Tue.Mar 05, 2024

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Starting Your Own Small Business? Here Are Some Smart Ways to Save Money

Women Entrepreneurs Can

Embarking on the journey of starting your own small business is an exciting yet challenging endeavour. As a budding entrepreneur, managing your finances wisely is crucial to the success and sustainability of your venture. In this comprehensive guide, we’ll explore some smart and practical ways to save money when starting your own small business, helping you navigate the financial landscape with confidence and efficiency.

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Is a $100 Million Enough?

Steve Blank

Capitalism has been good to me. After serving in the military during Vietnam, I came home and had a career in eight startups. I got to retire when I was 45. Over the last quarter century, in my third career, I helped create the methods entrepreneurs use to build new startups, while teaching 1,000’s of students how to start new ventures. It’s been rewarding to see tech entrepreneurship become an integral part of the economy and tech companies become some of the most valued companies in the world.

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Understand the Funding Process and What Investors Want to See

Gust

Some very small businesses—particularly those that offer the professional or personal services of a single individual—can be launched and grown with few or no resources other than human time and talent. But most businesses require some money before they can be started—to pay for software, buy tools or equipment, lease office space, or pay for the time worked by employees or outside contractors.

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LiveOak Ventures Donates $1 Million in Grants to Local Nonprofit Organizations

SiliconHills

LiveOak Ventures announced this week that it has awarded $1 million in grants to 20 local nonprofit organizations through its LiveOakGives program. LiveOak Ventures began the program five years ago.

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Building Healthy Innovation Ecosystems for Your Projects

Speaker: Nick Noreña, Innovation Coach and Advisor, Kromatic

Every startup and innovation project exists within an ecosystem that either helps or hurts that project. As innovation managers, we need to keep a pulse of that ecosystem and make sure we're helping those innovation projects we're managing every step of the way. In this webinar, Nick Noreña will walk through an Innovation Ecosystem Model that he and his team at Kromatic have developed to help investors, heads of product, teachers, and executives understand how they can best support innovation in

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The Profit First Formula Explained

Mike Michalowicz

Man, do I get hassled about the Profit First formula. Let me be clear, I do believe following the GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles) is important so that when the time comes, you are prepared to submit taxes, financial statements for investors. However, using the GAAP as your primary accounting method is the wrong way to grow a hugely profitable business.

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From a Ferris Wheel to Royalty, SXSW 2024 Returns to Austin and is Bigger Than Ever

SiliconHills

Audible is bringing a Sonic Ferris Wheel, game booths, and concessions to South by Southwest on Friday. It’s one of the big activations at this year’s show. The Audible Sound Experience will be at Third and Congress Avenue from Friday, March 8th, through Sunday, March 10th, and offers a carnival experience.

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How Startups Can Master Lead Generation and Drive Growth

Women Entrepreneurs Can

Startups need customers to thrive. Lead generation is the key to finding those customers. It’s how you attract potential buyers and turn them into paying customers. But here’s the problem: the process is tricky, especially for startups with limited budgets and small teams. A recent study found that a staggering 61% of B2B marketers consider lead generation their most significant marketing challenge.

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What Are the Key Steps in Achieving Debt Relief for Your Business?

Women Entrepreneurs Can

Few things can be more stressful than watching your entrepreneurial dreams slowly succumb to the suffocating weight of oppressive business debt obligations. As interest charges swell and creditors close in, it’s natural to feel powerless and paralyzed by the fear of total financial collapse. But take heart – tangible paths to debt relief do exist if we dare to seek them out methodically!