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	Reaching Your Billion-$ Potential Let your imagination take flight. USA: Starting a business is in our blood. Pulitzer historian Oscar Handlin documents how the founders issued the 1776 Declaration of Independence in large part to be able to freely form a corporation.¹ Today, when we start a business, it is our personal declaration for economic independence. And then, we even surprise ourselves. The business grows! Of the largest 1000 businesses, all billions in revenue, 33% of them are still family businesses. Virtually every business starts as a family business. Starting and sustaining a business is the path to wealth and the only true path out of poverty. This small business revolution should be, and could be, the #1 export of this country. Every person, family, and country becomes an "Ownership Nation." more... Other episodes of the show: · Sell Beauty · Go Global · Move to the country · Learn about algorithms · Understand innovation Baldridge Award Again! The Soul of the American Economy Where People Power Works Where Immigrants Can Make It Big And There are No Glass Ceilings Leaders are sometimes followers Take action. Make a difference. Nine Key Ideas and more ... There are nine key points within this episode that we all need to internalize as part of our daily thinking. The tenth point is soul food. - BEC 1. Communicate Your Vision 2. Define Your Business Model 3. Understand Your Numbers 4. Form A Board of Advisors 5. Commit To Quality 6. Use Technology Aggressively 7. Be THE Place To Work 8. Sell, Sell, Sell 9. Be Willing To Evolve 10. Answer the bigger question: a. How much product (services) would you have to sell to be a billion dollar business? b. Ask around. Get some other opinions. Why and how could it happen? c. Are there enough people in the world who would want what you have to sell? Do you have a global strategy? d. We all need an exit strategy. What could you do now to sell others on that billion dollar potential? prior column Translate your website! Go global! Reach billions more people. » Our Arabic Pages: Right from Baghdad Emerging List of Key Contacts in Iraq » Our Spanish pages: A SCORE executive and professor/arbitrator leads us. Our Common Future $400M: Campaign for Local Stations $9B: Challenge to Pension Funds Sign Up, Get Listed, then Invited ... The next episode of the show
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