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Successful Business Plan: Secrets & Strategies, 7th Edition
“User-friendly and exhaustive…highly recommended. Abrams’ book works because she tirelessly researched the subject. Most how-to books on entrepreneurship aren’t worth a dime; among the thousands of small business titles, Abrams’…
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Entrepreneurship: A Real-World Approach, 2nd Edition
“What separates Rhonda Abrams from the crowd? She is an expert in building successful small businesses. And she continues to create timely, meaningful, and (most importantly) useful content for academics,…
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Six-Week Startup, 4th Edition
“What I love about Rhonda Abrams’ new edition of her bestselling book Six-Week Startup is that it focuses on action. So many people that want to start businesses never…
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Celebrity Entrepreneurs To Inspire Your Students
Who do your students look to for inspiration when it comes to entrepreneurship? Many…
7 Myths about Entrepreneurship
Teaching entrepreneurship, you’re going to run into a bunch of so-called “experts,” who are…
Teaching Creatives Business Without Driving Them Crazy
Not every student you teach is a business student. Or an engineering student. Or…
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20/20 Vision for your Small Business in 2020
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Yes, I know you’re busy with the holidays in your small business. But you’ve…
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Turning Small Biz Stress into Growth
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FINALLY! A Real Tax Break for Small Business
In my USA Today column in November 2009—10 years ago—I proposed a new idea:…
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