YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

By Hunter Hoffmann, Head of US Communications at Hiscox Small Business Insurance. Getting enough money to start a small business is the first, and often most daunting, task aspiring small business owners face. All you need is a compelling argument and you can begin to crowdfund your small business idea.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 19, 2013

Castrina, author of “ 8 Unbreakable Rules For Business Start-Up Success “ If you’re bootstrapping your own business, you know all about doing more with less. Too many small business owners do bookkeeping in-house. It’s happened to me and to many other small business owners.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 21, 2019

Small businesses and young entrepreneurs are in a difficult position in the market. If you do decide to have an office space, you can further learn how to save money in business by focusing on second-hand furniture. This is one of the best cost-saving ideas for small businesses.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 29, 2017

by Rhonda Adams, president and founder of PlanningShop and author of “ Successful Business Plan: Secrets & Strategies “ Small business owners never seem to have enough hours in the day to complete all the tasks on our to-do lists — developing new products, searching for new customers, training employees, closing the sale.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

by Annie Tsai, author of “ The Small Business Online Marketing Handbook: Converting Online Conversations to Offline Sales “ The technology takeover is here. As a small business owner, you know you can’t fight it anymore. Don’t panic, though. In fact, it’s a huge advantage.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 17, 2017

It’s becoming a big feature of a lot of businesses, and one that customers can’t ignore. So, it’s worth putting the effort in as a small business, before you’re under the spotlight of a bigger one. You need to make sure that you’re doing as much as you can for the environment.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 5, 2019

An angel investor is an accredited investor who uses his or her own money to invest in a small business. Self-funding or “bootstrapping.”. For those who want to bootstrap their fintech company, relying on their own money rather than the investments of others, there are options.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 14, 2019

Thursday Boots is a prime example of a business that started out from crowdfunding. Bootstrapping. If asking for money isn’t your thing, then pooling you and your partner’s resources out of your own pockets is also a valid way to raise funds for a business. You can start with these small business grants.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Some business startups, like consultancy, only need to invest in business cards and a website, while retail stores may require extensive investing. Step 4: Find A Business Name. Your business’ name is everything. Step 6: Business Licenses And Permits. Any type of small business requires the necessary paperwork.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 18, 2017

I was a small business owner who had a great idea that I brought to life. With that experience here are some tips for entrepreneurs striving to get their business moving in the right direction: 1. Without a solid foundation, anything in life is going to crumble – whether it’s a tree, a building or a small business.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

by Jenny Kassan, author of “ Raise Capital on Your Own Terms: How to Fund Your Business without Selling Your Soul “ Startups are part of the American Dream, and small businesses play a key role in economic growth. Between 2009 and 2013, 60% of the jobs created were from small businesses.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 25, 2016

by Priyanka Prakash, Fit Small Business and Fit Biz Loans. Every small business is different when it comes to the need for financing. Some entrepreneurs can’t start their businesses without taking out a loan. Others completely bootstrap their businesses without borrowing a cent.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 17, 2016

The act of funding a pursuit yourself is known as bootstrapping. It could be the right way for you to get your project or small business started. Crowdfunding sites are flooded with people who assume it’s easy to get the necessary funds this way. And it could very well be something you’ve written off.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 29, 2019

With bootstrapping, you make it enough by tapping into your means and leveraging the heck out of that $5,000 to start your business. You don’t need your own industrial kitchen to start a catering business when you know someone that knows someone that has one and would gladly rent it to you by the hour, half day or full day.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 2, 2019

In today’s small business and start-up world, when you want a reliable (and affordable) assistant, you don’t have to limit yourself to your geographic location. In fact, remote work is on the rise – especially in the form of virtual assistants – and it’s one of the primary reasons why more small businesses are opting to outsource work.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Many launched small businesses to tide them over until they could find a “real” job and eventually just stopped looking when their new venture stuck. In fact, failure in small business can be a good thing for young entrepreneurs. For some recent grads, it’s simply easier to make their own jobs.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 6, 2017

Some business owners decide to self-finance their startup rather than seek out investors. This strategy, known as bootstrapping, is ideally suited to businesses which don’t need a large influx of capital early on in order to finance growth and which are already generating revenues. Understand the Tax Code.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 16, 2016

The capital earned in the agency was used to bootstrap the progression of the key business we wanted to launch. When you are bootstrapping cash flow is king. Cash keeps the lungs of your business full. As a small business you can’t afford to make errors here. It must be managed carefully.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 26, 2013

by Joseph and JoAnn Callaway, authors of “ Clients First “ So, you’re building a small business from the ground up, with only the proverbial wing and prayer to keep you aloft. Anything that takes your focus off the customer puts your fledgling business in harm’s way. What are you most intensely focused on?

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 27, 2013

So, you’re building a small business from the ground up, with only the proverbial wing and prayer to keep you aloft. Anything that takes your focus off the customer puts your fledgling business in harm’s way. first so that your small business can grow and prosper: 1. What are you most intensely focused on?

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 1, 2013

And when you’re bootstrapping a business, a mistake can be even more costly than not leveraging a chance for advancement. Those words are most often uttered by small business owners in reference to marketing. Excuse # 2: “I tried that once, and it didn’t work.”.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Companies can be bootstrapped (launched with nothing more than one’s existing cash or resources). One perfect place to get the initial capital for setting up a company is leveraging small business loans. You will need a significant amount of money to spend.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 8, 2014

To a small business owner who has a small number of customers, losing just one customer has a significant impact on organizational health. As a small business owner, of course you’re going to try to cut costs and stretch the budget wherever possible. Being cheap about the wrong things. pat yourself on the back.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

You’ll hear of the experiences of Selena Cuffe of Heritage Link Brands , Jeff Hoffman of Priceline.com , and theater producer Ken Davenport , amongst others, from which Basso skilfully extracts tangible strategies and lessons that you can apply in your own business.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 7, 2015

Starting a business does not have to be particularly expensive. Many companies are successfully bootstrapped from the outset and the list of major expenses fairly predictable, for example salaries and office rent. By Will Reynolds, CEO of SecureDocs.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 14, 2016

Small business loans have gotten a bad name in recent years, but for many small businesses looking to grow, a loan is a good option. Instead, the owner turned to a local bank for a low-interest small business loan. Let’s not forget the bootstrapping option. Get a loan. Go it alone.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 26, 2016

Although it’s key for every business to forge its own path, there are certain non-obvious hacks any entrepreneur or small business can take on board to swing the odds in their favor. Despite being a bootstrapped company with little revenue, we over-invested in a central New York City office at a rate of 15% rent to revenue.

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