Up and Running

JULY 19, 2017

The figures are more inspiring today: The 2016 State of Women-Owned Businesses Report says “there are now 11.3 million women-owned businesses in the United States, employing nearly 9 million people and generating over $1.6 “My biggest advice is to know your strengths and weaknesses before you start any business. .

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 30, 2017

The Texas capital recently was named the #1 place in America to start a business by CNBC. According to the 2016 Kauffman Growth Entrepreneurship Index , Austin grew its startups faster than every city except Washington, D.C., Combined, these factors point to available money for business owners to invest in their ventures.

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David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

I’ve been a traditional equity VC for 8 years, and I’m now researching new business models in venture capital. RBI normally requires founders to pay back their investors with a fixed percentage of revenue until they have finished providing the investor with a fixed return on capital, which they agree upon in advance. Decathlon Capital.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 3, 2015

By Al Fialkovich, Managing Director, Founder and Co-Owner of Transworld Business Advisors of Denver. Thinking of selling your business in the next five years? It will be no different for mergers and acquisitions and small business sales. Don’t wait. What does this mean for sellers?

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 30, 2017

The Texas capital recently was named the #1 place in America to start a business by CNBC. According to the 2016 Kauffman Growth Entrepreneurship Index , Austin grew its startups faster than every city except Washington, D.C., Combined, these factors point to available money for business owners to invest in their ventures.

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 15, 2019

Henrik and I co-founded Fisker Inc. in 2016, as an advanced e-mobility and automotive technology company with the mission to develop world-class, emotionally-compelling vehicles featuring the most forward-thinking automotive technologies in existence. 8- Appreciate small businesses. 2- Develop world-class vehicles.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 10, 2017

It should not really come as a surprise that this year, Singapore was ranked number one in the world for startup talent by Startup Genome, a US-based small business research and development firm. However, with the business having grown and thrived, she now sees the value in taking leaps of faith.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 30, 2011

by Alex Schmelkin, co-founder and president, Alexander Interactive. In addition, Forrester predicts mobile commerce growing at CAGR 39% through 2016. Small Sites Catch Up. To keep up with large online retailers in 2012, small businesses will be upping their game in the website design department.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

by Blair Thomas , co-founder of eMerchantBroker.com. Are you facing the problem of whether to continue your studies or start your business? On the other hand, many young startup founders believe they wouldn’t be able to do without the skills they learned in college. What Do Numbers Show? High school or G.E.D.

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Up and Running

JUNE 4, 2018

The proportion of US workers earning a living on a “freelance” basis was 34 percent in 2016, and the gig economy is expected to grow enough to cause that number to rise to 43 percent by 2020. Mark Zuckerberg was a well-connected individual and actually received funding from PayPal’s co-founder very early in Facebook’s existence.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 14, 2021

The Startup Magazine continues our Founder Interview series with entrepreneur Richard Lavina, Co-Founder and CEO of accounting services platform, Taxfyle. Taxfyle is an innovative consumer, small business and enterprise SaaS accounting-tech company. Richard Lavina, CPA, Co-Founder and CEO of Taxfyle.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

To succeed as a small business owner and an entrepreneur, you need passion. That’s what led me to start my business, BlueVine , four years ago. BlueVine, which is based in Redwood City, California, offers online working capital financing to small- and medium-sized businesses in many industries.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 14, 2017

If you are a small business operator, risks are something you often want to avoid. But one of the biggest mistakes that small businesses can make is behaving like a small business. Recent research shows that only 17% of small businesses engage in international trade [3].

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 26, 2012

Earlier this year, I commented during the launch of UOB’s mobile banking iOS application that mobile payment options such as that offered by Square would be a boon to small business owners. Mobile Payment Now A Reality For Singapore Small Business Owners.

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Hearpreneur

JULY 30, 2016

As a female entrepreneur and cofounder of a business, I would like to see more investment into technology companies that support women, as most women make 80% of buying decisions. I see a huge opportunity for investment into female run businesses moving forward and a potential missed opportunity for investors today. (And

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

Focus on structuring the business brings priority to building a plan early. Building a business plan is a discipline every entrepreneur needs to learn early, required or not. Define a business entity early to manage taxes and intellectual property. Co-founder and equity negotiations work best if you own all the equity.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 14, 2017

According to Edison Research , as of 2016, 21% of Americans 12 or older have listed to a podcast, up from 12% in 2013. In 2016, 64% people, 12 and over say they “most often” listen to podcast on their mobile device. that are led by women, POC, and LGBT founders. Up from 55% in 2015.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Running a small business means keeping a lot of different balls in the air. Take a look and see how these 13 powerful organization and productivity tools can empower your small business with easy, accessible design. Your business – and your headspace – will thank you for it! One of the best is Notion.

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 26, 2017

Yet how can someone find the help they need to reach success within their business? Outsourcing uses external sources to compensate for missing skills and services in one’s business. Outsourcing can have a positive impact on growth and productivity for any business and can be the solution to solving the skills gap in a business team.

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David Teten

JANUARY 21, 2021

(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. His work on VC and small communities can be found at greatercolorado.vc/blog. This essay is part of a series on alternative VC: I: Revenue-Based Investing: a new option for founders who care about control.

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Mike Michalowicz

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

For a small business; generally you have to increase sales to find economies of scale in your other costs. Renske Lynde, Co-founder & Managing Director, Food System 6 Accelerator. You have to build this into your business from the beginning. Bringing in revenue is the hardest part of any business.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Mike Arsenault and his two co-founders—all with technical backgrounds—built their MVP while working full time for other SaaS companies. “We An engineer by training, Founder and CEO Larry Gadea built the MVP of Envoy’s first product, Visitors, by himself using only free versions of software. “I Qualified.io

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 13, 2020

I now am the CEO and founder of Berri Properties in Asheville and Charlotte, NC. Our business is based on content marketing and digital media, which has allowed for our success to flourish. While I worked hard I watched as my co-workers got away with doing as little as possible. In the fall of 2016 I had an unexpected job loss.

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Today I’m thrilled to share the story of my long-time friends and Kansas Citians Casey and Sloane Simmons, co-founders of a store called Stuff , as a part of the “Amex Welcomed” program with @americanexpress , which is showcasing the people behind our favorite local businesses that welcome American Express.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Mike Arsenault and his two co-founders—all with technical backgrounds—built their MVP while working full time for other SaaS companies. “We An engineer by training, Founder and CEO Larry Gadea built the MVP of Envoy’s first product, Visitors, by himself using only free versions of software. “I Qualified.io

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 28, 2015

Most small business owners aren’t too familiar with online marketing terms. Can you explain the difference between inbound marketing and outbound marketing, and why each is important to the marketing strategy of the small business? One of the biggest keys to marketing, especially to Millennials, is personalization.

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 23, 2018

Data from 2016 showed the percentage of job seekers starting their own business was the highest it had been in four years. Indiegogo founder Slava Rubin says , Too many entrepreneurs spend months locked away, creating the “perfect” business plan with scenario planning and detailed financial projections. This is good news.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 7, 2022

And after my surgery in 2016, I dived right into starting my own business and got a job with a photography company based in BC Women’s Hospital where I went on to photograph over 1,000 babies for over two years! I started an online teaching business to reach a massive audience online who wants to learn the English language.

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Reid Hoffman

OCTOBER 3, 2018

But for those who are curious about how Blitzscaling came to be, I thought I’d ask my co-author Chris Yeh to tell the story. The following is a guest post from Chris Yeh, the co-author of Blitzscaling (available everywhere next week on October 9) and The Alliance. It was gut-check time. We had a tough decision to make.

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Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

“If you can fix a problem for someone and do it better, quicker, and/or cheaper than your competitor, you’re off to a good start.” – Gabriel Kuperman, founder and CEO of CuePin. The number one rule for any SaaS business should be to solve your own, real problems and not someone else’s problems. “The

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Brandanew

JANUARY 8, 2016

Social analytics and video marketing are likely to be the key marketing trends for 2016. Most small business and Startup founders are talking about customer engagement and social presence beyond the customary likes and one-post-a-month schedules. 16 Top Social Analytics Tools For 2016. Tool 5: Klout. Tool 6: Nuvi.

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

He is the CEO of award-winning creative agency Mekanism and the co-founder of the Creative Alliance. And then in 2016, the number was 65%. Like in your case it could be marketing for small business podcasts, whatever it might be. John Jantsch: Hello and welcome to another episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast.

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Ben's Blog

APRIL 7, 2021

The geographic concentration of network effects, jobs, and economic growth in cities is not a new phenomenon, but disparities between the haves and have-nots continue to expand : Workers in cities earned more than 50% higher wages relative to workers outside those cities in 2016 (it was 30% in 1980). Furthermore, as of 2016, the U.S.

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 15, 2016

We also have a scientific team, consisting of three chemical engineers in addition to Jan, who is the founder and the inventor. If I was to give advice I would say that keeping cost as low as possible, self fund when possible (we are totally self funded), and look around for what help for small businesses are out there.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

For Dan Hughes, Director of Operations at startup brewery ColdFire Brewing, he and his brother have been hard at work on business development and recipe formulation, navigating bureaucracy, and enduring the inevitable delays that come with brewery construction, equipment delivery, and regulatory approval. Click To Tweet. “No

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Up and Running

APRIL 12, 2017

Why you’re not meeting your strategic business goals: Let’s look at common reasons businesses miss their strategic goals, and what you can do differently in your business. In August of 2016, the New York Times reported that General Electric had high hopes for its new software initiative, Predix.

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

How Leaders Are Using Systems And Processes To Grow Their Business The Right Way written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Jamie is the founder and managing director of Bottleneck Distant Assistants. I, I just, I think offhand, when in some talk I was giving to a group of small business owners.

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