Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 1, 2011

Even though it has been a long haul, it’s nice to see some optimism surfacing in 2011. Just yesterday, a new study “ The PNC Economic Outlook: Survey of Small & Middle-Market Business Owners ” was published. Obviously, falling income over the past two years put additional pressure on small business cash flow.

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Small Business Administration SBA Japan Forecast 224

YoungUpstarts

MAY 8, 2012

Many of the loans currently being made are going out to businesses of all sizes, including small businesses that are in a position to boost growth in the economy. Following a boost in holiday retail sales, the service industry has experienced a fast pace of growth in late 2011 and early 2012. million in tax revenue.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

The response to the game’s highly-anticipated release has been incredible, with the app surpassing over $160 million in worldwide revenue within its first month of launch. Here are three insights that small business owners can glean from this phenomenon: Great Potential for Location-Based Marketing. billion in 2015 to $18.2

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Small Business Asia Mobile Singapore 181

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 18, 2013

How big are small businesses in Asia? Did you know, for example, that in Asia small and medium enterprises (SMEs) contribute between 25% to 60% percent to a country’s gross domestic product (GDP), constitute 16% to 69% of its exports, and employ between 52% to 97% of its workforce? Apparently, very very big.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 19, 2012

We hope that this innovative tool will help small blog-shop businesses in Singapore to boost their efficiency and increase revenues.” At least one small business that uses TackThis agrees. TackThis has been in open beta since September 2011, and to date, have signed up nearly 1,000 retail merchants.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

Despite all the negativity we hear in the press about the sad state of the economy these days, the latest Citibank small business survey shows that the majority of small business owners believe they are poised to grow or are already in growth mode. says Raj Seshadri, Head of Small Business Banking at Citibank.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 3, 2014

It’s finally getting a little easier for small businesses to obtain the funds they need to invest in and grow their operations. Statistics from a variety of sources indicate a gradual loosening of lending to small businesses around the country. Have plans? Need funding? Lending is picking up. The December figure was up 2.7

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 16, 2014

Apps are increasingly becoming a vital part of how businesses deliver services and goods to consumers, in fact Gartner predicts that by 2017 apps will generate more than $77 billion in revenue and be downloaded more than 268 billion times.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 24, 2017

We’re a small business, founded by two sisters. My biggest accomplishment in 2017 was taking on a brand new business venture, my yoga and lifestyle brand Apeiron. 24- Double-digit revenue and national partnership. Thanks to Janet Ruth Heller. #6- 6- Launching the deluxe version. Photo Credit: Ilina Simeonova.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 9, 2012

These small business are each a shining example of the power of free enterprise and the opportunities it can create for America’s doers and dreamers. Chamber of Commerce has announced the seven regional finalists for the DREAM BIG Small Business of the Year Award 2012. Boasting revenues of up to $1.5

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 9, 2011

SIMPLE, EFFECTIVE AND AFFORDABLE SMALL BUSINESS MARKETING Home About Consulting Products Programs Workshops Blog Resources Contact Subscribe by RSS Subscribe to Duct Tape Marketing by Email Small Business Week 2011 Our winners! As the importance of Facebook as small business marketi.

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Social Media Software Review RSS Engineer 59

crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2011

Simple to use and critically important, FB is a key portal to your business, a point of entry for many of your potential customers. If you haven’t been attentive to this in 2011, start in 2012. Your time is best spend developing strategy, experimenting, listening to customers, and generating actual revenue.

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Small Business Public Relations Startup Social Media 117

The Entrepreneurial Mind

JANUARY 17, 2011

The last couple of years have been rough on small-business owners and a discouraging time for aspiring entrepreneurs. So what is the outlook for entrepreneurship in 2011? Most forecasts for 2011 are indicating little or modest growth in employment. Small-business owners remain pessimistic about the near-term future.

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Small Business Administration Bootstrapping Washington Forecast 64

crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2011

Simple to use and critically important, FB is a key portal to your business, a point of entry for many of your potential customers. If you haven’t been attentive to this in 2011, start in 2012. Your time is best spend developing strategy, experimenting, listening to customers, and generating actual revenue.

Small Business 112

Small Business Public Relations Startup Social Media 112

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 11, 2022

Husband and wife co-founders, Todd and Laure Fisher founded CallTrackingMetrics in 2011 in their basement and together have grown it into an Inc. 500-rated, top-ranked conversation analytics software serving over 30,000 businesses around the world. Marketing Podcast with Todd and Laure Fisher. This is John Jantsch.

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Tim Keane

MARCH 9, 2011

How to prepare a sales forecast for a business plan » March 09, 2011.   If plenty of cash flow regardless of plan for sale/retention of business: Senior bank debt based on cash flow coverage and new assets.  Maybe Small Business Administration guaranteed loan. « Leaving a Trail | Main. |

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www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Small Business Success | Mondays and Thursdays. The Goods: Your Business Toolbox | Thursdays. Todays Small Business News | Daily. Running A Home-Based Business. Naming a Business. Financing a Small Business. Buying a Small Business. RUNNING A BUSINESS. The 2011 Inc.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 5, 2014

It’s too bad, because a report by local & small business locator, Manta.com found that 61% of the small businesses surveyed indicated more than half of their revenue comes from repeat customers. Phase 3 – Evaluate Whether A Loyalty or Rewards Program Will Drive Repeat Business. The result?

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 16, 2011

Self-employment tax is a mystery to most new small business owners. Here are a few more essentials of self-employment tax for the new small business owner: 1. Self-employment tax is calculated on the “net earnings” from self-employment, that means your revenue less business expenses. for the combined rate.

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 7, 2011

In other words, it is a tangled mess and nobody really knows how it will impact small business. Here are 8 possible effects and how they may hurt or help small businesses: 1. Businesses large and small will continue to struggle as long as demand is soft and business budgets are constrained.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 5, 2014

It’s too bad, because a report by local & small business locator, Manta.com found that 61% of the small businesses surveyed indicated more than half of their revenue comes from repeat customers. Phase 3 – Evaluate Whether A Loyalty or Rewards Program Will Drive Repeat Business. The result?

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Retention Developer Customer Programming 112

ConversionXL

JUNE 5, 2014

It’s too bad, because a report by local & small business locator, Manta.com found that 61% of the small businesses surveyed indicated more than half of their revenue comes from repeat customers. Phase 3 – Evaluate Whether A Loyalty or Rewards Program Will Drive Repeat Business. The result?

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Retention Customer Developer Programming 105

mashable.com

OCTOBER 27, 2010

This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum , where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business. The site is run by Mercy Corps , which intends to help “small businesses grow faster, generate more revenue, and employ more people.&#

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

John Jantsch: This episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is brought to you by Gusto, modern, easy payroll benefits for small businesses across the country. Still, small businesses across the country love running payroll with Gusto. You can never rest, that’s for sure, running a small business.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 5, 2014

It’s too bad, because a report by local & small business locator, Manta.com found that 61% of the small businesses surveyed indicated more than half of their revenue comes from repeat customers. Phase 3 – Evaluate Whether A Loyalty or Rewards Program Will Drive Repeat Business. The result?

Retention 98

Retention Customer Developer Programming 98

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

But many of these businesses still aren’t using social media in a planned, strategic approach, the study found. The 2012 study results show that overall use of social media is up from 44% to 53% among small businesses (1-99 employees) and up from 52% to 63% among medium businesses (100-999 employees) year-on-year.

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Social Media Media Small Business Product Development 185

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 18, 2011

SIMPLE, EFFECTIVE AND AFFORDABLE SMALL BUSINESS MARKETING Home About Consulting Products Programs Workshops Blog Resources Contact Subscribe by RSS Subscribe to Duct Tape Marketing by Email Small Business Week 2011 Our winners! As the importance of Facebook as small business marketi.

Small Business 53

Small Business Marketing Social Media Cofounder 53

Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

May 26, 2011. LinkedIn’s product had only been live for a couple months, we only had tens of thousands of registered users, and wouldn’t start generating revenue for more than a year after this point. But I can similarly appreciate the enthusaism of the small handful of firms that did express interest in our round.

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Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

The Entrepreneurial Mind

DECEMBER 14, 2010

As 2010 comes to an end, it seems that the best way to describe the state of small business is that those that have survived are treading water. The NFIB Index of Small Business Optimism rose slightly in November. Employment improvement in small businesses continues to be anemic. workers per firm.

Small Business 71

Small Business Washington Forecast .Net 71

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

Hershey just bought Krave Jerky, a team in our 2011 Berkeley Lean LaunchPad class, for >$200 million. —– Jon Sebastiani and his team came into the 2011 Berkeley Lean LaunchPad class with several key observations: Snack foods were a large ~$35 billion but the moribund food category was starving for innovation and modernization.

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Up and Running

APRIL 27, 2015

It’s true that no one is perfect, and this shows itself in the business world as much as it does anywhere else. However, we small business owners can take some comfort in the fact that we’re not at the helm of a massive corporation where a mistake can cost millions. Ronald Johnson: Know your customers, or face losing them.

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Technical Review Mexico Cofounder Angel Investor 60

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

TokyoYuki Question: What about giving an added incentive to potential developers, in exchange for part of up-front fees, a percentage of the revenue generated from the app/program? Let us know in the comments your experiences with any of these options for IT project staffing. That's my old keyboard (in the post image)! Saitek Executive.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 21, 2012

A/B testing your email marketing campaigns on the email side is really important in your effort to increase revenue. In order to continuously push the envelope by learning more about your audience’s desires while simultaneously increasing revenue you need an on-going a/b testing cycle. A dedicated landing page.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 29, 2014

Here at WePay, 2014 was a big year for us as well — we pivoted fully into our API business, introduced the industry’s first risk API, launched the first white label payments product with complete protection from fraud, and more than doubled our revenue. No big deal, right? For more information visit www.wepay.com.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

DECEMBER 29, 2010

I will be in Etihad Stadium when 2011 dawns, along with many thousands of other people, all joining together in one groovy moment spent with our DJ, Armin Van Buuren , who is bringing his “ Mirage &# show down under. So many small business owners are in this situation, with 12 hour days being normal.

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Small Business Force

MARCH 11, 2017

Every small business, no matter the size, generates data. If and how you track and manage that data can make the difference between whether your small business succeeds or not. Entrepreneurs need to understand the data that is most critical to their individual business’ success. Or safety stock levels?

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 21, 2012

Here’s a more humble example of a small business that began in a garage. In 2011 it saw US$1.1 million in revenue (for just the two locations) and another two outlets sprung up earlier this year. Forrest Walden officially the first Iron Tribe Fitness facility in 2010.

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