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[Infographic] Small Business Concerns In 2013

YoungUpstarts

While many are generally optimistic about their own opportunities with nearly half of respondents expecting to see revenue growth this year, only 37-percent of them expect the economy to improve in 2013. 92-percent of those surveyed have 1 to 5 employees, with 82-percent having revenues of %50,000 or under in 2012. Flat economy.

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How Online Video Companies Can Increase Margin and Build Better Businesses

Both Sides of the Table

The main thrust of the post is that with YouTube taking a 45% of revenue and talent taking 70% of the remaining revenue, YouTube Networks didn’t have sustainable businesses unless they invested heavily in technology as a tool to increase margin and provide defensibility. Build Non-Ad-Based Revenue.

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We crowdfunded $1.7 million for a new online news publication. This is our story so far.

The Next Web

I’m declaring De Correspondent the most interesting journalism start-up I have read about in 2013. Jay Rosen (@jayrosen_nyu) April 8, 2013. . I’m declaring De Correspondent the most interesting journalism start-up I have read about in 2013.” On April 8th this year, professor Jay Rosen tweeted: “That’s it. Our custom-made CMS?—?called

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Twitter Link Roundup #183 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

crowdSPRING Blog

Why You Should Be Crowdsourcing in 2013 | by Marc Levesque – [link]. Why You Should Be Crowdsourcing in 2013 | by Marc Levesque – [link]. What Silicon Valley Entrepreneurs Get Wrong: 7 Lessons From The Rest Of The Ecosystem | Forbes – [link]. How To Break Bad Habits And Create Good Ones – [link].

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Twitter Link Roundup #171 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

Find The Thing You’re Most Passionate About, Then Do It On Nights And Weekends For The Rest Of Your Life – [link]. The tech industry doubles down on design in 2013 | Gigaom – [link]. Social Networks by Revenue and Employees, Facebook Stands Above All | Web Strategy – [link]. – [link].

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What Startups Need to Know About Exit Strategies

Up and Running

And the rest of us, starting, running, and growing a business, but not looking for outside investors, will probably need an exit eventually; but there’s probably no rush. That usually ends up as something like “[this similar company] was purchased by [that company] in [that year] for [that amount], which was [that multiple] of its revenues.”

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University of Minnesota Commencement speech – May 10th 2013

Steve Blank

University of Minnesota Science and Engineering alumni have founded more than 4,000 active companies, employing over ½ million people and generating annual revenues of $90 billion. Only In America. These alums chose not to take the safe road but instead to push beyond their boundaries and DO.

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