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Referral Programs: A Guide for Small Business

Duct Tape Marketing

Referral Programs: A Guide for Small Business written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Running a business is hard But with a good referral program it doesn't have to be As a small business owner you are probably thinking about helping your current customer or trying to figure out how to increase sales.

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Presidential Innovation Fellows, round two

Startup Lessons Learned

Today, I'm excited to share the latest round of startups that are being run by the Presidential Innovation Fellows program. I've excerpted descriptions of the program and summaries of all the projects below. In particular, small businesses and exporters have a fundamental problem navigating the Federal Government’s myriad resources.

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11 apps to promote healthy lifestyles among employees

The Next Web

These days, there’s an app for everything small-business related, from easing the pains of payroll to holding virtual meetings with contractors on the other side of the world. Our life-balance coordinator started a program allowing people to get FitBit apps paid by the company. DC Fawcett , Paramount Digital Publishing.

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Small business Congress-watch: Two Reasons to Call Your Representative!

crowdSPRING Blog

Right now you are probably asking yourself, “What has Congress done lately that is helping small business?” Small business people rarely hire lobbyists, and rarley have the time or resources to visit Washington DC themselves to meet their elected representatives. Hard to believe, but it is true.

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“Why give up that much equity for an amount we could raise other ways?:” SMB Tech Talk from ArtJamz

Hunter Walker

This week I’ll be running a series of Five Question interviews with small businesses which were facilitated by BondStreet , a SMB lending platform (we’re investors). HW: All of the social platforms claim to help small businesses and brands amplify their voice, find their customers. MC: Oh wow. So many tools.

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“Why give up that much equity for an amount we could raise other ways?:” SMB Tech Talk from ArtJamz

Hunter Walker

This week I’ll be running a series of Five Question interviews with small businesses which were facilitated by BondStreet , a SMB lending platform (we’re investors). HW: All of the social platforms claim to help small businesses and brands amplify their voice, find their customers. MC: Oh wow. So many tools.

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Startups and Small Business: 5 Things We Really Need From Politicians

crowdSPRING Blog

We hear a great deal of talk from the Presidential campaigns about what small businesses and startups really need to succeed. Every small business has its own distinct needs and it’s own unique problems. Every small business has its own distinct needs and it’s own unique problems.