Up and Running

MAY 13, 2015

Each week we discuss the latest news, resources, and advice for entrepreneurs and small business owners. In this week’s episode, we use the Bluth’s Frozen Banana Stand to show you how to write a business plan in under an hour. Content Marketing for Small Businesses (feat. Jonathan: Okay.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

UW-Madison Small Business Development Center (SBDC) celebrating SBDC Day. Starting a new small business? Looking for some professional consulting to help you think through your business plan or your strategies for growth? Your local Small Business Development Center (SBDC) can help.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 13, 2012

By tracking five sources (talent, investments, technology innovation, brand, new market entry) diligently, the company has built its citizenship efforts into the way it works every day, all over the world. In a Harvard Business School study, researchers found that high sustainability companies perform better over time.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 20, 2014

Dino and I kept in touch as he moved up to Bend, Oregon on a mission to engineer Bend into a regional technology cluster. Part 1: Bend, Oregon Ecosystem and Entrepreneurs. Bend, Oregon is an ideal case study because of its size, location and entrepreneurial characteristics. Part 2: Early-stage Regional Venture Funds.

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Up and Running

JANUARY 8, 2019

Bplans offers a library of more than 500 sample business plans across a wide variety of industries. Here’s how to get the most of any sample business plan. What is a sample business plan? A sample business plan gives you an idea of how another small business or startup in your industry built their own plan.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 17, 2018

With the help of my friend Jeff, from the University of Oregon, I’ve been looking at academic research on business planning—the actual science around planning and how it impacts both startups and existing businesses. But, before we dive into the data, why do we even need to look at research on business planning?

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

It’s these sorts of philosophies that have garnered Venterra the recognition of being one of the best places to work several years running, a fact that also helps them scale their business from a small business to a major player in the Austin real estate scene.

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 5, 2023

01:28] In your opinion, what type of business is the ideal fit for a Fractional CMO? 02:36] Do you find that the market is starting to wake up to both the need for strategy? [03:42] What's the perfect business that needs one of those? John Jantsch (02:18): Do you find that the market is recognizing that term?

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

In such a crowded market, making good beer and opening the doors isn’t enough anymore. But, the good news is, if all these people could start a brewery, then you can too—as long as you know what you’re getting into and have a solid business plan for your brewery. As of November 2015, there were 4,144 breweries in the U.S.—more

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Up and Running

JULY 17, 2017

My neighborhood of Alberta in Portland, Oregon, where small local businesses are plentiful. If you’re considering making the leap and starting your own business, you’re likely eager to ensure that you’re making a smart decision. Is now really a good time to start a business? There’s a sense of real optimism.”

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 18, 2013

3 Website Trends That Customers (and Business Owners) Will Love written by Guest Post read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing Thursday is guest post day here at Duct Tape Marketing and today’s guest is Andy Hayes – Enjoy! Web Marketing Andy Hayes Responsive design'

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Up and Running

JUNE 29, 2010

If you’re serious about starting a business, growing a business that already exists or managing your business better, and you’re in the United States, then you ought to know where the nearest SBDC is. That stands for Small Business Development Center. There are about 1,000 of them in the United States.

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Up and Running

MAY 15, 2019

In such a crowded market, making good beer and opening the doors isn’t enough anymore. But, the good news is, if all those people could start a brewery, then you can too—as long as you know what you’re getting into and have a solid business plan for your brewery. The ColdFire Brewing team meets to plan marketing.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 1, 2013

If you’re reading this, there’s a good chance that you’re a small business owner or an entrepreneur with a product that you’re ready to push. The Answer is Experiential Marketing. Two words: experiential marketing. Examples of Successful Experiential Marketing Campaigns. Inspire excitement and emotional connection.

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 7, 2013

And the JOBS (Jumpstart Our Business Startups) Act, which should go into full effect by the end of 2013, will make it even more of a game-changer by opening the door for businesses to market ownership stakes in their ventures to people over the internet. Despite this, crowdfunding has a pretty big gap to fill.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

General considerations: Before you get into the nitty gritty details of choosing the location, consider the following: Where is your target market located? Is your area business friendly? See Also: Practical Market Research Resources for Entrepreneurs. Zoning map of Eugene, Oregon. See Also: What Is Target Marketing?

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Up and Running

JULY 20, 2011

Tim Berry, the founder of Palo Alto Software and a personal friend, was just nominated as a Small Business Influencer in the Guru category on SmallBizTrends.com. Can you take a quick break from reading this article and go vote for Tim Berry as a Small Business Influencer ? Tim Berry, via Crunch Base. Thanks for reading.

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Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 14, 2015

“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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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 2, 2012

I’m taking some vacation time this week and I’m actually going to stand waste deep in the Columbia River in Oregon and cast for Trout. Small business owners are trying to take advantage of these trends, but few are fully reaping the rewards. . Don’t worry I won’t hurt any I’m strictly a catch and release kind of guy.)

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Up and Running

JULY 16, 2015

Beginning as a small red cart in Eugene, Oregon, today Red Wagon Creamery has a downtown storefront, local retail distribution, and online ordering. From the beginning and all along the way, careful planning has guided the business from revenues of $35,000 in 2011, to $400,000 in 2014, and estimates of $700,000 for 2015.

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Up and Running

JULY 31, 2014

We all have goals for our business, but sometimes we forget how important it is to clearly define these goals. This is especially true when it comes to financial goal setting for small businesses, where often financial goals are only vaguely defined or based too heavily on assumptions. Small Business segment.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 18, 2010

The Executive Summary for a bank lending plan should be a literal summary of the entire business plan, with a paragraph roughly devoted to the product/service, market, industry, marketing, and management. Keep in mind that a Small Business Administration-backed loan requires certain sections for a business plan.

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Up and Running

MAY 22, 2015

What’s the best way to market your business that costs nothing? Brand ambassadors are the people who are so in love with your product or service, they’ll spread the word about your business for free. Below are tried and true tips to building a brand ambassador program that will keep your business growing and growing.

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Brandanew

DECEMBER 9, 2016

Businesses of all sizes develop branding strategies to ultimately develop a distinction over competitive offerings in a customer’s mind. Your customers should be able to distill your brand’s essence in your stories, marketing activities and products. How could your small business brand aim for a strong brand presence?

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Up and Running

JUNE 12, 2014

The life cycle of a product is associated with marketing and management decisions within businesses, and all products go through five primary stages: development, introduction, growth, maturity, and decline. The introduction stage is about developing a market for the product and building product awareness. Introduction.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 2, 2012

I’m taking some vacation time this week and I’m actually going to stand waste deep in the Columbia River in Oregon and cast for Trout. Sonia Simone is co-founder and Chief Marketing Officer of Copyblogger Media. Come find her on the Copyblogger blog, where she writes extensively about content marketing for small business.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

Entrepreneur reports a study at Babson college revealing that their students who studied business planning as part of their coursework were twice as likely to start businesses as those who didn’t. businesses indicates that if you’ve written a business plan, you are two and a half times more likely to go into business.

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Up and Running

JUNE 1, 2011

Jim is The Small Business Advocate , and he does a daily show on Internet radio. Except in the marketplace, notches are called niches … As niches have increased in number, so have entrepreneurial opportunities, resulting in the most dramatic expansion of the small business sector in history. Strategy is focus.

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Up and Running

JULY 15, 2011

Eleven students (see photo) completed the class that is based on the curriculum and software program Business Plan Pro that has been developed by Small Business Guru Tim Berry of Palo Alto Software. The core curriculum has been taught at the University of Oregon. The corporate sponsor for the class was Citibank.

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Up and Running

JULY 15, 2014

By what date will action be taken to bring this idea to market? New ideas are best implemented only if they improve business performance in some way such as increasing profits, using excess capacity, or improving customer service for existing customers. Who else is committed or partnering with this idea?

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Up and Running

JULY 31, 2015

” That’s what got me connected with Oregon State University’s Food Innovation Center and Portland Community College’s Small Business Development Center. I discovered a course called, “Getting Your Recipe to Market” which was exactly what I was looking for. I googled “How do you sell a food product?”

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Up and Running

MARCH 9, 2015

Over the past few months, with the help of my friend Jeff, from the University of Oregon, I’ve been looking at academic research on business planning—the actual science around planning and how it impacts both startups and existing businesses. Action: Carve out some time to set goals and build a plan for your business.

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Up and Running

MAY 25, 2016

Common reasons cited for failure include lack of capital, a misunderstanding of the market, and a faulty model of how to attract and maintain that market. See Also: A Nonprofit’s Ultimate Guide to Social Media Marketing. Barring event expenses, all proceeds are contributed to the aforementioned charitable institution.

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Up and Running

MARCH 11, 2015

The opportunity when I got to pitch on stage in front of 400 angel investors was for the largest angel investor conference in the Pacific northwest called Angel Oregon, and we competed with 60 other companies. I have some entrepreneurs who are in Gaza, who are in Cairo, who are in New Jersey, and I’m in Oregon.

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Up and Running

JULY 3, 2015

Lara Galloway ( @mombizcoach ) joins the show to discuss niche marketing. Check out Tim Berry’s book, Lean Business Planning , coming soon. What is niche marketing (with Lara Galloway, the @mombizcoach)? Check out Lara Galloway’s new book, Moms Mean Business. – (9:47). Read also: TAM, SAM, and SOM, Huh?

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 3, 2012

I’m taking some vacation time this week and I’m actually going to stand waste deep in the Columbia River in Oregon and cast for Trout. Chapman is a leader in the online and social media marketing space. is an advocate who speaks about building passionate consumer communities, and the strategic values of content-based marketing.

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