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Test Your Aptitude for Business Internet Jargon

Startup Professionals Musings

See how many of the following “new” Internet concepts you recognize, and can explain in terms of value to your business. If you have heard the lingo, but most of these are not in your startup business plan, you are already in jeopardy as an entrepreneur: Blogging. You can use it for your business. Social media marketing.

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SkyCap Financial Introduces Financial Literacy Course: Why Young Entrepreneurs Should Take Note

YoungUpstarts

It’s something the financial community – along with government resources, for that matter – needs to think about as it works to help young business leaders consider their financing options. As a startup, you will need a strong business plan and may also have to put up personal assets as collateral. Business incubators.

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10 College Business Incubators We’re Most Excited About

YoungUpstarts

To help foster this innovation, many colleges and universities have opened business incubators, helping students and others in their community to help make their innovative dreams a reality. Offering a “holistic entrepreneurship program,” this residential community has entrepreneurship at every step of the college experience.

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Guide To Develop A Highly Successful Online B2B Marketplace

ReadWriteStart

You should also be sure to offer customer service and technical support, so customers remain happy and continue using your marketplace. Understanding The Business Model of a B2B Marketplace. A business model describes how your company makes money and is essential to developing an effective business plan.

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Bridging the gap between tech startups and the Fortune 500

David Teten

The most common ways in which the Fortune 500 are working with the startup community at scale is through corporate VC arms, contests, packages of benefits geared to startups, and accelerator programs. I worked with our intern team to look for the Fortune 500 companies making the strongest effort to reach out to the tech startup community.

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Startups in stealth mode need one piece of advice - Discussion

news.ycombinator.com

The biggest risk in our business plan is that we are relying to some extent on time over money, because were self-funded. We know of no-one making a similar product to us, but there are businesses making other kinds of products that would naturally compete for the same money from the same customers, which makes us mutual threats.

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