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		<title>Five Ideas to Get Your Business Going</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:39:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erik Rostad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most top 5 lists on what to do to start a business include getting a business license, setting up a bank account, and finding a lawyer to complete your important documents.  We at the Entrepreneur School think that these steps come much later in the process and may not even be necessary until you are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bootstrapping a Start-up Business</title>
		<link>http://blog.theentrepreneurschool.com/bootstrapping-a-start-up-business-1923</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 15:25:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erik Rostad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just a few weeks ago, I launched a one page website for a service business and advertised by using Google Ads capped at $2/day.  I currently offer more services than I could provide with the equipment I currently have.  Is that dishonest?  No, because if my client wants the service I advertise, I will purchase [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boostrapping Real Estate Development</title>
		<link>http://blog.theentrepreneurschool.com/boostrapping-real-estate-development-1886</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 15:20:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacob Dearolph</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How can one employ the premise of low risk entrepreneurship to Real Estate Development and achieve success.]]></description>
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		<title>Entrepreneurship?</title>
		<link>http://blog.theentrepreneurschool.com/entrepreneurship-1867</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 14:04:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erik Rostad</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bootstrapping]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Robert Reich makes an interesting distinction in his op-ed in this morning&#8217;s NY Times.  He asks if we are seeing a rise in entrepreneurship or a rise in self-employment.  The question really comes down to whether or not we are seeing a rise in Opportunity or Necessity entrepreneurship.  Typically, in wealthy countries, the majority of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Entrepreneurial Rap Quotes</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 11:52:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erik Rostad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many rappers out there have followed a bootstrapping model for their business.  They started using inexpensive recording equipment in their own basements, used social media such as MySpace &#38; YouTube, and used viral marketing techniques to get their music heard at a very low start-up cost. One thing I hear rappers do a lot is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beware of Business Credit Cards</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 03:49:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Beach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On February 22 of this year, Congress passed and President Obama signed major changes to the consumer protection laws, called CARD (Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure Act).  Among other changes, it prohibits raising rates on old balances and other interest spikes.  However, the law does NOT apply to small business credit cards.  Yet another [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Entrepreneur Hustle</title>
		<link>http://blog.theentrepreneurschool.com/the-entrepreneur-hustle-1672</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 20:19:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kristin Diver</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently spoke to someone with a fledgling business, with just the occasional low-dollar sale. I started asking questions as to whether they&#8217;d done any serious research on where they could sell their product &#8211; and was shocked that they were resistant to going an extra 10 miles out to find a customer. But, but&#8230;.that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Orleans Mini-moon (Entrepreneurs Dream)</title>
		<link>http://blog.theentrepreneurschool.com/new-orleans-mini-moon-entrepreneurs-dream-1618</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 00:22:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Beach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just got back from a mini-moon in New Orleans.  A mini-moon is a short honeymoon, when you don&#8217;t have enough time to go for a normal one or two week honeymoon.  When Megan and I married, events prevented us from taking a normal honeymoon.  I wrote earlier about our mini-moon in Vegas, where we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Low Risk Business Idea</title>
		<link>http://blog.theentrepreneurschool.com/low-risk-business-idea-1318</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:56:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erik Rostad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We at The Entrepreneur School are all about starting businesses that require little start up costs.  One way to search for these types of businesses is to pay attention to what your friends, family, and colleagues are asking about, are discouraged about, or need help with and see if you can assist them for a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>15 Entrepreneur Questions from UGA</title>
		<link>http://blog.theentrepreneurschool.com/15-entrepreneur-questions-from-uga-1172</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:16:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacob Dearolph</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are currently at the University of Georgia with Jim and Chris. They are answering questions on entrepreneurship for a group of students. We are filming the Q&#38;A series as it will be apart of The Entrepreneur School. I&#8217;ve listed the questions below along with some highlights from the answers. 1. How was the transition [...]]]></description>
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