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Business 2015 - Optimism, But Upgrade Your Strategy

Startup Professionals Musings

According to earlier studies from Forbes Insights , many entrepreneurs and small businesses not only feel the lessons learned during the past few years have helped them survive, but the recession also exposed flaws in their business strategies that they were able to fix.

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4 Reasons Small Businesses Fail

YoungUpstarts

By Brian Sutter, Director of Marketing, Wasp Barcode Technologies. Most entrepreneurs start a new business with dreams of success, but the unfortunate fact is that too many of them fail. Census Bureau showed the reality in hard terms – 400,000 small businesses opened and 470,000 SMBs closed their doors just last year.

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3 Possible Reasons Entrepreneurs Fail to Secure Funding

Women Entrepreneurs Can

According to the Small Business Administration (SBA), only about half of SMEs survive beyond the first five years. Failing to secure funding for your venture can slow down progress and reduce your chances of growing your business. That is why you will find a business plan service most useful.

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Accelerate Your Startup With Help From An Incubator

Startup Professionals Musings

One of the reasons that now is the time to be an entrepreneur is the explosion of startup assistance organizations, usually called incubators or accelerators. An incubator won’t help you if the market opportunity is small, the competitors are large, or your solution doesn’t address a real need.

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Is Your City Right For A Small Business Revolution?

YoungUpstarts

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. Strong communities are good for business; I think we can all agree on that.

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Grow your Personal Brand to Benefit your Business

Duct Tape Marketing

Grow your Personal Brand to Benefit your Business written by Guest Post read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing. It’s guest post day here at Duct Tape Marketing – Enjoy this post from Chris Bibey. According to the U.S. Your Personal Brand. Final Thoughts.

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5 Tips For Small Business Success In 2014

YoungUpstarts

According to Hiscox’s 5 th annual EDNA of an Entrepreneur report , training isn’t a top priority for small business owners. small business owners took zero professional development days. The Small Business Administration offers webinars for small business owners to learn the basics of the new health care reform.