Up and Running

MAY 22, 2017

For more on validating your business idea, our business idea validation checklist is a download that can help you with this process. Big idea, small business. Just coming back from watching your business idea fizzle? If so, you would do well to start small as you work on creating a new venture. No problem.

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Small Business Force

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

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. If it was a manufacturing business, cost of goods sold (COGS) were critical.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 1, 2013

Especially if your business is new, going out on a limb is the last thing you want to do. Hoping that sales will get better or that conditions will improve is the wimp’s approach. And when you’re bootstrapping a business, a mistake can be even more costly than not leveraging a chance for advancement. Her reasoning?

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Up and Running

MAY 15, 2018

Creating a scalable business model. Whether you are hoping to expand a small business with a loan or going for a round of venture capital, you will need a scalable business model. Investors in particular want to fund only scalable or ready to scale businesses. Bootstrapping or self-funding. Credit cards.

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The Entrepreneurial Mind

MARCH 29, 2010

were in general agreement that the economic forecast for the next year. Recent surveys of small-business owners seem to. According to the latest poll of small-business owners taken by the National Federation of Independent Business, one defensive measure entrepreneurs are taking is putting off hiring.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 21, 2014

While our data does apply to a US audience, the reasons for starting a business really aren’t going to be that different, whether you’re in Canada or South Africa. Think the country is dominated by big businesses run by people with MBAs? You don’t need any ‘special’ training to run a business. A sales forecast.

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Small Business Force

JUNE 11, 2010

There's probably no one area were more mistakes are made, more misconceptions exist or that troubles entrepreneurs and small business owners more than that of raising outside investment. Now, not every business needs to raise outside capital. Investors Invest in People Not Businesses.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 8, 2014

Sometimes that sabotage might cost you ‘only’ a customer or a sale… but over time, a few customers here and a few dollars there can lead to your closing your doors forever. To a small business owner who has a small number of customers, losing just one customer has a significant impact on organizational health.

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Up and Running

MAY 15, 2019

Most small businesses and startups that are looking to grow— hire a new employee , or buy a new piece of equipment, or open a new location —need to think hard about cash flow, or making sure they have enough money in the bank to meet payroll and other financial obligations. Watch your finances. I’m not a big second-guesser.

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