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Top Five Mistakes Small Business Owners Are Making During Pandemic

YoungUpstarts

As the owner of a debt mitigation company, I have never seen such a wide variety of issues plaguing the fiscal health of small business owners. Some businesses are open, while others are closed but trying to reopen while the remainder are waiting for the government to allow them to reopen. No Dialogue with Commercial Landlord.

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Business 2013 - Optimism, But Check Your Strategy

Startup Professionals Musings

Even though it has been a long haul, it’s nice to see some optimism surfacing in 2013. Earlier this year, a new study “ 2013 Business Outlook Survey: A New Reality Of Cautious Optimism ” was published by EKS&H. Obviously, falling income over the past years put additional pressure on small business cash flow.

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Female Founder Interview: Latina Leader Elizabeth Colón

The Startup Magazine

She has been named Chicago Business Journal Woman of Influence (2016), the National Association of Women Business Owners’ Woman Business Owner of the Year award (2015), the Small Business Administration’s Small Business Person of the Year award (2014), and Enterprising Women’s Enterprising Woman of the Year award (2013).

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35 Ways to Fund Your Small Business

Up and Running

Small Business Administration loans are often one of the first places that small business owners in the United States think of looking for a loan, and they’re right to. This one is going to apply fairly specifically to those who are running technology or research based businesses. Alternative Lending.

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5 Tips For Product Startups Wrestling With State & Federal Regulations

YoungUpstarts

Chamber of Commerce , burdensome government regulations are directly responsible for the long-term decline in small business formation. Despite a 40% increase in population, Americans started about 11% fewer businesses in 2013 than 1980. Contact Your Local Small Business Administration Office.

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Ask an Entrepreneur: Can I Really Start a Business in 30 Days?

Up and Running

The biggest piece of advice I can say is to be brave and just dive in to the business. I came up with the idea for Hazel Lane in November 2013 and we launched our first box in December (with subscribers and everything!), Our funding ended up coming out of my business partner’s kitchen remodel fund.” and woke up at 7:00.

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The Next Generation Of Funding For The Next Generation Of Entrepreneurs

YoungUpstarts

And the JOBS (Jumpstart Our Business Startups) Act, which should go into full effect by the end of 2013, will make it even more of a game-changer by opening the door for businesses to market ownership stakes in their ventures to people over the internet. Despite this, crowdfunding has a pretty big gap to fill.