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No credit? Big problem. Here are 7 steps to build your startup’s business credit

The Next Web

In the startup world, venture capital is often viewed as the penultimate goal, yet for many startups bootstrapping is often the reality. And self-financing puts the emphasis on business credit. If you’re a small business owner, navigating the lending world today can feel like one big Catch-22 loop.

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Second Leg of Entrepreneur's Stool

The Entrepreneurial Mind

that is, who small businesses need as supporting advisers. The first leg discussed was a business-minded attorney. stool is an accountant, which for businesses should always be a. Certified Public Accountant whose practice focuses on small businesses. accounting much easier for small-business owners.

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How to Become Your Own Boss in 2015 (Webinar Recap)

Up and Running

I had the opportunity to speak with Melinda Emerson, the “SmallBizLady” and America’s #1 small business expert, who took the opportunity to share with us her proven, step-by-step method to transition from employee to entrepreneur. Have you always dreamed of being your own boss? You just want to check her out.

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5 Critical Things Entrepreneurs Need to Know about Managing Their Company's Finances.

Small Business Force

In early stage companies (and even some later stage or mature ones), there is no one area where most entrepreneurs and small business owners are lacking in just basic fundamentals, than in dealing with their company's finances and financial management. Small business owners never give themselves enough credit in this area.

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Screw Traffic – Show Me The Money

ConversionXL

I’d say 80% of small business and startup content marketers don’t track what pieces of content are driving leads and 20% of them would be willing to pay for a solution to this problem. Hi I’m @thedannorris , the broke bootstrapped founder of Informly , a dashboard of stats that you (yes you) can understand.

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Lean Business Planning with Tim Berry [VIDEO]

Up and Running

We recently had Tim Berry, Palo Alto Software founder and business planning expert, present our Bplans audience with his latest advice on lean business planning. You do in small business, in startups, you survive on focus, and my shortcut to strategy that I like is think about identify, market and business offering.

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