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How to Start a Business in a Month – #30DayChallenge

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Census Bureau or the national Small Business Development Center (SBDC) network, your local chamber of commerce and relevant industry publications. Day 8: Write a one page pitch. Consider your One Page Pitch (similar to an elevator pitch), the precursor to your business plan. Talk to people, including customers.

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5 Steps to Optimize Your Website to Attract Investors

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In today’s market, most networking and customer interaction occur digitally which means there’s less opportunity to impress a potential investor face-to-face. Templates can be used by competitors and are often overutilized, making it harder to differentiate your business.

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How to Start a Successful Consulting Business: The Complete 10 Step Guide (2019)

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It will be much easier to differentiate yourself from all of those other generalized consultants if you specialize. So, before you hit up your first networking event, ask yourself these important questions: What identity/personality do I want my consulting brand to project? You know a lot about marketing or finance or… whatever.

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Public Relations Tips for Small Businesses and Entrepreneurs [Webinar Recap]

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” We recently featured an excerpt from her book, which offers even more great tips on networking for entrepreneurs. The way that I define PR, basically, is that it’s raising your visibility to your awareness, to your target market, in a unique and differentiating manner. Also, what differentiates that is critical.

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Why you shouldn’t keep your startup idea secret

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Even if your idea gets in the wrong hands, they will probably just get the high level “elevator pitch” which isn’t worth much anyways. Quite early on, you will be able to differentiate yourself – and having competitors help you grow the market can actually be a good thing. I agree completely. Watson. [.]

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Think Your Start-up Is Venture Worthy? Think Again.

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