Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

With the advent and growth of crowdfunding over the past few years, many entrepreneurs have predicted the demise of those demanding angel investment groups and venture capital organizations. Worldwide, almost fifty campaigns since then have exceeded the $10 million dollar mark, despite targets as low as $20K.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

Being in love with your business, when you’re an entrepreneur, is even better. Although there are days when tossing in your hat seems like a viable option, remembering how much you love your “job” can quickly snap an entrepreneur out of that mentality. We asked some entrepreneurs what they loved about “being their own boss.”. #1-

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 21, 2023

One of the most frequent questions I get as a mentor to entrepreneurs is “How do I find the money to start my business?” If you have the urge to be an entrepreneur, I encourage you to think seriously about each of these, before you zero-in on one or two, and get totally discouraged if those don’t work for you.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 10, 2018

One of the most frequent questions I get as a mentor to entrepreneurs is “How do I find the money to start my business?” If you have the urge to be an entrepreneur, I encourage you to think seriously about each of these, before you zero-in on one or two, and get totally discouraged if those don’t work for you.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 16, 2023

You can start an SEM campaign with as little as $50 today and get results very quickly. This is still one of the best vehicles if your business has a small, well-defined purchasing audience as do government agencies or medical establishments. Social-media advertising. Cold calling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2020

One of the most frequent questions I get as a mentor to entrepreneurs is “How do I find the money to start my business?” If you have the urge to be an entrepreneur, I encourage you to think seriously about each of these, before you zero-in on one or two, and get totally discouraged if those don’t work for you.

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Here are seven tips every startup owner must know about financial aid: Apply for Government-funded Grants or Scholarships. There are a ton of government-funded grants and scholarships out there for students who have the initiative to apply. Use the Free Resources Available Online to Find Government-funded Programs.

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 9, 2017

We asked some entrepreneurs and business owners, why they started their businesses: #1 – Food is Always Needed. I was tired of the bureaucracy of government and corporate work along with limited vacation days (my balance was always bouncing off of zero!). Each story is different though the reasons may be the same.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

Entrepreneurs as Dissidents. When Steve Jobs returned to Apple, he ran the Think Different ads, a brilliant marketing campaign to make Apple’s core customers believe that Apple was still fighting for the brand. These entrepreneurs are the ones who want to change “what is” and turn it into “what can be.“ Lessons Learned.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 12, 2020

In 2016, brainstorming with Pete Newell of BMNT and Joe Felter at Stanford we observed that students in our research universities had little connection to the problems their government was trying to solve or the larger issues civil society were grappling with. Team Election Watch – Open Source Tool to Track Political Influence Campaigns.

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Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

As part of this, TechStars announced the TechStars Network , an affiliation of TechStars-like programs across the country along with our commitment to the Startup America Partnership to help 5000 experienced mentors work with 6000 entrepreneurs to create 25,000 new jobs by 2015.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 12, 2014

One of the most frequent questions I get as a mentor to entrepreneurs is “How do I find the money to start my business?” If you have the urge to be an entrepreneur, I encourage you to think seriously about each of these, before you zero-in on one or two, and get totally discouraged if those don’t work for you.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Regulated marketplaces are ones that have significant government regulation to promote (ostensibly) the public interest. regulation happens on three levels: federal laws that are applicable across the country are developed by Federal government in Washington. state laws that are applicable in one state are imposed by state government.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 20, 2020

You can start an SEM campaign with as little as $50 today and get results very quickly. This is still one of the best vehicles if your business has a small, well-defined purchasing audience as do government agencies or medical establishments. Social-media advertising. Cold calling.

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 28, 2013

million with a crowdfunding campaign. When the crowd-funding campaign ended two weeks later, nearly 19,000 Dutchmen and women had invested a minimum of $80 each. On March 18th, Rob appeared on Holland’s most popular television talk show to launch the campaign. We launched on September 30, after raising a total of $1.7

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NZ Entrepreneur

JANUARY 20, 2022

Sadness for the loss of a bright young New Zealander who had so much going for him, for the terrible loss for Jake’s mother and his whanau and friends, and for the loss of an up and coming innovator and entrepreneur to our business community. It also made me angry.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 15, 2020

Initiate a visible campaign against a common competitor. This could be fighting some government bureaucracy with your technology, or “supporting” unhappy customer efforts against an unpopular competitor. This one has been around for a long time, but I still see too many entrepreneurs trying to climb the mountain alone.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 6, 2011

Ham established a relationship with the Cameroon government and did the work to route the traffic his way. He is now on a campaign to win Colombia (.co), So as an entrepreneur, here are the steps to get the name you need for your business: Pick the right name. The difference is that hardly any.cm co), Oman (.om), om), Niger (.ne),

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 31, 2015

Entrepreneur Ryan Hoover transformed an email list experiment into a venture-funded startup community with tens of thousands of active members. As part of this process, the company’s CMO Rishi Dave, is encouraging teams to launch campaigns faster. We come across some interesting stories from people who are really making things happen.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 21, 2017

But it’s rare that an entrepreneur or business owner doesn’t leverage their background in some way to launch their business. It could be studying entrepreneurship in school or it could have been working with a government contractor or maybe someone had a sales job. 9 – Developing an Entrepreneur Program.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 11, 2011

Most online (and many many offline) companies are leveraging paid search and pay many thousands of dollars to experts to manage their campaigns. A company looking to place ads on search networks posts their campaign through Trada and their community of SEO experts contributes keywords and terms to the campaign. Good for them.

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Too much time focused on certain operational tasks means the owner’s time to focus on their managerial and entrepreneur role is reduced. Alternatively, you could opt for a freelancer if you have a one-off project or business task such as a Christmas marketing campaign to tackle. Building A Remuneration Package.

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NZ Entrepreneur

DECEMBER 13, 2022

There are a number of different government funding opportunities for projects in the early stages but we recognised there was a gap between government grant funding and the private sector funding,” says MPI Commercial Manager Andrew Clark. “So It all ties in together well. Applications for the programme close 8 February 2023.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 29, 2016

government is discovering that Lean innovation can help them serve the country better and faster. The Small Business Administration and the digital services agency 18F are trying to help entrepreneurs build successful companies and the 21st century digital government. Javier Saade. .: And some of it could be in development.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 7, 2021

However, it is important to plan your hiring campaigns with a specific purpose when the economy is down amid the pandemic. With overwhelming changes like corporate office closures , temporary suspension of visa appointments with the government, HR teams have a lot to keep track of.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 9, 2013

Policies governing employee behaviour, account management, content, security, and legal issues should also be implemented. Creativity : Finally, consider how you can weave elements of good creative campaigns – fun, unexpected, participatory, cross media (or transmedia), and storytelling – into your activities.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Many seasoned entrepreneurs are happy to share their knowledge and opinions—you just have to ask! Many entrepreneurs waste a lot of time and resources on their idea, only to find no one wants to buy. Oculus VR was able to secure their initial funding from a crowdfunding campaign, and later sold to Facebook for over $2 billion !

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 5, 2017

Alongside its affordable living conditions, both local agencies and the government play a key role in the growth of its tech scene. A lead economic development agency in Canada’s capital, Invest Ottawa , has recently launched its Work in Ottawa campaign.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JANUARY 3, 2017

The post The Merrymaker Sisters: How Two Aussie Girls Quit Government Jobs, Launched A Healthy Food Business On Instagram And Today Lead The Merrymaker Business Empire appeared first on Entrepreneurs-Journey.com. The Leap From Employees To Entrepreneurs. Download MP3 | Transcript | iTunes | Soundcloud | Raw RSS ]. EJPodcast.com.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 4, 2017

Sure, when WP Engine launches a new product, the marketing department needs predictability for the launch date, but that’s because it’s a highly-skilled, well-funded group, which explodes with press, events, campaigns, social media, and newsletters, grabbing more attention in a single week than a smaller company might garner in a year.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 9, 2010

During this week's roundtable we had a group of entrepreneurs from the Pune Open Coffee Club gather at the offices of Persistent Systems to participate in the roundtable together. Then Suresh Sambandam with OrangeScape came on to discuss a specific issue: where should entrepreneurs try to raise money? That sounds great.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 4, 2017

Determined to give their customers the best software solutions, they have support structures that give the best experience to entrepreneurs. This next level will also require that you work with government regulators. The government will not allow you to conduct your business without a license. Are you the Next Casino Mogul?

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

Last May, I shared the news that long-time Lean Startup advocates Brant Cooper and Patrick Vlaskovits were working on a new book called The Lean Entrepreneur featuring illustrations by FAKEGRIMLOCK. Social entrepreneurs take note!) Lastly, I wanted to share with you the foreword I wrote for The Lean Entrepreneur.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 20, 2010

Ham established a relationship with the Cameroon government and did the work to route the traffic his way. He is now on a campaign to win Colombia (.co), So as an entrepreneur, here are the steps to get the name you need for your business: Pick the right name. The difference is that hardly any.cm co), Oman (.om), om), Niger (.ne),

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 11, 2010

Except the "strategy" is a tirade of drivel I've heard so many times I can lip-sync as the words spew out the founder's mouth: "We're going to A/B-test AdWords campaigns until we discover our hook.". Does Twitter get press when it helps Iranians fight an illegitimate government or when it creates a new internal IT process to increase up-time?

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 11, 2018

The Chrysler’s ATL (Above the Line), “Eminem commercial” — that cost around 12 million $— is a perfect example of a well-focused, mass marketing campaign. The clients, competitors, providers, intermediaries — distributors — and other public (such as the government or the press), are known as the company’s micro-moments.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 13, 2018

It also provides a great way to market your campaign and thereby your business. Amounts you can borrow range from $500 up to $35,000 and are aimed at the startup entrepreneur. Government Assistance. Depending on where you’re located, there may be government assistance schemes you can apply to. Peer-to-Peer Lending.

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