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Culture, Money, and Business Practices

Quiz This True or False? The Bahamas has a paternalistic culture that values American individualism and a casual laid-back style.  It’s a Caribbean culture that would be a good fit for aspiring entrepreneurs seeking a partnership agreement in the Bahamian business community. If you traveled to the Caribbean, the island of St. Kitts, and *handed […]

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Little-Known History of African American Entrepreneurs

Myths and Facts – How Much Do You Know? True or False? 1.  The North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company, one of the largest and most successful Black companies in the 19th century, was co-founded in 1898 by an African American barber with little formal education. True or False? 2.  By 1889, African-Americans had established a wide […]

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Finding Your Niche eBook

Versus Other Entrepreneurial Books Finding Your Niche is designed solely to help you uncover the right venture. Small business books and classes are geared to help you start-up an enterprise when you already have an idea in mind. If you are considering self-employment, but don’t know what business to start, then this eBook will help you target the […]

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The Suprising Ability of General George Armstrong Custer

  Historians remember General Custer for his daring exploits and the disastrous end at the Battle of Little Big Horn inMontanain the 1876. George Custer was known for his kinetic personality, he could not keep still. And he graduated at the bottom of his class at West Point, says biographer Louise Barnett, Ph.D. However, there […]

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Dee Adams’ Online Class

Research Tips for Budding Entrepreneurs: Update August 2014 Without question an ironic, tragic and complex turn of a case On May 13, nine days after a lawsuit was filed over the royalties in Searching for Sugarman, the director of the documentary reportedly stepped in front of a speeding train in Stockholm. Weeks later, Rodriquez was […]

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Dee Adams’ Online Class

How Much Do You Know? 1. When you upload your artistic content to YouTube, you lose the copyright. True or False? 2. During the 1940’s, widespread use of lard as cooking oil decreased, and lard was adopted for use in another industry. Can you guess how? a. Cosmetic formulas b. Pharmaceutical drugs c. Munitions manufacturing […]

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Dee Adams’ Online Class

  Selected Notes: 2012 How American Educational System Fails Students Countless numbers of young people and adults receive virtually no useful guidance in assessing their skills and talents in the current American educational system. In middle grades and high school, the ratio of 1 counselor for 500 students is not uncommon. Furthermore, many of the counselors lack […]

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Biz Quiz

How Much Do You Know? What group in the working population is more likely to start a business or moonlight? What does Henry VIII have to do with the NASA space program? Star Wars, Harry Potter, American Graffiti, A League of Their Own, Charlotte’s Web, 12 Angry Men, and Cool Runnings apart from being movies, share […]

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  Can You Guess the Answers? In the Netherlands, you must study for four years if you want to become a florist. True or false? Saran Wrap was successfully used in another industry before it was introduced to consumers as a food storage product. Do you know which industry? Mecca is one of 12 places in […]

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Thinking Critically & Solving Problems

Logic in the Real World The ability to evaluate arguments, claims, or situations and solve problems in one’s business and personal life is the most valuable skill that a potential entrepreneur can possess. I grew interested in the issue once I realized my understanding of the subject was superficial. Furthermore, I found most of the […]

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