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Are You Losing Money by Staying Too Niche?

YoungUpstarts

These two childhood friends saw how busy and exhausted new parents were and identified the need for a convenient way to purchase diapers. In 2010, Diapers.com brought in an estimated $300 million in revenue. No matter how underserved or neglected, focusing on a too narrowly defined customer base could hurt your business.

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What is a Social Enterprise?

Up and Running

The Social Enterprise Alliance offers this definition: “In its early days, the social enterprise movement was identified mainly with nonprofits that used business models and earned income strategies to pursue their mission. According to the Harvard Business Review, in most U.S. economy in general—U.S. What about the rest of us?

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Unlocking the Power of Data: Transforming Metrics into Actionable Insights

Duct Tape Marketing

That's hundred grand annual revenue. And that became about, and now is about 40% of HubSpot's revenue. I always stayed there until that team was counter million in annualized revenue, which was around 2016. So they can even see how is your performance in Texas compared to your performance in Pennsylvania.

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Entrepreneur Creates a Technologically Savvy Daycare Model

Hearpreneur

Currently, we are regionally expanding with 44 child care centers under development in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Maryland. Other key growth areas are Southern NJ (Philly suburbs), Eastern Pennsylvania, New York City and Long Island. Where do you see the business in the next 3-5 years?

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

online.wsj.com

If failure is defined as failing to see the projected return on investment—say, a specific revenue growth rate or date to break even on cash flow—then more than 95% of start-ups fail, based on Mr. Ghoshs research. Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania. start-ups fail, he says. Mississippi. New Hampshire. New Jersey. New Mexico.

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34 Educational Resources for Aspiring Entrepreneurs

Up and Running

On Bplans, you’ll find templates, free eBooks, and articles on how to plan and start your business. Business Model Generation. This website offers a downloadable worksheet called a business model canvas that helps you think through your business idea. Business news sites. Business Insider.

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Crushing It With Competitive Intelligence Analysis: Best Metrics, Reports

Occam's Razor

Every website in the world has a unique business strategy. Is Getty really competing with these sites, given its business model? Or is this a gap in their business approach they should fix in some other way? Currently my tofu ads are in heavy rotation in Pennsylvania, Colorado and Michigan. Is it someone else?

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