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Dec 2014

The Best Business Advice You’ll Ever Get

Being an entrepreneur doesn’t mean you have to go it alone. Most successful business owners will tell you they could not have accomplished their goals without help–from a mentor, colleague, even mom and dad. For many, their ability to evaluate, internalize and act on the counsel they received was instrumental in getting their companies off the ground. In an effort to tap some of this...

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15

Dec 2014

7 Tips for Entrepreneurs Ready to Launch a Business

Entrepreneurship is the ultimate roller coaster. Having been through building a business twice now, I can attest to the fact that some days I’m high as a kite and other days I’m filled with fear. To ride out those wild swings, and to end up on top, it takes a lot of help. It can help to talk to other entrepreneurs. I recently spoke about...

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12

Dec 2014

5 tips for a new generation of entrepreneurs

Here are five tips for a new generation of entrepreneurs that came out of the day: 5. Get the business model right Neil Stephenson, CEO of Onyx Group, stressed the importance of making sure your business model works. You need to find a market that is ripe for disruption and make sure your product is better than your competitors – having a sound business model...

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01

Dec 2014

The 30 Best Pieces of Advice for Entrepreneurs in 2013

1) Check references for real.  Intuit Co-founder Scott Cook is very particular about who he hires. And after 30 years, he has it down to a science — including how to get the truth out of a reference check. The reality is that people want to be nice, so almost everyone will start out by saying how great the candidate is. Cook’s advice is to completely ignore this opening feedback. When they’re...

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26

Nov 2014

4 Ways to Revamp Your Marketing to Mesmerize the Crowd

1. Focus on the value not the features. The temptation when touting a product is to zero in on all the features. Messaging about features alone, however, can result in the company’s blending in with all the others. Instead, work on crafting messages that will promote the true end value that a customer will receive. Rather than repeating the fact that the company’s technology includes an easy way to...

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18

Nov 2014

Starting a Business Can Be Like, Well, So Many Things

A web search for “Starting a business is like” turned up dozens of results that left me scratching my head. Sporty analogies. Based on what’s online, I figured out that some people really like sports metaphors: I encountered lines like “starting a business is like a football game” and “launching a business is like skateboarding in a half pipe” as well as “starting a business is like...

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11

Nov 2014

Top 40 Tips From Award Winning Entrepreneurs

1.“If you’re afraid of losing money, you will not make it to success.” – Hamdi Ulukaya, Founder of Chobani, 2013 World Entrepreneur Of The Year 2.“You don’t have to be first to market, you just have to deliver and execute better.” – Jeffrey Sprecher, Founder, Chairman and CEO, Intercontinental Exchange, Distinguished Alumnus Award, Pepperdine School of Business Management 3.“Connecting and collaborating are your most powerful keys to success as...

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13

Oct 2014

5 Biggest Challenges Facing Your Small Business

Starting a business is a big achievement for many entrepreneurs, but maintaining one is the larger challenge. There are many standard challenges that face every business whether they are large or small. These include things like hiring the right people, building a brand and so on. However, there are some that are unique to small businesses – ones most large companies have grown out of long ago....

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02

Oct 2014

Before naming your startup, read this !

 I’ve learned a lot from the development of NameLayer, and I’m ready to divulge every trick in my arsenal. In this guide, I provide realistic solutions to the frustrations encountered when naming a company. Plus, I’ll have some fun analyzing both good and bad company names. This guide is divided into three, independent sections: Why Bad Names Hurt You, Coming Up With Names, and Examples of...

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Sep 2014

Startup Business Development Strategies: 7 Tips For Putting Together Stellar Deals

Business development is fun.  Putting together partnership deals requires a special combination of hustle, strategic thinking, technical chops, project management, and sales and negotiation skills.  It’s a bit like a triathlon, in that it stretches your abilities in multiple arenas. Business development is both creative and analytical—left brain and right brain—and done well, business development deals can be the purest representation of the equation “1+1=3” to drive growth. Read More



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