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		<title>How I Opened a Company and a Bank Account in the USA as a Foreigner: Stripe Atlas Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Dec 2023 15:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Wondering how to open a bank account in the United States as a non-US citizen? &#160; Do you know if you’re doing business with customers in the US or earning money in US dollars, having a US bank account can be beneficial in many ways? &#160; Having a US bank account can eliminate many restrictions,&#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Entrepreneurship 101: 5 Things That Make Your Business Stand Out</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2020 11:35:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[With so many businesses fighting for customers’ attention, it is often difficult to stand out from the crowd. A unique product doesn’t always guarantee success; however, it is the mindset of the leadership that does. For success as an entrepreneur, you don’t have to invent a product. What matters is your ability as an entrepreneur&#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>How I Grow My Instagram from 0 to 5000 followers in 5 Months</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Panda]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2020 17:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[You’ve probably heard that Instagram is the “platform” to be on. And so I thought I should go in and it would be a great platform to launch my blog and magazine apps. &#160; And in 5 months, I’ve gained 5000 followers organically without buying any follower. I know plenty of other people who have&#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>How to Remove Photo Backgrounds in PowerPoint</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Panda]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Jun 2019 17:06:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I hate using graphics software. I am not a graphic designer, have no background in graphic skills. Yet I have to deal with lots of designing and image-editing works in managing blogs, social media, magazines and books publishing. &#160; Will you believe that my secret designing weapon is using a simple tool like PowerPoint? &#160; PowerPoint has&#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Seven Things I Learned from Publishing on Amazon</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Winson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2019 11:37:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[People Fear Amazon. Authors income are at stake. Fending off Treacherous competition has made publishers Mad! With a switch of a button, Amazon can make or kill you. Today, I share our failures, screw-ups, misfortunes. And how… we &#8230; somehow claw back and reinvent ourselves. &#160; Related reading: 9 things I learned from Elon Musk&#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>9 Epic Collection of Founder Stories that You Won&#8217;t Want to Miss</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Panda]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2018 17:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Thinking of starting your own business? &#160; Building a successful name for your startup is not an easy task. It takes a lot of determination, effort and creativity to start with an idea and grow it to profitability. &#160; The hard bleak truth is that nine out of 10 startups will fail. And fewer than 50%&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>How to Work as Hard as Elon Musk in a World of Lazy Dreamers</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Winson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jul 2018 17:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Here’s one of the most common questions I get asked: &#160; “What is Maverick?”   According to Dictionary.com, a maverick is a lone dissenter, as an intellectual, an artist, or a politician, who takes an independent stand apart from his or her associates. Therefore, a Maverick is a nonconformist, an individualist; a free thinker and a&#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>4 Things Every Startup Should Invest In</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Panda]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2018 07:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Sure, having your own startup comes with a lot of costs &#8211; monetary costs, that is. A large amount of money might be needed to start your own business, especially toward the beginning stages of your launch. While some costs, such as your lease and electric bill, might be fixed, others are definitely variable. Oftentimes,&#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>My Crash Course in Investing at the Age of 30 &#8211; Part 2</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Winson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Nov 2017 20:29:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In my previous blog post on my crash course in investing &#8211; part 1, I pointed out how there was little to no money at the beginning to invest, so I took a crack at budgeting to grow my Amazon publishing income. &#160; On October 2013, i hit my first 4 figure check &#8211; $1249.89&#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>My Crash Course in Investing at the Age of 30 &#8211; Part 1</title>
		<link>https://thinkmaverick.com/crash-course-in-investing-age-30/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Winson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Nov 2017 18:22:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I suck at investing. At a ripe old age of 30, after building my 6-Figure internet business, my investing portfolio is really just the 500 books I published on Amazon. &#160; I treat each of them like my mini-properties. &#160; Invested thousands of dollars and countless of hours on them so that they continue to&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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