[ad_1] This story appears in the December 2017 issue of Entrepreneur. Subscribe » Behold the weird entrepreneurial trajectory of Stephen Dubner. He starts out as a working journalist and profiles a brilliant, quirky economist named Steven Levitt for The New York Times Magazine, then ends up co-writing the runaway bestseller …
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[ad_1] This story appears in the December 2017 issue of Entrepreneur. Subscribe » For 2018 trends, we asked an expert on what entrepreneurs can expect this coming year in storytelling. Understanding your audience matters. It always has, and it always will. In that way, storytelling never changes. But technology and …
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[ad_1] In this video, Entrepreneur Network partner Greg Rollett shares the five biggest mistakes that he and his clients have made when creating, launching and selling online courses and information products. Then, he explains how you can avoid making those same mistakes in your business. For example, too many people …
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[ad_1] This story appears in the December 2017 issue of Entrepreneur. Subscribe » For 2018 trends, we asked an expert on what entrepreneurs can expect this coming year in marketing. Traditionally, you raised money from friends and family, bootstrapped, lost money for one to three years and then you became profitable …
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[ad_1] I have run three crowdfunding campaigns, all with over 1,000 backers per project, totaling close to $2 million in pledges. One of them raised over $1.2 million for a brand and prototype that I built in six weeks on a $600 budget. Related: The 10 Most Funded Kickstarter Campaigns Ever …
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