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The Strand: How an 86-Year Old Bookstore Uses Technology

Hunter Walker

While my title is Product Marketing Manager, I’m also the de facto Business Development, Public Relations and Product Manager. Such is the life at a scrappy small business. Just last year alone, we partnered with kate spade, Club Monaco and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. It’s beshert. It’s great.

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 18: Sarah Calhoun and Steve Sims

Steve Blank

Sarah Calhoun has spent two decades building nonprofits and small businesses. She was the 2012 National Women in Business Champion for the Small Business Administration. In 2011, she served as a as a US Delegate to the APEC Women in Business Summit in San Francisco. Clips from their interviews are below.

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How to Start a Travel Agency

Up and Running

“In starting ADDISON Yacht Charters, we began market analysis and business planning efforts a full year before we launched the company in November 2013,” says owner Scott Bessette. Resources to help you with the funding process: How to Get Your Business Funded. 35 Great Ways to Fund A Small Business.