YoungUpstarts

APRIL 7, 2013

They’re using metrics that are often unworkable in the current business environment, causing growing businesses to look elsewhere for capital and increasingly towards alternative forms of financing. The need for funding in the early days of a business is constant and the timeline until profit can be long.

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Key Takeaway: The rise of the Fractional CMO marks a significant shift in the way businesses perceive leadership roles. She began her career with Microsoft over 17 years ago, and since that time has owned and operated two successful businesses, as well as worked with other major brands, including Max and Venus Williams.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

Zoning laws and setting up shop: In terms of where you can legally operate your business, you should consider local zoning regulations and ordinances. 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. Give it a try. Minimum wage rates.

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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. “We

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 5, 2012

Virgin Islands,” five states - Delaware, Maine, New Jersey, New York, and Oregon - already have active SEA programs. Big Government - or Small Business? Oregon has been operating an SEA program since 1995, and a survey shows nearly half of its program’s participants have created an average of 3.12 There’s more.

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Up and Running

MAY 9, 2014

Adding new inventory to your selection will only benefit your business if there are enough customers willing to purchase at prices that are profitable to you. Provide longer hours of operation. It might also mean scheduling appointments for customers outside regular operating hours. Have a question about your small business?

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

Seasonal businesses are very common, especially in locales where travel and tourism are important industries, where weather has an impact on outdoor business operations, and where retail sales slow during the winter months. Have a question about your small business? Check with your banker about programs available.

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Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 14, 2015

.” 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. It’s a rule of thumb that I’ve since followed in my PR marketing business that I’ve operated for more than 13 years. Thanks to Marc Prosser, Fit Small Business. #11

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Up and Running

JULY 10, 2014

Have a question about your small business? Growing a Business Operations Strategy business business ideas business planning goal setting'

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Up and Running

JULY 31, 2014

For example: The inventory may be increasing with no corresponding increase in revenues, leaving less operating cash. Cost of goods sold may be increasing in relation to total sales, squeezing the profits in the business. Good inventory management helps improve cash flow, customer loyalty, and business profits.

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Up and Running

JULY 15, 2014

This ensures the idea is not forgotten and does not interfere with operating the core business. Growing a Business Starting a Business business ideas business planning planning process' The first step in this system is to write down the idea, date it, and put it in a file for at least two weeks.

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Up and Running

JANUARY 31, 2015

Operating a business successfully requires energy, health and creativity as well as many other skills and resources so a positive attitude is an asset that can benefit any business. Have a question about your small business? Optimism leads to more creative thinking and the energy to accomplish goals.

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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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Up and Running

JULY 31, 2015

” That’s what got me connected with Oregon State University’s Food Innovation Center and Portland Community College’s Small Business Development Center. I also went through an organization called the Food Innovation Center that’s an extension of Oregon State University. They are a food science lab.

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Up and Running

MAY 25, 2016

In this article, I’m going to provide you with a list of strategies that will help you increase your nonprofit’s revenue so that you can not only stay in operation, but thrive! Common reasons cited for failure include lack of capital, a misunderstanding of the market, and a faulty model of how to attract and maintain that market.

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David Teten

MARCH 12, 2012

Here are our core operating principles: - Healthy alternatives should be truly viable alternatives, not luxury products. BetterWorks offers large company group-buying for small businesses to take advantage of, for example, corporate gym discounts. Motion is better than no motion; stasis kills. Chair photo credit: watz ).

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Up and Running

AUGUST 19, 2013

There was nothing else like it in Eugene, Oregon, but Helen was sure that if they could just try it, consumers in Eugene would love it as much as she did. “Beautiful food always tastes better,” Helen told me, and Ume Grill certainly operates on that philosophy. And in order to secure a loan, she needed a business plan.

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Up and Running

JULY 5, 2017

Understanding your tax responsibilities can free you up to focus on all the other pieces of running your business, so avoid getting bogged down with stress and unnecessary headaches about taxes. Types of taxes for online businesses. When you start an ecommerce business , you must follow the same rules as any new small business owner.

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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. It was definitely a mom and pop shop operation, just making the bars out of our kitchen for the first year and a half. As a business owner, doing that for the first time is pretty scary. That was how we started.

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Small Business Force

MAY 26, 2015

Chip Kelly , head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles, who challenged the establishment of Division I College Football at the University of Oregon and then defied the tradition in the NFL with everything from the breakneck pace of his offense, how his teams practice, right down to how players sleep and eat.

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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

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Talk to the farm down the street about how they’re using their hilly, forested land to plan for a future logging operation. As of 2012, there were almost two million small farms in the U.S., Why do you want to start a small farming business? See Also: 15 Easy Tips to Help Small Businesses Build Strong Media Relationships.

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David Teten

JULY 6, 2011

First, here are our core operating principles: – Healthy alternatives should be truly viable alternatives, not luxury products. BetterWorks offer large company group-buying for small businesses to take advantage of, for example, corporate gym discounts. Motion is better than no motion; stasis kills.

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Up and Running

MARCH 15, 2016

One thing is certain: You’ll be unlikely to receive venture capital funding, as venture capital firms generally only invest in businesses that offer the potential for a high return, quickly. Do you want to run and operate a physical storefront? This will obviously depend largely on your goals. Do you want to sell only online?

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

In this article I will take you beyond the traditional funding sources and show you that it is possible to fund your idea by operating a successful side business. Bootstrapping your business. While this suggestion could not be further from the standard small business loan, it cannot be denied that the strategy paid off.

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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. Languishing businesses were counted as survivors. Loading… Careers. » More.

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 25, 2012

We as marketers operate in an industry obsessed with content that is “buzzwothy”, “viral”, and all other sorts of names that aim to describe a single scenario: getting people to talk about your business. Thursday is guest post day here at Duct Tape Marketing and today’s guest is from Gregory Ciotti – Enjoy!

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 17, 2018

With the help of my friend Jeff, from the University of Oregon, I’ve been looking at academic research on business planning—the actual science around planning and how it impacts both startups and existing businesses. But, before we dive into the data, why do we even need to look at research on business planning?

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