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Learning From Bankruptcy: Two Key Insights For Business

YoungUpstarts

Most people think that going bankrupt is the worst possible thing that can happen to a business… and that’s nearly true. In reality, though, the worst thing is to go into bankruptcy and not learn anything from the experience. This is exactly what happened to RadioShack, one of the most famous bankruptcy cases in recent years.

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7 Tips to Help You Better Protect Your Business

Women Entrepreneurs Can

Note on all of your branding and marketing materials that you own the mark. If you skimp on insurance and a client is really unhappy with you, to the point you get sued, then you are going to be facing bankruptcy. The post 7 Tips to Help You Better Protect Your Business appeared first on WECAN.

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The Basics of Small Business Loans [WEBINAR]

Up and Running

Hopefully I’ll be able to add some value with some of the financing needs that your businesses may need. As I’ve been working in this industry, as Sabrina started out said, I was the Chief Marketing officer of CAN Capital which is a big alternative lender and now I’m the Vice President of SmartBiz SBA Loans. Why is it hard to do that?

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Being a self-employed entrepreneur is many people’s idea of a dream life.

Austin Startup

Over half of all small businesses fail in the first five years ( Bureau of Labor Statistics ). The wages of persistence in the face of overwhelming odds is personal bankruptcy and piles of debt. Most “successful” entrepreneurs are repeat founders, meaning that their first (and second, and third, and n th) business failed.

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Ouch! If I had only learned this before losing millions!

Berkonomics

Know your market and competition, or don’t spend a dime on anything else. Well, here is one of those, and it deals with market research first and foremost. But wait for the mic drop… [Email readers, continue here…] Here’s where some intelligent market research might have saved the company and my investment.

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Boy! If I had only learned this before spending a million!

Berkonomics

Know your market and competition, or don’t spend a dime on anything else. Well, here is one of those, and it deals with market research first and foremost. Here’s where some intelligent market research might have saved the company and my investment. So, I lost over a million for lack of market research.

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What I learned from losing a million…Market knowledge comes FIRST.

Berkonomics

Know your market and competition, or don’t spend a dime on anything else. I have stated previously that I love absolutes – statements with no wiggle room for gray-area responses. For most brilliant new ideas and business plans, the competition is merely to do nothing. Oh, how I wish I had taken my own advice.