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How to Get Funding for a Business

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For example, many ongoing businesses have access to standard business loans from a traditional bank that would not be available to startups. Also, high-tech high-growth startups have access to investment funding that would not be available to stable, established businesses that show only slow growth. Commercial lenders.

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30 Entrepreneurs Explain the Future Trends They See in Their Industry

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Small business owners now see the value of investing in branding experts, business coaches, copywriters and designers who bring unique insight and talent to the digital marketing space. Real estate professionals are well-versed in determining which properties are suitable for sale or rent. Photo Credit: Amanda Doherty.

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Entrepreneurs Now Start Hyperlocal Then Go Global

Startup Professionals Musings

Foursquare is good example of a modern hyperlocal site, which describes itself as “50% friend-finder, 30% social city guide, 20% nightlife game.” When you extend this to include social media marketing, you can imagine that startups and small businesses are in fact at an advantage over their less flexible big brothers.

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Solving the "marketplace" business model

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

These companies typically make money either by charging sellers for listing (akin to the yellow pages) or by charging a sales commission (akin to a "finder's fee"). The hardest part of any business is the beginning, but this is especially true for marketplace companies because you have a classic chicken-egg problem.

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How to Identify Your Strengths and Weaknesses

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See Also: 30 Small Business Ideas (for When You Don’t Know What Business to Start). Included in the books was a code to take the Strengths Finder test, which determines your top five “talent themes” (mine were Achiever, Ideation, Harmony, Learner, and Woo). Talk to people you trust. The SBA: The U.S.

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Smart Startups Think Global But Act Hyperlocal

Startup Professionals Musings

Foursquare is good example of a modern hyperlocal site, which describes itself as “50% friend-finder, 30% social city guide, 20% nightlife game.” When you extend this to include social media marketing, you can imagine that startups and small businesses are in fact at an advantage over their less flexible big brothers.

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If You Want To Start a Business Start Here

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As you work through this section, the key things to keep in mind or figure out include: Your business identity. The sales channels you will use to reach your target customers. Your business model (or how you will make money). In the Bcast we discuss the latest trends in marketing, sales, and entrepreneurship. Milestones.