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8 Tips For Getting Your Product Into Retail Stores

Up and Running

I see too many business plans that underestimate the effort, resources, and problems involved in selling things through channels. Big stores or little stores, Macy’s, Office Depot, Staples, Safeway, whatever—the common factor is that it’s very hard to get in.

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Bad Boys and the Fab Five: Business Lessons from Basketball History

Up and Running

ESPN’s strategy demonstrates the importance of being able to adjust your business plan in real-time as you receive positive (or negative) feedback from your target market. Failure is rarely the end of the story, especially for businesses. “The Fab Five”—The 1993 NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship.

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Entrepreneurship for the 99%

Steve Blank

The reality is that the United States is still a nation of small businesses. million) of the 15 million net new jobs created between 1993 and 2009. Alex’s first insight was that the traditional “how to write a business plan” was as obsolete for Main Street as it is for Silicon Valley. Lessons Learned.

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[Interview] Ed Rempel, Certified Financial Planner, Founder Of Unconventional Wisdom

YoungUpstarts

Ed Rempel has been countering financial conventions at least since he hung up his professional shingle as a Toronto-based certified financial planner in 1993. However, you need to know that your business is viable and setup properly. Entrepreneurs should create at least a simple business plan and get some financial advice.

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Startups and Entrepreneurship: Beyond the Clichés

Up and Running

Consider: in about 1993, Apple released the Apple Newton. This brings us to our last cliché which is essentially the answer to this question: you use the business plan as the filter, but you do not use the BIG, wordy, old-school business plan, you use the lean business plan. What do you think?

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From Entrepreneur To Boss: Hiring Your First Employees

The Startup Magazine

For those business owners, a common issue behind their refusal to hire employees, in the beginning, is the difficulty many of them face is finding the right fit for their organization. With over half of small businesses planning to recruit in 2019, many will be wondering how they can tackle the recruiting process efficiently and effectively.

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Episode 1: Business Loans, Website Tips, and the Apple Watch – The Bcast

Up and Running

Jonathan: What should I expect if I wanted to go in and get a business loan? Peter: One of the things they’ll ask you for is a business plan. The business plan has to contain a thoughtful overview of your entire business. You built your website in 1993? What do I need to prepare?

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