firm in Philadelphia with an impressive list of Fortune 500 clients. 2) Tammy Adams.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

I had the opportunity to speak with Melinda Emerson, the “SmallBizLady” and America’s #1 small business expert, who took the opportunity to share with us her proven, step-by-step method to transition from employee to entrepreneur. Start out in your house until you get to the point where you got over three employees.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 9, 2012

The seven featured companies have already proven their worth as winners of the Blue Ribbon Award for innovative business practices and contributions to their local communities. The company operates a unique policy that requires each of its employees to spend at least one day each month volunteering in the local community.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 8, 2012

A B Corp has a fiduciary responsibility with regard to the interests of its employees, the community and the environment, as well as its shareholders. In Philadelphia, a $4,000 tax break was awarded to up to 25 companies. RWW: How do B Corps differ from other kinds of corporations?

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Hunter Walker

DECEMBER 21, 2016

When was C4A founded and how is it structured – a non-profit with both employees and volunteers? A few of whom work on organizing the 75 volunteer groups in communities around the country that work on these issues locally and spreading adoption of Code for America’s practices among government broadly.

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