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5 Benefits Of Expanding Your Business Into Global Markets

YoungUpstarts

The first benefit of expanding your business worldwide is pretty obvious: You’ll tap into new markets and increase your market outreach. Small Business Administration says anyway. This also protects you against the volatile economy that accompanies business today. Did you know that 96 percent of consumers live elsewhere?

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How to Become Your Own Boss in 2015 (Webinar Recap)

Up and Running

I had the opportunity to speak with Melinda Emerson, the “SmallBizLady” and America’s #1 small business expert, who took the opportunity to share with us her proven, step-by-step method to transition from employee to entrepreneur. I don’t believe in cold turkey transition. You just want to check her out.

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Lean Business Planning with Tim Berry [VIDEO]

Up and Running

We recently had Tim Berry, Palo Alto Software founder and business planning expert, present our Bplans audience with his latest advice on lean business planning. You do in small business, in startups, you survive on focus, and my shortcut to strategy that I like is think about identify, market and business offering.

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