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5 Tips to Becoming a More Customer Centric Organization

Both Sides of the Table

As organizations we have become more open and I believe this is great for businesses and their customers. We spent time out in the marketplace talking with customers, looking at their solutions, comparing ourselves with our competition and then squirreling ourselves away in our offices designing our next set of features.

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3 Website Trends That Customers (and Business Owners) Will Love

Duct Tape Marketing

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! Here are 3 website design trends I think you should be watching.

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Bigger in Bend – Building a Regional Startup Cluster–part 1 of 3

Steve Blank

When Customer Development and the Lean Startup were just a sketch on the napkin, Dino Vendetti, a VC at Bay Partners, was one of the first venture capitalists I shared my ideas with. Dino and I kept in touch as he moved up to Bend, Oregon on a mission to engineer Bend into a regional technology cluster. What’s Different.

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How to Write a Business Plan for an Outpatient Medical Practice

Up and Running

A Lean Business Plan might be a better fit if you simply need to think through all the different aspects of your business. A Lean Plan will be shorter, and it lends itself to quick revisions, but both types follow the same general outline. They tend to be lengthier and more detailed. Problem and solution.

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SWOT Analysis Examples

Up and Running

Botanical Bounty is an Oregon-based perennial farm that grows a variety of botanical, medicinal plants. Customer testimonials. Haley’s Vintage Hats is an online-only business that sells unique and affordable replicas of vintage designer hats. Example SWOT analysis: Botanical Bounty. About the company. About the company.

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One Little Ice Cream Cart That’s About to Have Big Growth

Up and Running

Beginning as a small red cart in Eugene, Oregon, today Red Wagon Creamery has a downtown storefront, local retail distribution, and online ordering. We wanted ice cream that we make from scratch,” Emily says, “to showcase local, Oregon dairy, and using local, seasonal fruit, berries, and produce.”.

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How to Start a Clothing Company

Up and Running

Have you ever found yourself dreaming of designing clothes? Do you have a great idea for a line of business-casual womenswear that you think everyone would love, or maybe you’d really like to design your own athleticwear brand? If you’re not seeking bank or investor funding, you can probably get away with a lean business plan.