crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2013

Where your charm, your business acumen, and your conversational skills should shine, right? Well the truth is that many entrepreneurs and small business people are simply not that comfortable in social contexts and have no appreciation for the value that can be extracted at a holiday party or business networking event.

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Business Plan Blog

MAY 28, 2013

As an aspiring entrepreneur, you will want to launch your startup in a fertile environment with ample funding and quality of life (for good employees and good prospects likely seek out this characteristic in determining where they will put down their roots). Small-business lending in 2012: $118.5 Average income: $25,450.

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Growthink Blog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2013

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” - Winston Churchill At the very heart of entrepreneurship, small business, and investing sits FAILURE. Such as if you “fail” at this particular business, you won’t be broken and scarred forever. In fact, the opposite is true.

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Growthink Blog

AUGUST 12, 2012

The elephant in the room when it comes to entrepreneurship and small business is FAILURE. The statistics are only debated to their degree but not their overall thrust - a very small percentage of businesses ever become meaningfully profitable and a smaller percentage still are ever sold for a meaningful price.

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Growthink Blog

MARCH 21, 2011

The elephant in the room when it comes to entrepreneurship and small business is FAILURE. The statistics are only debated to their degree but not their overall thrust – a very small percentage of businesses ever become meaningfully profitable and a smaller percentage still are ever sold for a meaningful price.

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entrepreMusings

JULY 6, 2013

It’s a bit dated but still useful especially since Austin, Texas made the list for being one of the most friendly places for small businesses! Small Businesses Rate Utah and Alabama Friendliest States, California and Illinois Among Least Friendly. Austin and Virginia Beach ranked most business-friendly cities. (San

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2013

If you are an entrepreneur it sure should, because these are the core skills and responsibilities of an entrepreneur, too. Entrepreneurs may not have the same influence over their team’s lives, but they can still seek to develop talent, teach skills, inspire performance, and set expectations for excellence. Sound familiar?

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Hearpreneur

MAY 12, 2015

For each business owner, the story of their journey can range from monetary needs or the passion for a unique project. No matter the tale, the background behind each and every business is what fuels each entrepreneur and brand. Over the years, I’ve learned that many business owners are scared of lawyers.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Throughout my career I’ve run my own small businesses, consulted with small business owners, and built software for small business users. I’m one of the biggest small business advocates you’ll ever meet. In this article I’ll show you how to take your web marketing results into your own hands.

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Small Business. SMALL BUSINESS. more in Small Business. An entrepreneur with a hot technology and venture-capital funding becomes a billionaire in his 20s. Harvard professor Noam Wasserman and WSJ small-business editor Vanessa OConnell took reader questions about avoiding start-up pitfalls on Sept.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

If you are willing to put in the time, and learn the necessary farming and business skills to become the profitable small business farmer you know you could be, there’s good news. Dr. The University of Vermont Extension has a whole lot more to say about hobby farming versus running a farm as a business. It’s doable!

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Mike Michalowicz

JULY 11, 2016

Cyndi Thomason, president and founder of Bookskeep, has channeled her energetic nature and passion for her work into the perfect business model for assisting small businesses, entrepreneurs and nonprofit organizations. Nextiva – VOIP phone providers for small businesses. Backed by a B.A.

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The Entrepreneurial Mind

JUNE 22, 2010

In the last year running our healthcare company, we had a major hurricane and one of the worst ice storms in North Carolina history both within about five months. While we survived this double whammy, many small businesses did not. There are steps that an entrepreneur can take to prepare: 1. Cash is King".

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 14, 2015

For each business owner, the story of their journey can range from monetary needs or the passion for a unique project. No matter the tale, the background behind each and every business is what fuels each entrepreneur and brand. Start our FREE Business Blogging Course! Tell Your Business Story! .

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

Though a quarter of 194 investors surveyed in June by North Carolina State University have been a victim of fraudulent companies, the study also discovered what careful investors look out for to protect themselves. As a small business owner, engaging and helping new hires acclimate quickly should be a top priority.

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