Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

One of our Bplans writers described going into business in cannabis as a “ once-in-a-generation opportunity ,” with the product rapidly becoming legal for recreational as well as medical use in many states. In legal states, the markets have become so saturated that cannabis companies can end up with thousands of pounds of unsold product.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 8, 2019

Often entrepreneurs and business owners create their New Year’s Resolutions around their business. It could be more revenue, hiring clients or launching a new product or service, but every new year is an exciting time because it’s ripe with opportunity. Thanks to Alexis Cartagena, Advance Accounting, LLC ! #5-

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 30, 2019

Yet many aspiring entrepreneurs I know approach it as a fun project, get-rich quick scheme, or perhaps an expensive hobby. As an entrepreneur, you need to start early to implement the discipline and business practices that will lead to success. Let your passion drive your cash flow projections. Moderate your optimism.

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Up and Running

JULY 26, 2016

Between January 2015 and January 2016, we grew our platform Slidebean from $1K to $20K in monthly recurring revenue. If you’re interested in figuring out how you can growth hack your way to success, keep reading! Getting the first tracks of revenue is one of the toughest processes of building a startup.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2014

Every day on the crowdSPRING Twitter account and on my own Twitter account , we post links to posts or videos we enjoyed reading or viewing. How to Ruin Your Company with One Bad Process | by @bhorowitz – crowdspring.co/11FYS9R. Hire the Right Type of VP Marketing ?Or Candid & raw. 1CxnUDp.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 7, 2014

Yet many aspiring entrepreneurs I know approach it as a fun project, get-rich quick scheme, or perhaps an expensive hobby. As an entrepreneur, you need to start early to implement the discipline and business practices that will lead to success. Let your passion drive your cash flow projections. Moderate your optimism.

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

Every day on the crowdSPRING Twitter account and on my own Twitter account , I post links to posts or videos I enjoyed reading or viewing. 7 Habits of Highly Effective and Successful Entrepreneurs – [link]. 5 Warning Signs That Your Customer Service SUCKS - [link]. Convertible Debt - [link]. – [link].

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 15, 2010

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, January 15, 2010 Two Ways to Hold Entrepreneurs Accountable (for Harvard Business Review) The next part in the series I am writing for Harvard Business Review is online. This time, Im discussing the challenge for corporate CFOs and VCs alike in holding entrepreneurs accountable.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

Every day on the crowdSPRING Twitter account and on my own Twitter account , I post links to posts or videos I enjoyed reading or viewing. Do you still use business cards for your business? Repeat Your Successes, Not Your Failures. 7 Ways to Make Your Business Card Your Best Marketing Tool – entm.ag/12oQZzW.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 18, 2013

Every day on the crowdSPRING Twitter account and on my own Twitter account , I post links to posts or videos I enjoyed reading or viewing. Small business Congress-watch: Two Reasons to Call Your Representative! - [link]. The Science of Productivity: How To Get More Done In Less Time - [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

If you want to take the plunge and start your own photography business, there is a lot to consider. Develop and refine your idea. Decide your legal business structure. Build your team. Grow your business. Develop and refine your idea. Who am I providing a service or product to? Write a business plan.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2012

Every day on the crowdSPRING Twitter account and on my own Twitter account , I post links to posts or videos I enjoyed reading or viewing. If your small business or startup sends email newsletters or other email marketing campaigns, what is the best time of day to send those emails? The product lens - [link].

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Jay is a 7th-generation entrepreneur, who has written 7 best- selling business books, and created 6 multi-million dollar companies. His newest book, titled “The Time to Win: How to Exceed Your Customers’ Need for Speed,” is based on research focused on speed and responsiveness. What does that mean? [02:46]

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www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Blog About Log in Register Startup Killer: the Cost of Customer Acquisition In the many thousands of articles advising entrepreneurs on what they have to focus on to build successful startups, much has been written about three key factors: team, product and market, with particular focus on the importance of product/market fit.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 7, 2018

Yet many aspiring entrepreneurs I know approach it as a fun project, get-rich quick scheme, or perhaps an expensive hobby. As an entrepreneur, you need to start early to implement the discipline and business practices that will lead to success. Let your passion drive your cash flow projections. Moderate your optimism.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 7, 2017

We asked some entrepreneurs and business owners, why they started their businesses: #1 – I Have a Dream. GoWrench Auto brings licensed and insured mechanics to your home, workplace – or wherever you might need them. I was the first social entrepreneur in the coffee world. Image Credit: Enrico Bratta.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, April 14, 2009 Validated learning about customers Would you rather have $30,000 or $1 million in revenues for your startup? All things being equal, of course, you’d rather have more revenue rather than less. And yet revenue alone is not a sufficient goal. What’s going on?

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, September 22, 2008 The three drivers of growth for your business model. He also has a discussion of how your choice of business model determines which of these metric areas you want to focus on. If the coefficient is > 1.0 , you generally have a viral hit on your hands. Choose one.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

So far, I have found "lean startup" works better with the entrepreneurs Ive talked to than "agile startup" or even "extreme startup.") The application of agile development methodologies which dramatically reduce waste and unlock creativity in product development. What are the characteristics of a lean startup? No more, no less.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Often entrepreneurs and business owners create their New Year’s Resolutions around their businesses. It could be more revenue, hiring clients, or launching a new product or service, but every new year is an exciting time because it’s ripe with opportunity. Thanks to Max Maybury, Ai-Product Reviews ! #5-

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 5, 2015

Yet many aspiring entrepreneurs I know approach it as a fun project, get-rich quick scheme, or perhaps an expensive hobby. As an entrepreneur, you need to start early to implement the discipline and business practices that will lead to success. Let your passion drive your cash flow projections. Moderate your optimism.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Determining which of these methods of staffing software development projects is right for your company can be a challenging endeavor, and three opposing characteristics of business need to be considered: cost, risk and convenience. Or, would you rather use your time for something else and leave those details up to an expert?

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

I owe it originally to lean manufacturing books like Lean Thinking and Toyota Production System. The batch size is the unit at which work-products move between stages in a development process. Similar results apply in product management, design, testing, and even operations. For software, the easiest batch to see is code.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 5, 2009

Sometimes an early negative result from an experiment is a harbinger of doom for that product, and means it should be abandoned. Imagine a general manager that has read The Innovator’s Dilemma and related books, and is therefore trying hard to help her organization make a transition to a new product category via disruptive innovation.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 2, 2009

At IMVU, we were terrified by how early we shipped (and charged for) our first product. We were even more embarrassed by the pathetically small number of customers we had, and the pathetically low amount of revenue we had earned so far. I just emailed your article to him and recommended that he take your advice to heart.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 23, 2009

Most normal people dont understand it: what counts as a hit, anyway (an image, a page, a JS file.)? Now picture product prioritization meetings in such a company. If you never have, you can create your own using Google Finance. They were accustomed to measuring their progress primarily by gross revenue compared to their targets.

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reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

. × At Greylock , my partners and I are driven by one guiding mission: always help entrepreneurs. It doesn’t matter whether an entrepreneur is in our portfolio, whether we’re considering an investment, or whether we’re casually meeting for the first time. Entrepreneurs often ask me for help with their pitch decks.

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www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Think of your company as a machine One way to look at how companies work is to imagine them as a machine that has Outputs, and Levers that you, the management team, can pull to affect it’s behavior. The company has just missed its quarterly revenue forecast. To compute revenue, you multiply average deal size by number of deals.

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www.virtuosimedia.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Accounting. Home ▶ Businesses ▶ Startup Business Advice ▶ Current Page How To Find A Technical Cofounder For Your Online Business Idea. If, by chance, the relationship does survive and the product gets launched, that doesn’t mean that there’s smooth sailing from that point forward.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

But achieving long-term success can prove to be a formidable challenge for even the bravest, boldest entrepreneur. . Building a loyal customer base is a high hurdle in most niche markets, especially if your products carry sizeable price tags. . Expanding your boutique business is crucial if you want to survive.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 8, 2008

When we build products, we use a methodology. We know some products succeed and others fail, but the reasons are complex and the unpredictable. I highly recommend this book for all entrepreneurs, in startups as well as in big companies. a roadmap for how to get to Product/Market Fit." Whats wrong with this picture?

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Steve Blank

APRIL 30, 2009

SuperMac sold our graphic boards for the Macintosh through multiple distribution channels: direct sales to major accounts, national chains, independent rep firms, etc. And the product that “talked to me&# , the loudest and most seductively, was the one that went home with me.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

High-frequency trading, algorithmic by its nature, is estimated to account for at least 50% of US equity markets trading volume. . A more efficient approach is to mine the data exhaust from the Limited Partner universe to identify those LPs most likely to find your fund attractive, and focus all your energy on them.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 15, 2009

If youre looking for resources on getting started, see " Continuous deployment in 5 easy steps ") The goal of continuous deployment is to help development teams drive waste out of their process by simultaneously reducing the batch size and increasing the tempo of their work. Another is used by marketing to refer to what customers see.

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Up and Running

MAY 28, 2015

He is the known guru in business planning, particularly for small businesses, startups and entrepreneurs, although he’s worked with Fortune 100 and Fortune 500 companies as well. It’s all about making your business life easier, doing what works best, getting the best results by tracking what works and always improving.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 17, 2008

If you dont have customers, a product, investors, or a board of directors, you can pretty much stay focused on just one thing at a time. In this kind of work, its hard to predict when things will be done, what impact they will have, and whether youre making progress. Building and testing prototypes. 1 comments: Andy Lawrence said.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JULY 5, 2011

It can help encourage people to pay a higher price for your product through the art of words. HOWEVER, if your actual product does not match the claimed value on your sales pages, then you will see your refunds rack up fast. You must know the true value of your products.

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