Article: Most businesses start with one compelling idea — whether it's a service people need, a product that would make life easier, or something that combines both.The business world is full of great ideas (and many not-so-great ones). What will set yours apart is whether you can find a niche need to fill.   You don’t necessarily have to do something revolutionary or brand-new to be successful. You just have to be better at something than your competitors.  You will likely be more successful if you do something you know and love. Going into computer programming might make your business very marketable, but if your heart’s not in it you won’t have the energy to keep yourself going.  If you’re having trouble thinking of an idea, create a list of things about your target market, such as places they shop and things they purchase. Narrow the list down to about three items, keeping cost, manufacturing time, and popularity in mind.  Find the easiest, most realistic product you can offer. The key to starting a business is to know whether there is a demand for your product or service. Is what you can offer something that is not being done as well as it could be? Is it a need that doesn’t have enough supply to support demand?  There are many sources of free industry information. Search online for industry and trade associations in your target market and read the articles and press releases they post. You can also get valuable demographic information from census data.  The U.S. Small Business Administration has a website with excellent suggestions on how to come up with venture ideas, conduct market research, how to write a business plan, and how to recruit investors. It is an invaluable source of reliable information if you’re starting a business. You can have the greatest product or service in the world, but if nobody wants to pay you for it, your business will crash and burn. Talking to others will also help you prepare to persuade investors. Ask for honest feedback when you talk to potential customers. Your friends may try to be nice to you when you propose your idea, but critical feedback that points out weaknesses or problems will be much more useful, even if it isn’t always easy to hear. Entrepreneurship is always a game of risk and reward, but often the risk is greater (especially in the beginning). Take stock of all your assets and figure out how much money (and time and energy) you actually have to invest. In addition to considering your savings, credit, and other sources of capital, consider how long you can afford to go without making a profit. Small businesses are rarely profitable immediately; can you afford to not draw a salary for perhaps several months or even a few years? ” According to ‘’Forbes’’, “acceptable loss” is the idea that you should first determine the possible downside of your business venture and then invest only what you can actually afford to lose should your business turn out differently than you’d hoped. This limits the scale of failure if your venture doesn’t work out. One of the most important things in becoming an entrepreneur is flexibility. You can’t control everything about your business, and adaptation is vital to survival. If you’re overly committed to a plan, you may sabotage yourself.
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Brainstorm a great idea. Research your market. Talk to potential customers/clients. Determine what you can risk. Understand the idea of “acceptable loss. Commit to a goal, not a plan.
Article: The melody of a song is the catchy layer of the song. But it doesn’t necessarily have to be the singing. It can be a sequence of notes that are incorporated into the song. Finding the melody will help you find the energy of the song, which will help you choose moves that are fast, slow, jerky, fluid, or whatever matches that energy. For example, you wouldn’t do high energy dance moves to a slow country or a grooving hip-hop song. Warm-up and start moving your body by nodding your head to the beat. This will help you begin to blend your movements with the music. Start with slow bobbing motions, and once you get comfortable and feel like you know the rhythm well, pick up your movement energy. When you find the beat and start bobbing your head, your confidence will rise because you’ve managed to capture the energy of the song. Now that you’ve gotten a sense of the melody and you’ve started to move your head to the rhythm of the song, start to move the rest of your body by moving your feet to the beat. Shift your weight onto one foot, then shift it back to the other. Play around with shifting your weight according to the rhythm of the song.  Tapping your feet is another great way to capture the beat of the song. Relax and keep your legs loose and knees slightly bent so you don’t look or feel so rigid. The downbeat is usually a low pitch instrument like a drum or bass, the upbeat is often a cymbal, a sharp snare, or another high pitched instrument. As you start to move your body to the music, make a mental note of the upbeat and downbeat so you can utilize them in your freestyle dance by timing your moves to coincide with them. Most dancing music occurs in pairs with the first pair being the downbeat and the second being the upbeat.
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Listen to the melody of the song to find the energy of your freestyle. Bob your head to the rhythm of the beat. Start to shift your weight back and forth on your feet to the beat. Note the upbeat and downbeat so you can use them in your dance.
Article: If you live in a larger city, you may get phone books from multiple carriers during a single year. To stop them, or to receive only the one book you prefer to use, follow them to their source. Many have opt-out pages online now. Most yellow pages phone numbers are available online, so the best option for you might be opting out entirely. To opt out of a variety of phone books at once, go to Yellow Pages Opt Out at http://yellowpagesoptout.org/. Once you create an account, you should see a selection of phone books for your area. You can choose which ones you wish not to receive. Verizon/Superpages and Dex both use Yellow Pages Opt Out as their opting out service. Most printed phone directories may be recycled with your regular paper recycling. They're also good for starting campfires or charcoal grills.
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Pick one. Pick none. Recycle them.