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10 Positive Signs For Starting Your Own Business Now

Startup Professionals Musings

Initial Public Offerings (IPO) are back as an exit strategy. Social media is a boon for entrepreneurs and startups. With the key social media platforms today, an entrepreneur can tune a product, build a brand, and grow the business with very low cost and a high interactivity never before possible.

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10 Key Business Plan Elements Not In A Product Spec

Startup Professionals Musings

Set specific targets on the sales channels and marketing initiatives you need, including the use of social media, brand building, franchising, trade shows, affiliates, and distributors. Outline a viable exit strategy for you and investors. Budget time and dollars for each. Target income and expense by year, including funding.

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The Ultimate Guide for Starting and Running a Business at Home

Up and Running

Think about an exit strategy. But establishing an exit strategy is another important piece that forces you to look toward the future of your business. Like the rest of your business plan, your exit strategy does not need to be set in stone. Create a marketing plan. Network, a lot! mplans.com.

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7 Ways To Balance Your Heart And Logic With Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

If this is personally your first startup, it’s very important to highlight prior leadership experience in school, business, or public life, and your ability to attract skilled people for your team, as well as advocates from your industry, social media, or prior relationships. Present a viable exit strategy for investors to cash out.

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A New Era For Entrepreneurs And Startups Has Begun

Startup Professionals Musings

Initial Public Offerings (IPO) are back as an exit strategy. Social media is a boon for entrepreneurs and startups. With the key social media platforms today, an entrepreneur can tune a product, build a brand, and grow the business with very low cost and a high interactivity never before possible. Marty Zwilling.

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10 Signs That The Age Of The Entrepreneur Is Here Now

Startup Professionals Musings

Initial Public Offerings (IPO) are back as an exit strategy. Social media is a boon for entrepreneurs and startups. With the key social media platforms today, an entrepreneur can tune a product, build a brand, and grow the business with very low cost and a high interactivity never before possible.

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A 5-Step Plan To Assessing Your Business’s Sellability

YoungUpstarts

Track Media Perception & Presence. Perhaps one of the most important factors on this list, media perception can affect the sellability of your business in multiple ways. For example, when news of United Airlines’ forced passenger removal hit the media, the fall-out from incident caused United stock to drop $1.4

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