When I saw that the site was building a following, I enrolled in the Entrepreneurial Business Planning Course at the Yale School of Management to learn more about the market and how my site fit into the wedding industry landscape.

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There are also courses on obtaining money for small businesses, entrepreneurship and business planning, entrepreneurial marketing, developing entrepreneurial work styles, as well as a host of other topics including accounting, marketing, legal facets, sales and taxes.

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For me, what is noteworthy about this story is that these governmental entities have the feel of public-private partnerships, effectively mixing the strategic planning of entrepreneurial government agencies with aggressive economic development and a healthy orientation toward profit and efficiency.

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Research has begun to suggest that planning has serious downsides in an entrepreneurial venture.

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Every entrepreneurial venture begins with a single step and bringing a book to market, platform or no, requires planning, strategy, and tactics to achieve the most modest degree of financial success.

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