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U.S. COMMERCE DEPARTMENT’S COMMERCECONNECT EXPANDS INTO CHICAGO

Submitted by Terry Ratoff on Wed, 03/09/2011 - 3:24pm
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Following the launch of its Michigan office last September, the U.S. Commerce Department’s CommerceConnect is expanding into the Chicago region – one of 16 regions where the service is being launched this year.

Making Ideas Happen: Overcoming the Obstacles Between Vision and Reality

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Making Ideas Happen: Overcoming the Obstacles Between Vision and Reality
Making Ideas Happen: Overcoming the Obstacles Between Vision and Reality
Scott Belsky

Belsky counsels on how to develop creative ideas into productive and profitable ventures, explaining a range of effective practices based on moderation, prioritizing and encouraging conflicts.

Now, Build a Great Business! 7 Ways to Maximize your Profits in Any Market

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Now, Build a Great Business! 7 Ways to Maximize your Profits in Any Market
Now, Build a Great Business! 7 Ways to Maximize your Profits in Any Market
Mark Thompson

Thompson and Tracy have written one of the best books on not just how to build a great business, but how to be successful at anything.

Innovate! How Great Companies Get Started in Terrible Times

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Innovate! How Great Companies Get Started in Terrible Times
Innovate! How Great Companies Get Started in Terrible Times
Thomas A. Meyer

 Innovate! How Great Companies Get Started in Terrible Times captures the lessons of  great innovative individuals and companies that began in the worst economic times, identifying the philosohies, strategies, and essential keys to success during your own challenging economic times. And it just might be your road map to building the next great American business success story.

Crush it! Why Now Is the Time to Cash in on Your Passion

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Crush it! Why Now Is the Time to Cash in on Your Passion
Gary Vaynerchuk

Online-marketing trailblazer Vaynerchuk tells business owners what they need to do to boost their sales using the Internet--just as he has done to build his family's wine store into a multi-million dollar business.

The 250 Questions Every Self-employed Person Should Ask

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The 250 Questions Every Self-employed Person Should Ask
Mary Mihaly

This book presents the questions you might not ever know to ask-the ones that will set you up for success! Follow your dream to self-employed prosperity with the help of this essential reference.

So, You Want to Start a Business? 8 Steps to Take Before Making the Leap

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So, You Want to Start a Business? 8 Steps to Take Before Making the Leap
Edward D. Hess and Charles F. Goetz

More than 60% of American adults say they want to own their own business, and more than 5,000,000 new businesses are started every year. Unfortunately, 50-70% of new businesses fail. In this book, two of the world's leading experts on entrepreneurship identify the 8 'killer mistakes' that cause most of these business failures and give entrepreneurs all the knowledge, tools, templates, strategies, and hands-on how-to advice they need to avoid these errors.

Business Innovation for Dummies

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Business Innovation for Dummies
Alexander Hiam

Discover how to access your creative power to boost your success in business Success in business demands constant creativity. Generating fresh solutions to problems and the ability to invent new products or services for a changing market are part of the intellectual capital that gives a company its competitive edge.

The Mirror Test : Is Your Business Really Breathing?

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The Mirror Test : Is Your Business Really Breathing?
Jeffrey Hayzlett

Through entertaining and timely anecdotes, Hayzlett coaches small business owners how to thoughtfully yet aggressively evaluate, deconstruct, and then reconstruct one's business in order to focus on its bottom line.

Companies on a Mission

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Companies on a Mission
Michael V. Russo

Companies on a MissionCompanies on a Mission explains that mission-driven companies appreciate and leverage traditional strategic principles—with a twist—to win in the marketplace. By clearly and pragmatically laying out this argument, author Michael V.

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