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5 Ways Startups Can Reduce Development Costs & Shorten Time To Market

YoungUpstarts

According to the Small Business Administration , just one in two businesses with employees survives to see its fifth anniversary. By the 10-year mark, fewer than 30% of businesses with employees remain viable. Surprisingly, macroeconomic trends have minimal impact on long-term business survival rates.

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A Standard Business Plan Outline [Updated for 2017]

Up and Running

Every business ought to have a plan, but not every business needs a full formal plan with carefully crafted summaries and descriptions. If you don’t have a specific immediate need to show a formal business plan to a banker or investor, then you are probably better off doing just a lean business plan , for your internal use only.

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34 Educational Resources for Aspiring Entrepreneurs

Up and Running

Small Business Administration Loan Programs. Of course, there is an application process and strict requirements to qualify for the loans, but it’s worth a quick look to see if your business can benefit. Before launching a business, make sure you know the laws surrounding it. Every business needs a website.

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Outlook for Entrepreneurial Economy for 2011

The Entrepreneurial Mind

This is particularly bad news for most small businesses because they rely on customers who are willing to spend money to fuel growth in revenues. Small-business owners remain pessimistic about the near-term future. With continuing weak sales, small-business owners remain unwilling to increase hiring.

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How to Start a Brewery: Growing Your Own Craft Beer Business

Up and Running

This year, Martin Cove Brewing Company will gross $520,000 in sales. For Falling Sky, that includes a strategic decision to focus on location sales instead of wider distribution. Loans from the Small Business Administration (SBA) can also be a good avenue, but from “bank to bank the SBA program is used differently,” says Patrick.

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Transcript of Advice for Entrepreneurs Who Want to Sell Their Companies

Duct Tape Marketing

John Jantsch: So you in the Value Builder System kind of lean on these drivers of salability kind of the things that people use to determine or demonstrate that a company has value. And I’m guessing one of them certainly is a lot of, “What’s the revenue? So what’s your top-line revenue?

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15 Tips for Turning Your Craft Hobby Into a Successful Business

crowdSPRING Blog

Etsy, the internet’s largest crafting marketplace has reported steady revenue increases since 2015. and around the world are looking to turn their craft hobbies into real businesses. A sole proprietorship is the “most basic type of business to establish” according to the SBA (Small Business Administration).