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An Entrepreneur’s Quick Guide to Closing Online Sales

Making your website do what it is supposed to do doesn't cost much and doesn't take long. You just need some practical advice on how to make it work right.

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Simple Objectives, Simple Strategies, Simple Success

I think one of the reasons I’ve always found businesses easier to start and grow than most people, is that I have such simple objectives. I like spending money for stuff I want and on people I like. To do that I need income. Therefore, within broad parameters, I like businesses that make the numbers in my bank accounts go up more quickly rather than less quickly. I do not like to own businesses that make the numbers go down.

Those...

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Start Here! STARTING & GROWING A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS

Following the huge success of our seminars around the UK, Doug and the School for Startups team are taking their nationwide tour to Brighton. A must-attend event for any budding or established entrepreneur, "Start Here! Starting and Growing a Successful Business" is hosted personally by Doug Richard and is the cornerstone of the School for Startups curriculum.

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Doug Richard’s 7 Virtues of a Sound Business

Every serial entrepreneur has a set of precepts that govern most of their business decisions.  These “general rules” may not apply to every situation, but they apply to almost every situation and the exceptions are so few and so far between they are almost impossible to anticipate.

While these principles may vary from one business owner to another, almost every successful business owner can agree with all of them.  These principles underpin what I teach at School for Startups. If you...

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Starting a Business: The 3 Things I Really Believe

The 3 Things Doug Richard Really beleives about starting a business have changed. Not surprisingly they are about how much you spend, how fast you move and how much you focus. The surprising part is that he disagrees with the common wisdom.

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