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I will just offer a few tips designed to give entrepreneurs some ideas for promoting their businesses on LinkedIn.

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While solving a strange problem years ago, I had a few revelations. My son’s basketball got stuck in our driveway hoop, and he was too...

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In the November 23, 2020 episode of NPR’s How I Built This, host Guy Raz shared his interview with Melissa Butler, the fearless owner of...

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The following is an excerpt from a book I recently published called The DIY Website Workbook. The book has evolved from my work with clients

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Here is my step-by-step guide to easing outside your comfort zone into the scary world of delegation. Accept that you can’t do everything.

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Buffalo-based artist Cassandra Ott will be the featured artist at our next Bright Nights event at Brightside Coworking on Monday,...