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  • Top 10 Tips For Marketing Your Business

    If you’re an entrepreneur you know you need to make every dollar count, especially as it relates to your marketing budget. You need to decide where to put your marketing budget where it will make the most sense and draw in the largest potential client pool. One way for business owners in Phoenix and Idaho…

  • Propel your business influence: Write a book

    What’s the quickest way to set yourself apart from the competition? How can you easily propel your status from simply business owner to expert? Write a book. If you notice business owners who operate a business similar to yours surpassing you in speaking engagements and sheer number of clients, it could be because they’ve written…

  • How to effectively use trade to grow your business

    Did you know that if you use trade effectively that you can propel your business to even higher levels of success? If you effectively manage your trade transactions you’ll find you can draw in more customers, make more sales, use your trade dollars to purchase goods and services for your business and free up cash…

  • Why should you become an entrepreneur?

    Individuals are jumping into entrepreneurship in record numbers recently. You may be wondering what traits entrepreneurs share and if it’s time for you to take the plunge. Whether you’re looking to leave the daily grind of your current career, are unemployed or under-employed, going into business for yourself just may be the way to go!…

  • 5 Traits of successful business owners

    Whether you’re in the midst of running a business or if you’re considering becoming an Arizona or Idaho entrepreneur as a way to not only enhance your current income but as a way to pursue a passion, there are several traits that entrepreneurs share. Not only do those entrepreneurially minded individuals have the ambition and…

  • Want your business to be more profitable? Look to trade

    If you want your business to be more profitable, and what business owner isn’t looking for that, this is a great time to turn your attention to trade aka barter. The idea of trading for goods and services has been around for centuries and has been gaining in popularity by business-savvy entrepreneurs. Membership in Tradesource…

  • Member Profile: Grupo Patron

    Owning and operating a restaurant requires a unique skill set that includes food knowledge & preparation, business acumen, customer service, vendor relations and more. In 2007 Lance Reynolds and Guillermo Salazar, with a combined 40 years in the restaurant industry, recognized the need for business consulting and established the bilingual restaurateur consulting firm Grupo Patron. Grupo Patron…

  • Member Profile: Submarinos

    Submarinos Restaurant, located in Glendale, AZ, serves homemade, New York style Italian food at reasonable prices. Located in a strip mall at 51st Avenue & Northern, Owners Tasha & Al Wiesing have had their share of challenges including long-term road construction in front of their business. In December 2010 Submarinos Restaurant was highlighted in the Glendale Star as…

  • Member Profile: The Dailey Method Scottsdale

    Think there is nothing new in fitness? Think again. “The Dailey Method® is a unique combination of ballet barre work, core conditioning, stretching, and orthopedic exercises.” Owner/Franchisee Linda Nofer welcomes members with a smile and calls them by name. This sole Arizona location has been open since 2009. Based in California, the 60 minute class…

  • Tradesource Member Profile: Murphy Business & Financial Corporation Southwest

    Over the last five years Americans have experienced an economic downturn like no other in recent history. When Ryan Gipple decided to leave the banking industry after 20 years, it was, by most accounts, a smart move. Moving from banking to business brokering in 2007 when businesses of all sizes in all industries were failing…

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