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David Stanger of Westmarq Real Estate Group: Short Sales Helpful Even in Bankruptcy

The Startup Magazine

A short sale is a way to limit damage to your credit if you’re facing foreclosure. Instead of letting the bank sell the home (and potentially evicting you in the process), a short sale lets you sell your business property or home for less than what you owe on the mortgage (with the approval of the lender).

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Key Strategies for Starting a New Business After Bankruptcy

Up and Running

Starting a business is difficult, but establishing a new business from scratch after filing for bankruptcy can be an even bigger challenge. Nothing is as stressful as bankruptcy. Filing bankruptcy will offer a fresh start and keep your debts behind you. How soon can you start your own business after filing for bankruptcy?

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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Business or Entrepreneur Turnaround Story

Hearpreneur

Marvel’s fascinating turnaround story is no less than a heroic action story where the protagonist flips the scales at the last moment and arises like the phoenix, just like the many superheroes it helped become household names. Having a simple background in sales and marketing , he came up with attractive employee benefits. 12- Disney.

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Rebranding Your Business? Key Things To Keep In Mind

YoungUpstarts

Rebranding a business is a marketing strategy wherein a new name, design, concept, term, symbol, and combination of these elements are created for a brand. Rebranding is one way to overcome the odds of a partnership breakage or a bankruptcy, showcasing the good points of your business. Why are you rebranding your business?

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Why Some Startups Win

Steve Blank

His company had marched through customer discovery, learning about the customer problem, validated solutions and was now scaling sales and marketing. I had taken the job of VP of Marketing in a company emerging from bankruptcy. Drive that demand into our sales channels. Educate our sales channel(s). All good news.

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3 Key Factors Lenders Look For When Assessing Business Loans

The Startup Magazine

By boosting short-term sales figures via discounts which lure in new customers, for instance, you can convince business lenders that your business is enjoying a surge in growth and is thus an ideal candidate for a loan. This means bolstering your cash flow to the greatest extent possible.

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Master of Customer Acquisition, Matt Coffin, On Startups …

Both Sides of the Table

I recently sat down with Matt Coffin , the founder of LowerMyBills, which sold for $400 million but was very nearly a bankruptcy only a few years early, and talked “startups.&#. I figured if Matt was on the verge of bankruptcy and one mentor changed his trajectory, what if we had a formalized, community-wide program?