Friday 5 for the Week of June 2, 2014

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Here’s what other entrepreneurs have been reading, sharing, and talking about this week on GoSmallBiz.

8 Free Tools for the Bootstrapping Small Business

Free tools are great. Free tools that help your business are awesome. While there are many free business tools screaming for you to play with them, here are 8 of our favorites… Read more

There Are No Silver Bullets

No one can make you successful. You have to do that. You have to believe in what you are doing. You have to go out each day looking to help someone. That is where it starts and that is the only sustainable business model – the only way you can hope to build something that is truly of value… Read more

Mastering Business Growth with Lara Hodgson

People talk about growing a business as if it were a very simple thing, but it’s a huge challenge for business owners. Not only can it be a challenge to grow a business, but when you do grow you have to be careful not to grow your business to death… Read more

Consultant’s Corner: Business Entity Selection

Despite the protection it can provide, many small business owners feel that there is little reason to form an entity and operate as unincorporated sole proprietorships or general partnershipsRead more

Always Keep Your Promises

The fastest way to lose a customer is by lying to them. They should know what makes you different from your competitors. But it’s not enough for them to just know what you say makes you different; they should know from seeing you fulfill your promises… Read more

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