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A Good Answer in a Business Plan Contest

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All three of the others were strong business plans, with good product-market possibilities, strong technologies, and strong management. I already said I was the judge in the story above, and the business was Green Valley Solar , which ended up in third place, and impressed the heck out of the five of us tasked with judging that track.

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What You Can Do To Make Customer Care Your Most Effective Marketing Strategy

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by Andrew Tillery, Marketing Director for MAP Communications. However, you probably still haven’t made this the core focus for your marketing strategy. Staying focused on a marketing strategy built around customer service is a long-game move that can be easy to get distracted from when you are pressured to make more sales now.

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Three Lessons For Building A Successful Company With Sustainability Benefits

YoungUpstarts

You will need to invest your time into getting clarity about your market and customers and building momentum around your product. . Layers of natural mineral pigment run through the material, upstaging even the natural formations of the Painted Hills in Oregon.

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17 Entrepreneurs Share their Favorite Quotes

Hearpreneur

“You are born with 2 ears and 1 mouth, to remind you to listen twice as much as you talk” When you talk more that you listen to what the market wants, needs and their frustrations and do not continue to innovate, this is when your business is disrupted. Thanks to Kim Beeler, Beeler Marketing. # 2 – Be Myself.

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Top Five Branding Strategies You Can Leverage in 2017

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Your customers should be able to distill your brand’s essence in your stories, marketing activities and products. Identifying where best to place your products or services to attract the attention of your target market becomes crucial as marketing spend is likely to be high. A premium brand need not be so niche.

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Starting a Nonprofit: Chapter 1 of The ‘RIDE Eugene’ Story

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In Oregon, nearly 30 percent of all traffic fatalities are related to drunk driving. ” Finance News indiegogo niche markets nonprofits RIDE Eugene' And even if the intoxicated customer decides to call their own taxi for a ride home, where do they leave their car overnight, and how do they return to claim their car the next day?

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What Is a Benefit Corporation?

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Now, you can create a benefit corporation in: Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia, and Washington D.C., with many more states in the pending legislation phase.