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Nine Keys to Entrepreneurial Survival

Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

Guerilla Innovation — Chapter Thirteen. This post/chapter of Guerilla Innovation is about money and the concept of survival. Survival means you get creative about ways to avoid spending money, ways to trade instead of buy, ways to fund operations. My partner hung on and made a success — it took him two more years.

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How to Have the Best Opening Day Ever

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If you are planning on waiting until your business is fully operational to start being more active on social media, don’t. Partner with your local Chamber of Commerce and hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony. If you plan on offering giveaways, consider partnering with other local businesses. Get in early. Opening a brewery?

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Beware The Consultant

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Basing a consultant’s compensation on the incremental revenue they generate is a great example of a deal that is on The Fringe (for other creative approaches to partnering, see Agreements on The Fringe). Thus, as your startup matures, many of your operational functions can be successfully outsourced. Get A Company on The Fringe.

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Grow Your Business With This Excellent Advice from 7 Exceptional Small Business Coaches

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Entrepreneur’s Jeff Boss writes : A coach serves as an accountability partner who challenges you to strategize and develop your goals while aligning your efforts toward achieving them. Brad franchised ActionCOACH; which now operates in 54 countries , coaching more than 15,000 businesses per week. But, you should have.

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Grow Your Business With This Excellent Advice from 7 Exceptional Small Business Coaches

crowdSPRING Blog

Entrepreneur’s Jeff Boss writes : A coach serves as an accountability partner who challenges you to strategize and develop your goals while aligning your efforts toward achieving them. Brad franchised ActionCOACH; which now operates in 54 countries , coaching more than 15,000 businesses per week. But, you should have.

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Lousy Products Might Break Your Bones – But A Name Will Seldom Hurt You

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Amazon – While arguably better than the company’s initial name, “Cadabra.com”, “Amazon” does not convey the company’s initial core competency of online book sales. However, if this is true, “Aardvark” would have been a more clever choice and equally as relevant to online book sales. DoubleClick’s Guerilla Marketing Legacy. |.

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How to Start a Travel Agency

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Hajar says of Urbane Nomads: “It was conceived as the kind of travel company that would remain relevant in the age where most travel-related bookings are made online. Why should customers use your services, rather than just book a trip themselves? You may not need any to start, until you decide to expand your operations.