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8 Keys To Starting A Venture With Minimal Equity Loss

Startup Professionals Musings

With one of the many new tools , and a dose of sweat equity, you can create a website for almost nothing -- and you are on your way to success with ecommerce, your latest invention or personal services. With the advent of the Internet, the size and address of your office is irrelevant. Learn to be a generalist rather than a specialist.

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30 Entrepreneurs Discuss Whether or Not There Will Be More Entrepreneurs in the Future

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Aside from many young people wanting to break away from salaried jobs, it's probably because it's now becoming easier to be an entrepreneur. Though the internet has enabled entrepreneurs to flourish lately, there will likely be fewer entrepreneurs in the future as people seek stability. Photo Credit: Dave McCurdy.

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8 Ways To Get Your Business Going Without Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

With one of the many new tools , and a dose of sweat equity, you can create a website for almost nothing -- and you are on your way to success with ecommerce, your latest invention or personal services. With the advent of the Internet, the size and address of your office is irrelevant. Learn to be a generalist rather than a specialist.

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10 Things That Sell Like Hot Cakes On The Internet

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With more than 12 million ecommerce businesses on the web, it is a bit daunting for new ones to make a mark quickly, especially when businesses as big as Amazon and Spotify are at the top. Ecommerce is a huge industry, worth 1.6 To help you understand the market better, here are 10 things that sell like hot cakes on the internet: 1.

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Should Startups Focus on Profitability or Not?

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If you hire 6 sales reps in January at $120,000 / year salary then you’ve taken on an extra $60,000 per month in costs yet these sales people might not close new business for 4-6 months. Internet scale. Many eCommerce companies are in fact, middle men. In many Internet startups 80% of the operating costs will be people.

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23 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

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I started my business simply because I want to be of assistance to those who want to learn through the internet. I believe that the internet is one of the greatest inventions and those who want to learn must be able to use this to their advantage and to help make their learning journey easy. Photo Credit: Lewis Keegan. Virtina ! #16-

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8 Startup Lessons You Could Learn from Gotham Gal

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She doubled her salary by going into sales. “The Internet saved my life. The Internet really re-connected Joanne with her former working self. Certainly if you look at eCommerce & social media – women are the ones using these products. This is where she first developed sales skills.

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