Growthink Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2017

You need a good idea – and an excellent business plan. Business planning and raising venture capital go hand-in-hand. A business plan is required for attracting venture capital. But how exactly will your business plan persuade investors to sign a check? Hook them on the first page.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 3, 2017

This article is part of our “Business Planning Guide” —a curated list of our articles that will help you with the planning process! Start from the very beginning understanding that your business plan ought to be specific to your business needs and objectives. Build your plan, then organize it.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 6, 2021

Targeting is a core concern for small businesses. Others are somewhat established but struggling to gain ground with so many rivals crowding the market. While there are many factors worth addressing (brand identity, content marketing, value propositions, etc.), targeting a specific audience underpins them all.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 22, 2018

Starting a business is difficult enough, but starting out alongside full time employment is incredibly difficult. Unlike working full time in a 9 – 5 job as most people do, running your own business provides challenges, uncertainty and difficult learning curves which need to be overcome in order to succeed. Pay Per Click Second Jobs.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 20, 2018

This article is part of our “ Business Planning Guide “ —a curated list of our articles that will help you with the planning process! What is a business plan? In its simplest form, a business plan is a guide—a roadmap for your business that outlines goals and details how you plan to achieve those goals.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 31, 2021

The most successful agencies are beginning to invest more time and money in content marketing to establish expertise in their industry and, more importantly, generate inbound appointments. This is great if you’re creating success stories, but less so if you’re writing about high-level, tactical fluff. It involves putting in the work.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Customer personas are often talked about in marketing and product design, but they’re almost never done well. There are certainly companies doing them well, but not a lot of detail goes into instruction, and the blog posts out there on how to build personas are generally pretty bad. This post contains video, click to play].

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Building loyalty and awareness are top priorities for any social media marketer. In this article, we’ll look at how the social media landscape has evolved, and what you can do to grow your presence and create a community of loyal fans. More people than ever are using social sites, which is good news for social media marketers.

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View from Seed

DECEMBER 4, 2019

One of my more popular posts in recent years was a long write-up on how VC’s get measured. It occurred to me that about 2 years has transpired since that original post and I thought I’d write a follow-up. So, without further ado, let’s look at how the VC asset class is doing, starting with funds that are more mature.

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Up and Running

MAY 20, 2019

Writing a business plan can help make sure Office Space doesn’t feel relatable [ source ]. If you’re coming up with a business plan for a new venture, there’s a good chance you can relate to this scene. Business planning reduces hassles and friction. He wants to know if he got the memo.

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Up and Running

MARCH 5, 2018

This article is part of our Business Startup Guide —a curated list of our articles that will get you up and running in no time! I assumed that if I opened a business, customers would just show up—no major marketing effort required. Don’t trust Kevin Costner for marketing advice” is probably a good rule of thumb.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 30, 2017

This article is part of our “ Business Startup Guide ”—a curated list of our articles that will get you up and running in no time! People often ask us for a list of steps they can use to start their own business. From business type to business model to physical location, there are so many variables! Sabrina Parsons.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 30, 2017

Working out a business plan for your daycare center can be a challenge. Projected enrollment growth and market demand can also be tricky to estimate. A business plan should look about three to five years into the future. How will you grow? Write about the market and how you’re fulfilling demand.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Startups with a solid business plan and great pitch deck have a far greater chance of gaining investment. In this essay by one of Mercia’s Fund Principals, Ian Wilson, Ian talks about the sorts of things he and the team are looking for when plans come to them for review. Writing a plan does not need to be a daunting task.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 14, 2021

How do you stand out and solve their problems better than anybody else? Every marketer knows these are important questions, but finding the answers can be a challenge. In this guide, you’ll learn how to differentiate your business and attract your ideal customers by creating a unique selling proposition.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 23, 2019

They share the 10 critical success factors for any service business that have helped them succeed in their space. This should include TrustPilot, Yell.com and Google Business Listings. When you do this, profits will follow and you keep the soul of your business intact. So much business is won and lost on the internet.

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Occam's Razor

MARCH 23, 2021

This is a huge miss… Left to their own accord, how many companies will make the same decisions data would recommend? A key part of how this manifested in our work was doing truly super-advanced machine-learning powered analysis to answer hard questions that few can successfully. Astonishingly few.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

If you’re serious about opening a restaurant, you’ll have to draft up a formal and accurate business plan to pitch to banks, investors, and even potential employees. I won’t lie—writing a formal business plan isn’t exactly a breeze. See Also: Restaurant Business Startup Guide. This document actually matters.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

But with so many people trying to get their share of the growth, many subscription box businesses fold within a year or two. There are several different types of business plans that can help you stay on track. If you’re seeking a bank loan or outside investment, you probably need a traditional business plan.

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Up and Running

JANUARY 25, 2018

Every successful ecommerce business needs to begin with a plan. After all, if you have no direction, how can you be sure when you’ve reached your destination? Plus, research shows that people who plan are more likely to be successful. What exactly needs to be included in a business plan, and in how much detail?

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Up and Running

AUGUST 27, 2019

But there is one thing that almost all growing businesses have in common, it’s that they’ve dealt with their cash flow issues. Perhaps most importantly, they’re regularly reviewing all their business financials, but especially their cash flow analysis. With that in mind, let’s take a look at four ways businesses can grow.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Is there a well-defined, sustainable market for your product? And one question that many startups overlook at the early stages of formulating their business plans: do you have a well-reasoned, effective, and budget-savvy marketing plan? Marketing Is a distinct business function. it’s also a science.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 25, 2021

The best product launches take into account the product lifecycle—understanding where it fits into the bigger picture, and how to transition through each phase. In this article, we’ll explain how to build a resilient product launch strategy that survives a non-linear journey. Growth: A sharp increase in users and sales.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

This is the most complete guide online on how to start a business in 2019. You should know that about two-thirds of businesses with employees survive 2 years and about half survive only five years. Businesses that survive and thrive have an unfair advantage. Write a business plan. Create a sales plan.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 1, 2014

Marketing is essential to business success, making your marketing plan an integral part of the planning process. You are among a select number of small business owners and executives who recognize the need for a marketing plan. More often than not, business owners feel they can just “wing it.”

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Up and Running

AUGUST 28, 2018

Private practices can be lucrative, although it requires you to spend time building relationships with patients while also attending to all business processes that are part of running your practice. If you’re thinking about starting an outpatient medical practice, one of the first things you should do is write a business plan.

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Transformify

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Reaching out to new markets and opportunities requires skills, experience, and networks that are usually developed by those who have studied abroad. Reaching out to new markets and opportunities requires skills, experience, and networks that are usually developed by those who have studied abroad.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 17, 2018

If you prepare, plan, and design it properly, your chances of success will be better. Learn a little bit about what the other local restaurants offer, how successful they are, how they are priced, what’s on their menu, and what types of people they attract. How cool would it be to have a signature gourmet burger?

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 3, 2018

Flipping homes makes for good reality TV, but it can also make for good business. What they don’t usually show on screen on shows like Flip or Flop is that writing a business plan is a must. Check out Bplans’ real estate company sample business plans for inspiration. How about title work?

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ConversionXL

JUNE 19, 2019

Alexa Hubley: “How to Compete in a Saturated Market”. Product market fit: Value hypothesis is validated. Occurs when your business achieves $100k+ in revenue monthly. The role of product marketing is to define and operationalize the context. How do you talk about it? How do you bring it to market?

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 21, 2014

Are you taking our day-by-day #30DayChallenge to start a business? Every time I think about the topic of ‘starting a business’, I recall a book I read years ago: “Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway”. Beyond this list I encourage you to read about running and managing a business every day. We’d love to hear from you if you are.

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Up and Running

JANUARY 29, 2019

You’ve made the decision to strike out on your own as a solopreneur to start the business you have been dreaming of for months, or even years. Though you may be tempted to immediately throw yourself into your new small business, don’t forget a crucial element: creating a business plan. The Lean Plan for solopreneurs.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

Many startup businesses – tech or otherwise – fail. Yet I can’t help thinking there are many predictable failures that come from a lack of basic planning. But today I want to give you advice on how to decrease your odds of failure in a startup. Market Size.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 7, 2017

User personas are often talked about in marketing and product design, but they’re almost never done well. There are certainly companies doing them well, but not a lot of detail goes into instruction, and the blog posts out there on how to build personas are generally pretty bad. A Quick Primer on User Personas.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Not unlike their in-person counterparts, virtual summits have similar goals: Bring people in your target market together. In this article, I share how I’ve executed marketing and technical support for a virtual summit with 3–5k registered attendees. In most places for most of this year, that’s been impossible.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2020

“Rare is the business that has a formal disaster plan, let alone one that covers a global Black Swan event.” An article on growth and marketing in the middle of a crisis—the current one or any other—can seem tone deaf. Still, no one knows how this one will play out. Still, no one knows how this one will play out.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 11, 2021

When your business, book or podcast needs additional support, sponsorship can make a huge difference. You’ll learn how to create a sponsorship strategy and get in contact with prospects. All companies that This Week in Startups’ audience of entrepreneurs, company founders, and marketers would be interested in.

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