The 10 Business Commandments

The 10 Business Commandments

What are the top 10 business commandments? Running a business is hard work. If more people know that upfront, they wouldn’t invest thousands, hundreds of thousands, or even millions of dollars into concepts that are likely to fail if a plan isn’t adhered to or if leadership is lacking. However, business is also a game. So, anyone willing to play it has the right to do so. From my experience developing my own businesses, studying business and accounting, and helping other small business owners actualize their own dreams, I think there are some fundamental concepts that should be acknowledged...

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How to Cultivate Financial Freedom in Under 9 Years

How to Cultivate Financial Freedom in Under 9 Years

By Mandy Froelich of Black Hills Financial Planning As middle- and high-school kids, we all understood that someday, we would each need to enter the world as “adults” (whatever that meant) and take on responsibilities such as paying bills, buying car insurance, and planning for retirement. Public schools prepared us for these important responsibilities by teaching us how to make webpages with Dreamweaver and save 20% of our paychecks. But then, wham! Just like that, we were out on our own and reality sunk in. I don’t know about you, but as a doe-eyed, fresh-out-of-South-Dakota 18-year-old...

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