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[Review] The $100 Startup

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Dig deeper to uncover hidden needs, latch onto popular hobbies or passions, make our customers heroes, and sell what they’ll buy. 3 One-page business plan. Develop a one-page business plan. c) Selling more to existing customers. d) Creating a Hall of Fame to shine the spotlight on customers while providing social proof.

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How Individuals Are Turning To Franchising For Business Success

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After all, it provides a proven business model, a dedicated following of fans, nationwide support and much more. It’s why one out of every 12 small businesses in America is a franchise, and why a new franchise opens every eight minutes. The couple now owns multiple locations in Georgia and South Carolina.

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How to Choose a Business Location

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It’s about being somewhere your customers will see you, about being in a competitive location, about staying within budget, and about meeting local and state regulations and laws. He wanted to stay rooted in his community in South Carolina. “My Other useful resources: Find a local Small Business Development Center.

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Fundraising Now? Remember Morality Impacts Valuation

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Columbia University professor Sheena Iyengar has called out authenticity as being at the root of whether a customer, partner, or investor will do business with you. Banks need to weed them out but do so in a manner that does not hurt small businesses.

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Self-Employed or Working Part-Time? Here’s How to Get Affordable Health Insurance

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But if you’re self-employed, a part-time employee, or a small business owner, getting insurance is a difficult and expensive prospect. Despite government efforts to ease the process for these segments of the population, small business owners are still struggling to provide benefits to employees.

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15 Entrepreneurs Discuss Why They Love Their Business

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Different business owners also have different reason why they love their business. It might be the products or the customers they deal with, or it could even be the fact that they are the ones in charge of it all. The reasons are as varied as the businesses themselves. #1 Thanks to Ryan Watts, HD Carolina, LLC. #2

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

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