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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. Oklahoma Small Business Development Center.

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Best Locations In The US For A Tech Startup

YoungUpstarts

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. The American tech startup scene has become similar to the real estate sector in the sense that location is everything.

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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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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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Does your startup have a game plan? And is it ready to be punched in the face?

Jeff Hilimire

I’m big on having a game plan for your startup. Even way back when I was 22 and started Spunlogic in my dorm room at UNC-Charlotte , I had a game plan for where I wanted to take the business. What most startup game plans, or business plans, aren’t ready for is the eventual punch(es) in the face. .”