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8 Challenges For Startups With A Neighborhood Focus

Startup Professionals Musings

Foursquare is good example of a modern hyperlocal site, which describes itself as “50% friend-finder, 30% social city guide, 20% nightlife game.” Finding common elements for scaling is tough The site may need consumer revenue to survive. Maybe it’s selling local tours and taking a cut of the revenue. This is not just a fad.

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30 Entrepreneurs Share How They Prepare for a Bad Economy

Hearpreneur

Though it took some effort and money to incorporate these outside resources into my business, it was well worth the expenditure. To prepare for a bad economy, businesses should focus on activities that produce the highest free cash flow. This will keep them sustainable should revenues take a dive. 5- Focus on team wellness.

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Hyperlocal Has Great Potential And Real Challenges

Startup Professionals Musings

Foursquare is good example of a modern hyperlocal site, which describes itself as “50% friend-finder, 30% social city guide, 20% nightlife game.” Finding common elements for scaling is tough The site may need consumer revenue to survive. Maybe it’s selling local tours and taking a cut of the revenue. This is not just a fad.

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Attorney and Startup Business Advisor – Aaron Shechet

SoCal CTO

In my case, I am breaking down “business” to its fundamentals, which begins with a definition of what, exactly, is a “business.” That is, understanding your business model and the different variables that go into it. We are not “finders” and usually serve the role of advisor and attorney.

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30 Entrepreneurs Share Their Thoughts on the Future of Entrepreneurship

Hearpreneur

Some areas that are likely to see significant growth in the coming years include e-commerce, digital technologies, and sustainable business practices. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the shift towards remote work, which may lead to more flexible business models in the future. Thanks to Matt Miller, Embroker ! #19-

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28 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

I went to bed and prayed for some guidance, and as odd as it sounds, I dreamed about a new product to invent, Finders Key Purse(r). Though I was told by many in the gift industry that a business cannot exist with just one product, I had faith that I could pull this off. I launched Alexx, Inc. I guess you could say the rest was history.

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7 Counterintuitive Rules for Growing Your Business Super-Fast

Reid Hoffman

In fact, to achieve your aggressive growth goals in the face of uncertainty and change, you need to follow a new set of rules that fly in the face of what is taught in business schools and are completely counterintuitive to accepted “best practices” of either early stage startups or classic corporate management. Revenue guidance.

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