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Top 10 Free Online Classes for Small Business Marketing

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A lot of small business owners know their fields and industries like the back of their hand; it’s why they are so good at what they do. But when it comes to marketing your business, there might be a few (or more than a few) gaps in your formal education or training. Managing a Business Sales and Marketing'

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Startup Strategy Roundtable: Niche Marketplace Businesses Can Be Interesting

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It turns out that in my Vision India 2020 book, I have a similar project called FDBI. My personal analysis is that to make a financial institution successful by catering to the said segment will require a tight control of the types of businesses that are financed. Also, the business model for the business is unclear.

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Twitter Link Roundup #224 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

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These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Klyati Trehan , a design student from India created a phenomenally impressive project, combining science and typography to visually represent 26 inventions that have changed the world.

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Startup Strategy Roundtable: African Tech Entrepreneurs Emerging

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Last up, Adarsh Jain pitched Fippy, a Web-based interface offering consumers customized mobile phone numbers in India. As presented, this is a classic nice to have, but not a must have business. Initially I thought he was targeting young Indian consumers, but then he started discussing small business owners.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: 1M/1M Premium Company Freshdesk Wins Funding From Accel Partners

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Freshdesk is a social customer support startup offering a SaaS solution to small businesses. Read: India's Big Opportunity In SaaS ]. Freshdesk aims to do the same in Social CRM and already has paying customers. There is clearly significant investor appetite for this category.

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Strategy Roundtable: Convert Potential Competitors to Partners

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Antonio has a portfolio of Web-based business process management applications for small businesses with 10-100 employees. And these pilots will pay for her early bootstrapping phase. At the end of the session, each left with specific action items. First up today was Antonio Lucena de Faria with ActionFlow from Portugal.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Spotlight On The Northwest

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The company has bootstrapped using services, a philosophy we espouse heavily in 1M/1M, and has simultaneously gathered a group of angel investors who are supporting it through the next phase. We discussed ways to acquire small business customers and how to recruit college students through internships. Social Pulse. Discuss.

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