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Entrepreneurs, Commit Not These 7 Deadly Sins

YoungUpstarts

Investors consider business plans that show the potential to solve big problems for big markets. Sure, your plan needs to include pro formas and cash flow projections, but if you want to seal the deal, show how you have validated your concept with real customers. Most VCs don’t invest pre-revenue.

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Optimism in the Face of Uncertainty: A Look at Small Business in 2017

Up and Running

That being said, this hopeful climate for small business owners doesn’t necessarily translate to predictions of immediate or steep growth. Of those surveyed, only 48 percent expect to see their revenue increase over the next 12 months. Reinvesting into the business. When she showed up to our lunch […] she had a plan.

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College Fitness Wins Global Student Entrepreneur Award

Campus Entrepreneurship

of Portfolio Magazine , which btw, is now a bizjournal property: His company boasts what Skoda, an Ohio native, calls the largest database of nutrition information on menu items at thousands of restaurants, by location, as well as a collection of fitness videos geared to various levels. From Kent Bernhardt Jr. Read more: [link].

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Valuations 101: Scorecard Valuation Methodology

Gust

In 2011, the valuation of pre-revenue, start-up companies is typically in the range of $1.5–$2.5 Such comparisons can only be made for companies at the same stage of development, in this case, for pre-revenue startup ventures. As can be seen the average (mean) pre-money valuation for recent pre-revenue deals is $2.1

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6 Tips to Maximize Your Coffee Shop’s Revenue

Up and Running

It’s about being clued-in to key strategies that have been proven to boost revenue. By 2019, Starbucks projects that Evenings will add about $1 billion to overall sales revenue, and that by the end of 2019 the program will be in operation in 20 to 25 percent of stores across the U.S. The more tables you turn, the greater your revenue.

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Transcript of Everything You Need to Know About Podcasting

Duct Tape Marketing

Obviously, there are a lot of people out there that would love to have this success in the revenue that’s come with that success directly related to podcasting that you have, but I talk a lot of small business owners and actually tell them that one of the little talked about things that podcasting can bring you is access.

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Digital Dashboards: Strategic & Tactical: Best Practices, Tips, Examples

Occam's Razor

Or: While revenue is up by 48% profits have plunged by 80% because of our aggressive shift from to Cost Per Click as the God metric, this has brought increased sales of our loss leading products. For example if we implement SEO strategies for Ohio Health Care and Ohio Health Insurance keywords, what outcomes can we expect?

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