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The 10 Best U.S. Cities to Start a Business in for 2016

Up and Running

If, after reading, you find yourself inspired and ready to start the business planning process, be sure to check out our business planning guide! Ranked number one on WalletHub’s Best Cities to Start a Business, Sioux Falls is a great place to put down roots. Salt Lake City Business Licensing. Charlotte, NC.

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Business Modeling is Process, not an Event

The Entrepreneurial Mind

Developing a sound business model in a startup venture helps improve the chances that the business will survive the launch, begin to gain acceptance in the market and grow. Businesses expanding into new products or new markets should also give careful consideration to the business model.

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Business Plan: 5 Things You Need to Know

Up and Running

I’m quoted a lot in Writing a Business Plan: 5 Things You Need to Know by Charlotte Jenses on the AOL Small Business site this morning. Those 5 things are: Chances are, you need a plan. Business planning should be ongoing. Review your plan on a regular basis.

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Best Locations In The US For A Tech Startup

YoungUpstarts

Let’s say you have a great business idea that leverages the power of technology to meet a certain consumer or lifestyle need. If you believe that your idea is worth the effort of putting together a business plan and going through the development and funding process, you may have a potentially lucrative tech startup.

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5 Ways Small Business Owners Can Improve Their Agility In The New Year

YoungUpstarts

Taffy Williams is the author of “ Think Agile: How Smart Entrepreneurs Adapt in Order to Succeed “ He writes for the Startup Blog and Examiner Charlotte, NC- small business and is also found on LinkedIn , Twitter @twilli2861 , ColonialTDC , photo website , Google+ , Facebook , and Startup Group.

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5 Good Recent Posts on Planning and Managing

Up and Running

Why Plan Your Business? It shows clearly that people who finished business plans were more likely to achieve related goals than those who didn’t. Writing a Business Plan: 5 Things You Need to Know Charlotte Jensen interviewed me for this post and I think she did a great job.

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Remembering old times

Jeff Hilimire

And then this past weekend I was out in Snellville and realized I was about to drive past our first official office (the first “office” was our dorm room at UNC-Charlotte and our second “office” was my mother’s basement.) So I swung in and checked it out. Yeah, its kind of a dump now.