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Different entrepreneurial ventures require different things -- both from the business and from the entrepreneur. Here is an exercise to see how to measure what your business goals will need to be, what your skill set is, and what you'd need to help round out your leadership team. - Alora

I am a strong advocate that, with proper mentorship, even the most meager of talents can take root and flourish. I am also just as convinced that, without any mentorship, even the most gifted people in the world are slated for an on-going cycle of ill-informed decisions. - Alora

One of my single biggest frustrations is talking to entrepreneurs and hearing horror stories about having their websites built. I hear them all the time: an entrepreneur pays someone a ridiculous amount of money for five static HTML pages that he/she cannot update themselves, and then disappears, never to be heard from again. - Alora

What entrepreneurs can learn from celebrity chef, Gordon Ramsey (Hell's Kitchen, and Kitchen NIghtmares), about conducting guerrilla market research. - Alora

WorkingPoint's CTO discusses where small businesses and entrepreneurs should start when it comes to their online presence. - Alora

One of the keys to being a successful entrepreneur is figuring out which things need in-depth attention to detail, and which things will be just fine with a quick-and-dirty once-over. How do you decide which is which? - Alora

Gartner predicts that by 2012, 20% of businesses will own no IT assets. What does this prediction mean to entrepreneurs? - Alora

An entrepreneur's job is to be a leader to his team, and the first rule of good leadership -- especially in a small organization -- is that if you don't develop a culture of trust, you will never get the best out of your people. - Alora

The four reasons that the eternal quest for productivity solutions is like the equally eternal quest to lose weight. - Alora

Why it is sometimes harder to find the right partner(s) for your business than it is to find the right partner for your life. - Alora

One of the hardest parts about making the switch from employee to entrepreneur is re-learning how to work, without a social and business infrastructure provided by other people. Self-directing your work will quickly become the do-or-die skill that most people never had to manage when working for 'the man.' - Alora

Being efficient isn't just about conserving power, it's about conserving resources. And for bootstrapping entrepreneurs, those resources could mean your time, your energy or your money. - Alora

Five critical communication tips to help ensure collaboration success. - Alora

Why a capacity for optimism is vital for entrepreneurial success. - Alora

The Conference Board released a study showing that employee satisfaction is at a two decade low in the US... so why is that great news for entrepreneurs? - Alora

WorkingPoint CMO discussed Paid Search and helps walk you through getting started. - Alora

Kelli Wall shows users how to close out their 2009 books with WorkingPoint. - Alora

How the new economy change the status quo for the workforce -- and what that means for entrepreneurs on both sides of the fence. - Alora

Some tips for preventing and dealing with late paying clients. - Alora

The Entrepreneur Evangelists examines the debate inspired by Netflix infamous "no vacation policy" policy, and discusses how and when it makes sense for entrepreneurs. - Alora

Kelli Wall steps us through the process of building a year-end income statement in WorkingPoint. - Alora

At each stage of your venture, asking yourself the right questions can be vital for moving your business forward. What questions are most meaningful when? What questions should you ask to know what kind of business to start? What are the questions to ask about keeping a new startup focused? What should seasoned leaders ask themselves? - Alora

Free tools to help entrepreneurs optimize their websites for maximum effectiveness. - Alora

More free tools for entrepreneurs: lesser known Google products to help small business. - Alora

Small businesses have a great assortment of free tools to help them manage both their teams and client interactions. Solutions such as Zoho, ooVoo, Scribblar, DimDim, Yugma, Google and SocialText make it easier than ever before to collaborate, get work done, deliver projects and grow your business. - Alora

With nearly half of all small businesses still not having a website, the Entrepreneur Evangelist walks you through a quick step-by-step process for setting up your site on WordPress. - Alora

The Entrepreneur Evangelists highlights SmallBizBee's year-end master list of lists for tools for small businesses. - Alora

Kelli Wall describes how to use WorkingPoint to help small businesses close out their books for the year. - Alora

The Entrepreneur Evangelist discusses SCORE, mentors and how much there really is to learn from failure. - Alora

Startups change over time, but new leaders need to stop and think about implementing widespread changes before pulling the trigger prematurely. Bridging the passion of a founding team with the skills of the growth team is a delicate transition, and one that is too often handled far too recklessly. - Alora