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8 Tasks To Prepare You For Starting Your Own Business

Startup Professionals Musings

The cost of entry has never been lower, with new tools to create your own website , and free social media to get your message out everywhere. Make sure the name and trademarks you want are available, as well as web site address, social media tags, and any other intellectual property.

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6 Information Surges Raise Huge Startup Opportunities

Startup Professionals Musings

Virtual living: the rise and growing dominance of social media. As an entrepreneur, what steps can you take to help your business not only survive the data hurricane, but to thrive under these new and challenging conditions? In addition, more people own cell phones than toothbrushes. Data enable: use metrics and measurements.

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7 Excuses I Don’t Want To Hear For New Owner Failure

Startup Professionals Musings

Either could improve the statistic that half of startups fail within the first five years. There are a wealth of tools available today, relying on social media and marketing, to create or foster the market your company needs. Nothing is more discouraging to aspiring entrepreneurs than the high failure rate.

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6 Strategies To Find An Investor For Your New Venture

Startup Professionals Musings

They don’t realize that according to statistics from Startup.co , almost 60 percent are funded with personal savings and credit, and another 25 percent get their money from friends and family. Looking in the right place for the wrong investor won’t help you. Searching LinkedIn, for example, is a must for contemporary entrepreneurs.

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6 Tips On Where And When To Look For Startup Funding

Startup Professionals Musings

They don’t realize that according to statistics from Startup.co , almost 60 percent are funded with personal savings and credit, and another 25 percent get their money from friends and family. Looking in the right place for the wrong investor won’t help you. Searching LinkedIn, for example, is a must for contemporary entrepreneurs.

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6 Technology Trends Will Spawn Countless New Ventures

Startup Professionals Musings

Virtual living: the rise and growing dominance of social media. As an entrepreneur, what steps can you take to help your business not only survive the data hurricane, but to thrive under these new and challenging conditions? In addition, more people now own cell phones than toothbrushes.

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Feel Lost On LinkedIn? ExploreB2B Wants To help You Network With People Of Your Profession

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The idea for exploreB2B resulted from my own experience in business development for a young consulting company and my brother’s enthusiasm for tech and social media. The result was a social platform especially built to serve the needs of Business-to-Business interaction and networking. What inspired them to find it? Competition?