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Succeeding as an entrepreneur takes hard work and persistence because, unfortunately, there is no business-startup fairy who magically bestows success on small businesses and their owners. Most successful entrepreneurs follow comparable patterns and share similar basic characteristics. Hundreds of online articles and published books claim to know the secret of success in business, but for the most part, they boil down to the same major points. Passion, perseverance and a positive attitude tend to set successful entrepreneurs apart. Cultivating these attributes requires an innate skill set and some tips to get started. So here are the main items to take into consideration if you’re trying to develop a business platform. These elements constitute will support a smart strategy for any new enterprise: 1. Love what you do. Passion is key to keeping a business strategy moving. Half-heartedness in an entrepreneurial endeavor will chip away at your drive to succeed. Pe...

April Fools' Day (sometimes called All Fools' Day ) is celebrated every year on April 1 by playing practical jokes and spreading hoaxes. The jokes and their victims are called April fools . People playing April Fool jokes expose their prank by shouting April Fool . Some newspapers, magazines, and other published media report fake stories, which are usually explained the next day or below the news section in small letters. Although popular since the 19th century, the day is not a public holiday in any country. Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales (1392) contains the first recorded association between April 1 and foolishness. Origins An 1857 ticket to "Washing the Lions" at the Tower of London in London. No such event ever took place. The custom of setting aside a day for the playing of harmless pranks upon one's neighbor is recognized everywhere. [ dubious – discuss ] Some precursors of April Fools' Day include the Roman festi...

Smoking and Death Cigarette smoking is the leading preventable cause of death in the United States. 1 Cigarette smoking causes more than 480,000 deaths each year in the United States. This is nearly one in five deaths. 1,2,3 Smoking causes more deaths each year than the following causes combined: 4 Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) Illegal drug use Alcohol use Motor vehicle injuries Firearm-related incidents More than 10 times as many U.S. citizens have died prematurely from cigarette smoking than have died in all the wars fought by the United States during its history. 1 Smoking causes about 90% (or 9 out of 10) of all lung cancer deaths in men and women. 1,2 More women die from lung cancer each year than from breast cancer. 5 About 80% (or 8 out of 10) of all deaths from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are caused by smoking. 1 Cigarette smoking increases risk for death from all causes in men and women. 1 The risk of dying from cigarette smokin...

A statue of Portuguese soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo has quickly become a social media sensation -- but not for the reasons you might think. A bust of Cristiano Ronaldo at the Cristiano Ronaldo Airport in Funchal, Portugal. Reuters Ronaldo, 32, was attending a ceremony at Madeira International Airport -- renamed Cristiano Ronaldo International Airport in his honor -- in Funchal, Portugal, on Wednesday when a bronze bust of his “likeness” was unveiled. The statue immediately turned heads, including Ronaldo’s, as he stood on stage in front of a large crowd. It was obvious the statue, which was meant to reflect the soccer star’s perfect smile and slicked-back hair, looked nothing like him. Nevertheless, the Real Madrid forward smiled and joined in on the applause. He even posed for photos next to the large bronze head. “[I’m] happy and honored to have my name given to the Madeira airpo...

 President Donald Trump vowed to fight against Democrats and members of his own party in the upcoming 2018 midterm elections. In a tweet on Thursday morning, the president departed from past platitudes about party unity and bipartisan outreach and instead retreated to his own corner, ready for battle. Asked if this tweet meant the president was advocating for primary challenges to members of his own party's House Freedom Caucus, spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders told NBC News "the tweet speaks for itself." Trump's comment comes after his administration's defeat on a Republican attempt to overhaul healthcare last week. Despite repeated attempts to cajole House Freedom Caucus members to support the White House-backed cause to repeal and replace Obamacare, the bill never made it to a vote after it was clear it would fail on the floor. President Donald Trump awaits th...

 1•    As per the list published for 2015, Bill Gates regain his first rank as a richest person in the world •    He is declared to own Net worth of USD 85.9 Billion (APPROX INR 480 Thousand CRORE) as of 2017 •    He was born on 28 October 1955 in US •    He co-founded Microsoft with Paul Allen in 1975 which went on World’s biggest & most successful Personal Computer Company in coming years •    He was named in “world’s 50 most eligible bachelors” in 1985” by Good Housekeeping. •     Bill gates are also author of two books by now. Namely “The Road Ahead” &“Business @ the speed of thought”. •    He has famously quoted “Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.” 2.•    Mr. Amancio is a fashion Business man & founder of Inditex Fashion Group. He is also the Chairman of the same. •   ...

Lionel Andrés " Leo " Messi ( Spanish pronunciation:  [ljoˈnel anˈdɾes ˈmesi] ; born 24 June 1987) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish club FC Barcelona and the Argentina national team. Often considered the best player in the world and rated by many in the sport as the greatest of all time, Messi is the only player in history to win five FIFA Ballon d'Or awards, four of which he won consecutively, and the first to win three European Golden Shoes. With Barcelona he has won eight La Liga titles, four UEFA Champions League titles, and four Copas del Rey, among other trophies. Both a prolific goalscorer and a creative playmaker, Messi holds the records for most goals scored in La Liga, a La Liga season (50), and a club football season in Europe (73), as well as those for most assists made in La Liga and the Copa América. He has scored over 500 senior career goals for club and country. Born and raised in central Argentina...

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