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How do I advise a company not to hire my employee? You could be opening yourself up to a civil suit from your former employee so LET IT GO. I was once nearly sued for giving a bad employee review which I was just telling the truth so I have learned to just give the...

How many products should I buy from a manufacturer to start a wholesale business? No more than needed to get it off the ground and if you could buy as you sold that would be even better.

For a small business, is it better to use a tool to email market, or do it yourself? Can you outperform the tools available? Does it take you hours to accomplish something a tool can do for you?

What is the scope of small business marketing? 4 PILLARS OF SMALL BUSINESS MARKETING Brand Building Promoting your Unique Selling Position as well as Competetive Advantages so customers have reason to buy from you and not the competition Advertising a reason to buy...

Is it possible to start a business without having interpersonal skills? Steve Jobs nor Mark Zuckerberg were going to win friendliness awards so just be genuine, smart, and passionate and be open to people that your people skills are not that great.

I make 250 thousand dollars a year from my business. When should I leave my day job? Whenever you want to. If you have figured out how to run a company and still keep a job that is paying you 250k you clearly have the option of staying or leaving. What do you want to...

How do you fix a bad business reputation? Begin today flooding online review sites with positive feedback as well as collecting positive customer testimonials like a child collecting baseball cards. Post the testimonials on social media, the company site and or a...

How do you manage someone's performance? How to get the best performance out of employees and team members: Establish what level of performance you expect. This needs to be measurable with results. Periodically (every 90 days, may every 30 when they start) review...

How do you communicate with customers if you can't solve a problem right away? I have learned they don’t expect you to solve the problem right away unless you are a fireman so just acknowledge the problem and ask for a reasonable amount of time while you look into it....