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[Interview] Michael C. Fillios, Author Of “Tech Debt 2.0™: How To Future Proof Your Small Business And Improve Your Tech Bottom Line”  

YoungUpstarts

To stay competitive in our digital world, small and medium-sized businesses need to be equipped with and proficient in the latest technologies. Along with lack of oversight, outdated software or hardware, inadequate cybersecurity, or one bad tech investment could seal the demise of a small enterprise.

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5 Common Small Business Marketing Mistakes to Avoid

Up and Running

If you’re one of the 47% of small business owners who run marketing completely on their own, it’s likely this function is one of the many hats you wear. And chances are unless you’re running a marketing business yourself, you don’t have a professional marketing background. Common small business marketing mistakes to avoid.

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10 Reasons To Market Globally While Selling Locally

Startup Professionals Musings

The world of marketing is changing faster than technology these days. Mobile and global are driving all of these in innovative new ways to grow your business. A UVP sells a product or service because it differentiates it from other products or services that are available. Understand the power of online reviews to your advantage.

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10 Keys To Results With Social-Local-Mobile Marketing

Startup Professionals Musings

The world of marketing is changing faster than technology these days. Mobile and global are driving all of these in innovative new ways to grow your business. A UVP sells a product or service because it differentiates it from other products or services that are available. Understand the power of online reviews to your advantage.

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What Would Happen if you Built the Reverse of Amazon? It Might Look Something Like This …

Both Sides of the Table

And while we launched the service thinking it would be mostly a consumer offering we were surprised how many small businesses were looking to clear away their marketing materials and such into a convenient storage offering. Tech Market Analysis Upfront Ventures makespace' Full on burger flipping mode. I’m long NY.

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How to Set Business Management Standards for Your Small Business

Up and Running

One of them is ignoring to set up proper business standards. Reasons why startups and small businesses fail. Many reasons contribute to why startups and small businesses fail. Management has better control over the business processes. A business can differentiate itself from competitors with product quality.

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Fazt Tech Shares the Top Five Reasons Why Most Startup Companies Fail in the First Year

The Startup Magazine

With over 30 million small businesses in the United States, which include all ventures earning under $1 million annually, the market for sole proprietors is unprecedentedly popular. The most obvious factor that leads to the abysmal lack of revenues for small businesses is that many of them fail to survive in the long run.