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30 Entrepreneurs Share How They Prepare for a Bad Economy

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If possible, settle debts before being subject to inflationary costs for your business. Protect your business from going under by managing debts proactively to stay mobile during the recession. If you take on too much risk, your business may take the brunt of your decisions. 1- Make a budget. Photo Credit: Abdul Saboor.

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Marketing and Growth Lessons for Uncertain Times

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“Rare is the business that has a formal disaster plan, let alone one that covers a global Black Swan event.” We don’t have to go back far to find another period of economic disarray. companies covering the period 1982–99, which included a recession during 1990–91. Tim Stewart, trsdigital. What the big studies have shown.

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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

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There are obvious reasons the industry has had less-than-desirable returns, including: massive over-funding of the sector, huge increases in inexperienced venture capitalists that took a decade to peter out, and the massive correction in the value of the public stock markets that closed many exit opportunities for half a decade.

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Lean Business Tips: Hiring Contractors for Fun and Profit(ability)

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We write often about ways small business can reduce expense, increase productivity, and operate more efficiently through a lean approach to marketing, technology, and operations. I am not talking about outsourcing work to other companies, but rather finding, hiring, and developing a network of freelance vendors or contractors.

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25 Entrepreneurs Explain Their Major Accomplishments in 2019

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Many businesses were launched and others were closed. In the last few days of 2019, we took some time to ask a few entrepreneurs and business what their biggest business accomplishments were. #1- 2019 has been a year of growth for my business! I attended two different business conferences and even spoke at one.

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Swipe debit card, get stock; In defense of the IPO; New models for SMB lending, and more

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Reimagining the debit card Better models for SMB lending Want more a16z? This is clever for a number of reasons. One, it compounds the idea that consumers “vote” with their dollars, as the places you spend money then become the companies you’re an investor in. This first appeared in the monthly a16z fintech newsletter.

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Out of the Crisis #2: Mark Cuban on putting people first, the Dallas Mavericks, and what we'll want on the other side

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In his 20s, he started a systems integrator called MicroSolutions which was eventually sold to Compuserve. After that, he started AudioNet, one of the first audio streaming companies, which was sold to Yahoo. Since then he's been starting and investing in companies in a number of arenas. It's never selfish to hire.

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