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 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. Arrested Development.

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Nicole Bernard (01:42): Yeah, so yeah, the few that I have worked with and consulted with over the years that were just prime for the spot, they've been in business for a while, they're building their teams. A few are architectural design companies. One was a big staffing company and they had the team in place. Okay, I get it now.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

Zoning map of Eugene, Oregon. If you’re operating a business out of your own home, many of the same zoning laws will apply to you. Our business in located on Country Club Drive and down the street from a large country club community.”. An interior designer was hired to make the space shine. Give it a try.

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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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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 27, 2011

Portland, Oregon-based Shwood was founded by Eric Singer, whose inspiration for starting the company came from hand-carving a pair of sunglass frames one day out of a Madrone tree limb from his own backyard, adding a rusty pair of cabinet hinges and lenses from a corner store. America’s Favorite Small Business.

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Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 14, 2015

My favorite business quote is: “A little bit of something is better than a lot of nothing.” ” This was a statement told to me years ago by a former client of mine, Chuck Kaady, owner of Kaady Car Washes, located in Oregon. And you’ll never get a business off the ground it you try to do five things at once.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

Small businesses which are built on the Internet and dependent on it for their livelihoods are threatened by an amendment to the spending bill passed by the House last week. The amendment introduced by Oregon Representative Greg Walden, specifically prohibits the FCC from enforcing its Net Neutrality rules , passed late last year.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2011

We needed to have a number of logos and icons designed for our various apps, but it was difficult figuring out where to in order to find good design talent. What’s your working relationship like now with the crowdSPRING designer’s project you chose? Interested in having your small business featured?

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Up and Running

JULY 15, 2011

Designed for entrepreneurs who are either starting a new business or growing an existing one, Palo Alto Software’s Start, Run & Grow Your Business: An Introduction to Entrepreneurship course is currently being taught at colleges and universities around the country. The corporate sponsor for the class was Citibank.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 30, 2015

Today, crowdSPRING is the world’s #1 online marketplace for creative services ranging from graphic, web and industrial design to copywriting services. Since then, Anvil has achieved Fastest Growing, Most Admired and Most Philosophic Companies in Oregon. Thanks to Kent Lewis, Anvil Media. #4 4 – Meaningful and Unique.

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David Teten

JULY 6, 2011

We think there’s a way to design office work so that physical fitness is integrated throughout your day. We think that many of the design changes we envision cost little or nothing, and can save us and our team money on their health care in the long run. We’d value your ideas on how to do that. More on this below.

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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

JUNE 3, 2011

Frank Chimero , a designer and author in Portland, Oregon, keeps a collection of articles that inspire him to make things. Text Playlist. I keep what I perceive to be a more valuable, important morgue file: one made of the best writing on the web I come across. I take this list and revisit and reread it every 4 to 8 weeks.

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Up and Running

JULY 31, 2015

Like many parents these days, Josh and his wife Bethany realized that it would be a battle keeping the house designated into gluten-free and non-gluten-free areas, so they all got on the bandwagon and kicked gluten to keep things simple. Jude’s Foods logo, designed by Bethany Fegles. They are a food science lab.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! 45+ Brilliant Letterpress Business Cards – crowdspring.co/18mjd0w. Editorial Design Inspiration: Pencil Post | Abduzeedo – crowdspring.co/18mjQqY.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

(For more on naming, read Why and How to Rename Your Business and 10 Tips for Naming Your Startup or Small Business ). We recently spoke with Shaunda Lindsay, (who goes by the username shaunda on crowdspring ), a competitive product and business namer, about her experiences working with crowdspring.

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Up and Running

MAY 22, 2015

Running a small business is no different. Also playing on this idea, Salt & Straw, a popular ice cream retail chain in Portland, Oregon, is serving up totally unexpected flavors. IKEA brought Swedish design to the U.S. It’s the restaurant you tell your friends and family about. It’s just not humanly possible.

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Up and Running

APRIL 28, 2015

After doing my MBA at the University of Oregon, I decided I wanted to try to become a professional triathlete. Our first employees were actually University of Oregon students that came in and made the bars in our house. million in total sales last year, and over forty percent of our total business was just our subscription service.

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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. While momentum has slowed slightly, food trucks continue to be a profitable restaurant business model. The craze for mobile eats has been on the rise. What does it mean to have a “strong concept?”

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Up and Running

MARCH 15, 2016

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 so, starting a clothing business might be a great path to explore.

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Up and Running

JULY 14, 2015

Peter: Well, fortunately I know how to pronounce his name because I felt and that was some of his incubator work but Joe is a local entrepreneurial champion here in Oregon. He’s helped a lot of small businesses succeed. He’s helped Startup weekend events here locally. Jonathan: You can go to a weekend event.

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Up and Running

MAY 31, 2016

But “artist” can mean a broad range of related things, from fine art and (ugh, so crass) commercial art, to design, writing, acting, stand-up comedy, and even live art. He was a talented musician—a drummer who built a business around selling music rights for films and ads.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

If you aren’t familiar with the term, bootstrapping, also known as “self-funding,” refers to the various methods entrepreneurs can use to fund their startups beyond funding sources like small business loans. Just like Etsy, eBay is incredibly flexible, which makes it a great side business.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 12, 2019

It was five fun facts about Portland, Oregon. But of course a lot of small businesses around here, so we get a lot of people who might be owners or entrepreneurs. ” So again, it elevates you, it puts you at another level, and I think that’s great for business owners who are looking for a competitive edge.

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David Teten

MARCH 12, 2012

I’ve attached below my original, much more detailed blog post about the details of how we’ve designed our office to help people stay healthy and be as productive as possible. My colleagues at ff Venture Capital and I designed our office to make working a workout — a (partial) substitute for visiting a gym.

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Small Business. SMALL BUSINESS. more in Small Business. Harvard professor Noam Wasserman and WSJ small-business editor Vanessa OConnell took reader questions about avoiding start-up pitfalls on Sept. Small Business » Subscriber Content Read Preview. INTERNET BUSINESSES.

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Brandanew

DECEMBER 9, 2016

How could your small business brand aim for a strong brand presence? a) Design a remarkable experience. To succeed with this strategy, everything about your brand must ooze class from the logo and packaging design to staff attire. About Guest Author: Joshua Beam is a professional writer from Norther Oregon.

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