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If You Don’t Ask, The Answer Is Always No

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I have a friend who asks for a discount on every single thing he purchases. He is a business owner, but he doesn’t just ask for discounts when signing contracts or making purchases for his business. He asks for a discount on every single thing he buys, business or personal. A lot of the time his inquiry is done in humor and good taste. I finally asked why he does this and he explained that if he does not get into the habit of asking for discounts or negotiating, you may miss your opportunity or not have the confidence when the time comes for it to really make a difference.

This makes sense. How many times have you bought something where you knew you could of negotiated but felt uncomfortable to ask? Well, you just left money on the table. In some countries negotiating is a part of the culture. I’ve heard from several people…

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The Real (Slightly Gray) Face of Entrepreneurship

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Behind every new internet craze, technology and social media is a hip, young twenty-something on their way to building an empire, or so it seems.  While the younger generation is probably behind most of the online revolutions, the media certainly portrays this group as the majority of entrepreneurs with their “Top 30 Entrepreneurs Under 30,” “20 Most Innovative Entrepreneurs Under 20,” and who knows, someday there might be the “10 Most Brilliant 10 Year-Olds.”  While we are obviously captivated by the hip, bright and silly-rich, young entrepreneurs, a study by the Kauffman Foundation, a non-profit group that encourages entrepreneurship, shows that the baby boomer generation has the highest rate of entrepreneurship.

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