A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

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The mid-market briar patch

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

Maybe they’re stingy because they’re still being run by a parsimonious small-business founder (like me!) Sign up for AppSumo 's daily deals specifically for web geeks & entrepreneurs. Worst of both worlds. Why is it like this? who is still straightening used staples to save pennies. Would you do it again?

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How do I raise prices?

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

Most people are reasonable and in fact want you to succeed, both personally as a small-business owner and professionally in that they want updates to that software. Sign up for AppSumo 's daily deals specifically for web geeks & entrepreneurs. What are your tips for raising prices? Let’s collect more in the comments.

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Why I feel like a fraud

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

Ah yes, the awe-inspiring words of confidence from the seasoned entrepreneur. Ask any small business coach; they'll confirm how prevalent these feelings are. I'm just waiting for the day they see through the façade, but they keep coming back every year." -- Jason Young. I felt like a fraud every day.

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Smart Bear Live 8: Edwin from MeetingKing.com

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

Welcome back to Smart Bear Live … the show were Jason speaks with entrepreneurs looking to improve their businesses. Edwin: Small to medium, so I have people that have teams of five people in their company, 20 people in their company up to 200. Jason: For example, like in America, small business is up to 150.

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The fundamental lesson of the forces governing scaling startups

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

This principle is called the “Materiality Threshold,” i.e. what is the minimum contribution a project must deliver for it to be material to the business. With a small business, the materiality threshold is near $0. A new feature that helps you land just a few new customers this month is worth doing. Recruiting.

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Episode 3b: Smart Bear Live!

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

On the one hand, we’re looking at, you know, the Fortune 5,000,000 [inaudible] small teams, small businesses like us, they’re probably using a small business CRM like Highrise or the free version of Sugar. They just wrote a book where they interviewed hundreds of women entrepreneurs.

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Pick one and own it

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

Sometimes you're arguing the virtues of small businesses over large ones. Related posts: How to be the most expensive product on the market Convert shortcomings into advantages without lying Act like your price just doubled Software Quality Mortgage Uncommon Interview: Bob Walsh, Digital Entrepreneur.