YoungUpstarts

JULY 30, 2019

Having worked with more than 10,000 entrepreneurs, innovators, inventors, hobbyists and side hustlers, they often struggle with when it is appropriate to leap from the job environment into the entrepreneurship maze. Business Ownership Strengthens Your Employee Net Worth. Position Yourself With a Better Financial Portfolio.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 23, 2013

This is one of the harder transitions for people joining small businesses. Small-company heroes are consistently self-reliant. At a small company, if you're constantly demanding more support, you risk turning your net impact into overhead-creep rather than value creation. Small companies can face them daily.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 16, 2017

Entrepreneurs who require funding for their startup have long counted on self-accredited high net worth individuals (“angels”) to fill their needs, after friends and family, and before they qualify for institutional investments (“VCs”). Here again, the entrepreneur will be the one hurt most, by having fewer funding sources to access.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 16, 2021

In the last few years, I’ve heard more and more about a new type of small business, called a “micro-business” (or micro-enterprise). These are usually characterized as owner-operated, with five employees or less, and less than $250,000 in sales. Find free stuff. Be creative. Write down agreements.

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 30, 2019

Most startups and small businesses have limited budgets for marketing. So what’s a startup or small business to do when their need for marketing is big, but their budget is small? Here are 5 lean marketing principles and 22 actionable lean marketing tactics you can try in your small business or startup.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 4, 2017

Yet we are all still learning what that means, in terms of hard business practices. Scott Addis, who is an experienced business executive and recent Inc. Entrepreneur of the Year” finalist. One metric now commonly used is called the Net Promoter® Score (NPS). So how do you measure customer loyalty and relationships?

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Has your startup or small business ever considered using a professional employer organization—a PEO? If you’re a small business owner or a new entrepreneur, your finances may be precarious. If you’re a small business owner or a new entrepreneur, your finances may be precarious. Why use a PEO?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 9, 2014

Entrepreneurs who require funding for their startup have long counted on self-accredited high net worth individuals (“angels”) to fill their needs, after friends and family, and before they qualify for institutional investments (“VCs”). Here again, the entrepreneur will be the one hurt most, by having fewer funding sources to access.

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Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

But, you can be sure that as an entrepreneur, each day will be loaded with new possibilities to challenge yourself, be innovative, and learn something new. The beautiful thing about having a small business is that no two days are ever the same. Why did you start your business? I didn't like it much.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Financial cushion” is a common expression used to describe a safety net of cash, there to help you out if you need it. The ‘In’ came about as the idea of ‘coming in’ into another country to expand operations. How did you come up with your business name? Thanks to EdwardMarchewka, CHICAGO MetricsR ! #3-

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Up and Running

APRIL 1, 2021

How to know you’re ready to go from side hustle to small business. So in this article, we’ll be covering the following factors: Do you have a financial safety net? You have a financial safety net. Finance, strategy, marketing, human resources, technology, and operations are all fundamental aspects of any business.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Technology has a crucial role to play in supporting the entrepreneur, as it brings the skills and tools of much more well-resourced companies into your hands. There are a whole lot of skills out there on the net if you look for them. The post 4 Technology Hacks To Keep Your Small Business On Top appeared first on WECAN.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 13, 2014

This is one of the harder transitions for people joining small businesses. Small-company heroes are consistently self-reliant. At a small company, if you''re constantly demanding more support, you risk turning your net impact into overhead-creep rather than value creation. Small companies can face them daily.

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Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

Being in love with your business, when you’re an entrepreneur, is even better. Although there are days when tossing in your hat seems like a viable option, remembering how much you love your “job” can quickly snap an entrepreneur out of that mentality. The reasons are as varied as the businesses themselves.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 6, 2020

One of the challenges that many small businesses and startups encounter is seeking sufficient funds to allow the venture to grow and thrive. While it is typical for businesses, whether small or large, to encounter monetary challenges once in a while, startups and small businesses may find it more challenging to bounce back from these.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 27, 2019

With over 30 million small businesses in the United States, which include all ventures earning under $1 million annually, the market for sole proprietors is unprecedentedly popular. The most obvious factor that leads to the abysmal lack of revenues for small businesses is that many of them fail to survive in the long run.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

Not surprisingly, my experience last week was with none of those wonderful operators, but rather with one of their old-line stodgy competitors, namely American Airlines. Related posts: Lean Marketing: Customer service strategies for small businesses and startups. Small Business and Startups: For Great Service, Speed Counts.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 4, 2019

Often entrepreneurs and business owners create their New Year’s Resolutions around their business. We asked 20 entrepreneurs to share their business goals and what they were looking forward to in 2019. #1- 9- Get small businesses to improve their customer response rate. Photo Credit: Brian Matthews.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 3, 2010

These posts and videos are about design, startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Is Social Media a Waste of Small Business Resources? crowdSPRING’s Small Business Spotlight of the Week: YANA – [link]. The Net Worth of the U.S.

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David Teten

MAY 9, 2012

I am very happy to announce today a new program I’ve been working on designed to support women and diverse entrepreneurs, particularly those in the technology sector. Pioneering Program Launched by Harvard Business School Alumni Angels of New York and the National Association of Investment Companies.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2015

Entrepreneurs who require funding for their startup have long counted on self-accredited high net worth individuals (“angels”) to fill their needs, after friends and family, and before they qualify for institutional investments (“VCs”). Here again, the entrepreneur will be the one hurt most, by having fewer funding sources to access.

Angel Investor 120

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 1, 2018

Preparing financially for retirement can be complicated for anyone, but for small business owners the process often poses even more challenges. But entrepreneurs can’t automatically rely on any of those features; instead they have to put saving/investing plans in place for themselves and their employees. Rule of 100.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 11, 2012

In other words, it’s been a typical year in the life of a small business owner, and, suddenly, December is here, and 2013 is right around the corner. Sometimes the business world pauses to catch its breath in December. Ask yourself: Did your business have a successful year? Pinpoint your best customers.

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Up and Running

APRIL 11, 2017

You don’t need to be Warren Buffett to succeed in the world of business, but you’ll be working at a serious disadvantage if you can’t handle the basics of day-to-day business operations. Seek out business financing. As an aspiring entrepreneur, you may often feel as though you are your business.

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Gust

OCTOBER 5, 2014

This is one of the harder transitions for people joining small businesses. Small-company heroes are consistently self-reliant. At a small company, if you’re constantly demanding more support, you risk turning your net impact into overhead-creep rather than value creation. Small companies can face them daily.

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Small Business Force

SEPTEMBER 10, 2017

Whether you’re an early-stage company or have been around for ten years, for entrepreneurs, leading and managing a small business, especially its growth, is never an easy task. ” I was brought in as the CEO to turn around a small publicly-traded technology company. Limit surprises to parties. Good or bad.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 10, 2017

by Quint Studer, founder of Studer Community Institute and author of “ Results That Last: Hardwiring Behaviors That Will Take Your Company to the Top “ No doubt about it: Small businesses are leading the way to revitalize America. Small business success has been essential to Pensacola’s growth.

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Up and Running

APRIL 6, 2022

The word solopreneur is a combination of two terms solo and entrepreneur. Basically, a solopreneur is an individual who starts and runs a business on their own with no partners or employees. What is an entrepreneur? This means that entrepreneurs don’t necessarily have to be skilled in the area of their investment.

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Transformify

AUGUST 18, 2022

Of course, it can’t all just be that, so today, we’ll be discussing why you should consider hiring freelancers for your business. It’s a net positive that is waiting for you to take advantage of. For small businesses especially, full-time employees are a huge investment. Cost-Efficient.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 10, 2011

This is one of the harder transitions for people joining small businesses. Small-company heroes are consistently self-reliant. At a small company, if you're constantly demanding more support, you risk turning your net impact into overhead creep rather than value creation. Small companies can face them daily.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

This is one of the harder transitions for people joining small businesses. Small-company heroes are consistently self-reliant. At a small company, if you're constantly demanding more support, you risk turning your net impact into overhead creep rather than value creation. Small companies can face them daily.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

With the rise of new cannabis companies, it is important to differentiate your cannabis company from the competition, whether you are opening a farm, extraction operation, or dispensary. Also, think about the specific business model for your company. Your operations plan. Operations. Extraction operations?

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 16, 2016

In business, growth is a big deal, especially when you think about this: Most businesses cease operations and shutter their doors before ever really hitting their stride. Based on data from the Small Business Administration , merely half of all businesses are still active five years after opening.

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Up and Running

JULY 24, 2017

Even though the executive summary is at the beginning of a finished business plan, many experienced entrepreneurs (including me) choose to write the executive summary after they’ve written everything else. Outline your personal net worth. Executive summaries for internal plans, operations plans, or strategic plans.

Software Review 151

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

When calculating DSCR, funding companies divide the net operating income by the total debt service. Net operating income is the revenue minus the cost of equity capital. A net operating income of 100,000 dollars and a total debt service of 60,000 creates a DSCR score of 1.67. to get financing.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 19, 2017

By Tina Hsiao, Vice President of Risk & Chargeback Operations at WePay. And the client that had been operating with great urgency is now saying the invoice needs to works its way through Accounting. small businesses report having experienced cash flow challenges and 16% have experienced payment fraud – just in the last year.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 7, 2013

By Ingrid Vanderveldt, Dell’s Entrepreneur-in-Residence. They’re using metrics that are often unworkable in the current business environment, causing growing businesses to look elsewhere for capital and increasingly towards alternative forms of financing. It’s the paradox of the modern startup.

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