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What is an ideal business for an individual to run part-time
Many people in employment still harbour ideas about running their own business. The idea of a part-time side project that still generates cash is extremely attractive and there are plenty of possible outlets for those with particular skills and talents. There are many different types of home business or part-time business you could consider that [...]
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5 Tasks Better Done Online
As hard to believe as it may be, there are still people out there who are skeptical about using the Internet for certain things. If any of those people are reading this, you know who you are. You’re the ones that don’t fully trust the technology, haven’t fully embraced all the benefits, are resistant to [...]
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Working from home: The pros and cons
The opportunity to work from home: One of the greatest benefits of working for yourself. Or is it? If you have the space, setting up as a freelancer or starting a company in your own home can save you a significant amount of money on office space and purchasing additional equipment. You get to work [...]
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Keep focused !
One of the hardest thing I’ve ever done. Trying to be focused while all you see are other projects, opportunities and partners. In my quest to start my own business I receive so many information that it gets hard to see what is the most important, what’s less and what’s totally not important at all. [...]
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Why do you want to become an entrepreneur?
A question that we get a lot. Why would a 20 year old student want to become an entrepreneur, start a business and dedicate all of his time to it ? I guess it’s something you have or do not have, you want or you just don’t. I want it ! Let me tell [...]
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Is There a Recession-Proof Degree?
Choosing a college degree and a career path is one of the biggest decisions you’ll ever make. But with the repeated economic downturns we’ve faced in the last few years, many companies have downsized to stay afloat and given pink slips to thousands of otherwise qualified workers. So if you’re thinking of picking up a [...]
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The Startupbreaks Coworking.
A great initiative. I am glad this is made possible, largely by the generosity of Daniel, we now have another coworking space in Antwerp. For me personally it is really helpful to have an office to work from instead of working from home. I have been a member of both Betagroup coworking and Burooz for [...]
The first week at StartupBreaks.com Cowork
We had a good time, and had a whole lot of work done. Everything’s running smoothly, although a couple of things need further care (the plants for example). We’re hoping to get some nice projects from ourselves and coworkers launched and built here and get more inspirational people to work with us! As you probably [...]
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How to Mind Map
As mentioned in our last post on brainstorming. We will continue here with an example of an individua brainstorming technique: Mind mapping The word Mind Map is a trademark of the Buzan Organization. It was popularized Tony Buzan, who abandoned the standard way of taking notes in a list format. Instead it uses a two [...]
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Brainstorming
Now that we have some basic insight in how to think creative it is time to get ideas. A good way to get a lot of ideas within a short timeframe is a brainstorming session. How does brainstorming work? (as mentioned on world creativity forum [...]