Sometimes we forget that every successful entrepreneur starts at ground zero when launching a new business. I don’t know about you, but I can’t remember a time when the likes of entrepreneurs such as Steve Jobs or Bill Gates weren’t the mega successes they are today. Knowing that almost all entrepreneurs you read about today came from a place outside the world of entrepreneurship can really help to humanize your own journey to starting your own business and help ground your thoughts in reality instead of making them seem like a distant dream that is too far out of reach. That’s why I wanted to share a very interesting (and amusing) infographic, which highlights the first jobs of some of today’s most successful entrepreneurs so that you can see how they did in fact come from a very similar place to where you may be right now:
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Whether you work in an office or on your laptop at home, work for many these days seems to continue to grow faster than we can keep up with it. Meetings, deadlines, emails, phone calls, and repeat day in and day out. Managing your time effectively with such a busy schedule crucial to getting it all done. Now take work and mix in a personal life with a 100 other responsibilities and you get a recipe for stress and frustration for many very quickly. As a person who wears many hats so to speak, I am always looking for new ways to simplify work and make things just a little easier and a whole lot less stressful. So in an effort to reduce your work today, I wanted to take some time to highlight 10 easy ways to simplify work both in and out of the office. 
False stories that people mistake as facts can be trouble for anyone. Myths as they are called surround all facets of our lives. So much so that even doing something like starting your own small business is plagued with them. We all read about the statistics or facts of actually having a successful business. If you were to just look at the numbers, you might quickly get discouraged as many often do. That would be a mistake because the fact is that many of those discouraging negative things you’ve heard about starting your own business are actually false. Today, I’m going to debunk 10 of the more common myths about starting your own business. 
Google Voice continues to be a popular choice for any entrepreneur running a small business out of their own home and how can blame them. It’s a free service with a free phone number and plenty of useful features. The only cost to the end user is for making calls, which similar to Skype is pretty cheap. While Google Voice is not a actual VoIP service by definition (yet!), it’s still a great product for any entrepreneur at home or on the go with their cell phone. Thanks to the powers that be and more so to friendly competition, Google Voice is not your only alternative. Entrepreneurs may be shocked to hear that there is actually another similar free service that goes by the name of Phonebooth, which could serve up some decent competition for the search giant. This is good news for you and me! 
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More than 50% of all fortune 100 companies are now using Twitter and Facebook actively to market and communicate with customers. Social Media is slowly creeping its way into Corporate America and the rest of the business world. I can only say it’s about time. Small businesses have embraced social media from the start and in many ways paved the path so to speak on best practices when it comes to getting the most for your business from such tools. One of the most interesting things I think is seeing just how companies are using social media, and how it’s going to continue to change the way business is done on several different levels. Here now is a awesome infographic that sums it up perfectly. Entrepreneur or not – this is some cool stuff! Check it out. 
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