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.”
Up and Running
JUNE 1, 2016
Here in Portland, Oregon, you can’t swing a stick without hitting half a dozen food trucks serving up a range of delicious options. Between 2008 and 2014, industry revenue increased at an annual rate of 12.4 While momentum has slowed slightly, food trucks continue to be a profitable restaurant business model.
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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.
Up and Running
OCTOBER 26, 2011
A couple of weeks ago I got to listen to Amy Boggs, under-30 founder of a Portland,OR house cleaning business called Sparkling Palaces, sharing her story. She was fun to listen to, refreshingly honest about the ups and downs of getting her business going, and funny, too. That makes total sense to me. ” Amen.
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.
www.businessweek.com
JUNE 18, 2012
Business Schools. Small Business. Daniel Ives, a managing director at investment bank FBR Capital Markets ( FBRC ) , estimates that Nuance’s revenue from mobile software will double, from about $250 million today to $500 million, over the next three to four years. Bloomberg Businessweek. Technology. Global Economics.
Duct Tape Marketing
MAY 1, 2019
Obviously, there are a lot of people out there that would love to have this success in the revenue that’s come with that success directly related to podcasting that you have, but I talk a lot of small business owners and actually tell them that one of the little talked about things that podcasting can bring you is access.
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