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5 Important Reasons to Separate Your Business and Personal Finances
Let’s set the scene. You’ve got your business idea, you’ve started bringing in clients, created your website, and you’re set up for success…or are you? While things pick up, room for error and disorganization can begin to increase. When it comes to your business finances, you aren’t the only business owner... read more
5 Important Reasons to Separate Your Business and Personal Finances
Let’s set the scene. You’ve got your business idea, you’ve started bringing in clients, created your website, and you’re set up for success…or are you?
5 Emotional Traits of Successful Entrepreneurs
Mike Smerklo is a venture capital investor, author and entrepreneur who worked with some of the biggest names in the tech world. This includes Marc
How to Sell on Etsy
My wife has been selling her wreaths on Etsy for several months now. As I peak at what she’s doing in our shared office, I
How To Create A Better Pitch Deck
Business owners pitch all the time. We pitch our employees on our ideas. We pitch our future customers and “sell them” work hire us. We
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5 Important Reasons to Separate Your Business and Personal Finances
Let’s set the scene. You’ve got your business idea, you’ve started bringing in clients, created your website, and you’re set up for success…or are you?
5 Emotional Traits of Successful Entrepreneurs
Mike Smerklo is a venture capital investor, author and entrepreneur who worked with some of the biggest names in the tech world. This includes Marc
How to Sell on Etsy
My wife has been selling her wreaths on Etsy for several months now. As I peak at what she’s doing in our shared office, I
How To Create A Better Pitch Deck
Business owners pitch all the time. We pitch our employees on our ideas. We pitch our future customers and “sell them” work hire us. We
Introverts Can Be Great Speakers. Engagement Is a Must, Not Loud.
Yes, Ramon is loud. An “extrovert”. Often the first to raise his hand. Rarely embarrassed. He’s NOT an introvert. Audiences around the world talk about
Too Much Inventory Can Harm Your Business – 10 Tips
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Using Tax Credits As Revenue for Your Business
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Ramon’s 6 Content Creation and Amplification Tips
Use content to close the trust gap Listen to the accompanying PODCAST here. First recorded live on Clubhouse. Smart Hustle Small Business Podcast · Ramon’s
Let A Recession Make You Stronger. Advice from Fundbox CFO.
Covid was bad. Like really bad. However, it also made many of us stronger. Businesses that were not harnessing technology the way they should, harnessed
Ask for the smile before you ask for the sale. Be the Celebrity CEO of Your Industry.
Have customers chasing you. Stop lowering prices. Don’t be afraid of your competition. Use the Celebrity CEO concepts to build your personal brand
Instead, build a community of fans who you nurture to a sale. In fact, ask for a smile before you ask for a sale! All this and more, inside “Celebrity CEO”
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