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Monday, July 28, 2014 from NYT > Small BusinessBanking officials say they give better terms to regular customers. But is that really the case?
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from TechCrunch » StartupsGigit, a platform allowing venue owners or hosts to book both well-known and up-and-coming bands for private shows, was unofficially at SXSW earlier this year after organising private shows for Path, Ashton Kutcher and Spotify. On ...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Small Business | This is MoneyDerby City Council heads the coalition of 20 local authorities bidding for the introduction of an extra business rates levy worth up to £400million a year.
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Small Business Trends | small business expertsIf your business sells products online, chances are you’ve received some anonymous negative reviews. Online reviews are intended to better inform consumers about online retailers (and can give businesses feedback), but it can be nearly i...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Inc.comThese days even smaller companies are putting together conferences to attract new users and inspire current ones. However, planning these things is fraught with peril, from bad Wi-Fi to budget overspending.
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Inc.comDoing it alone? Odds are you won't succeed. Begin letting go with these simple steps.
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Inc.comThe psychology of color... plus some cool information about the cost of logos and the value of brands.
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Small Business | This is MoneyThe company, founded by millionaire plumber Charlie Mullins, saw sales grow by £2 million in the year to May 31, 2014 and profits rise from £1.5 million to £1.7 million.
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Small Business TrendsettersPipp I. Patton with www.si-5.com, the SEO website for Big Rhino Strategic LLC, announces its ‘New SEO’ service to allow local businesses to dominate search results in their market, resulting in a great increase in visitors to their websi...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Small Business TrendsettersJamie Lauren is a first-rate Realtor, who uses her expertise to assure that her clients get the home of their dreams. Every client that Lauren works with is left completely satisfied. Lauren is part of the NewMarket Group team, which is ...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from BizSugar Hot TopicsThere are many benefits associated with outsourcing, and this guide will outline a few of the most important advantages. 16 Vote(s)
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from BizSugar Hot TopicsIt's estimated that about 50% of new business startups fail within the first 4 years of trading, according to Statistic Brain, which is quite a hefty number. It's becoming increasingly difficult for new startups to survive, succeed and t...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from BizSugar Hot TopicsEvery business owner knows how important leads are. While not all of them will convert into sales, they are the best starting point for a small business owner seeking new business for his or her company. 16 Vote(s)
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Tech in Asia » StartupsExits are becoming more and more common for startups in Southeast Asia, and young companies ought to start planning for their future as soon as they begin operations, rather than waiting until the time feels right. At least that’s what T...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Guardian Small Business Network | The GuardianPitching is a key PR skill for small businesses. Janet Murray offers her tips on how to make your story idea stand out Most journalists receive hundreds of story ideas each week. So if you're looking to get coverage for your small busine...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Tech in Asia » StartupsJapanese outsourcing giant Transcosmos is preparing for a coming challenge from the crowdsourcing industry by making limited investments in many startups.
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from BizSugar Hot TopicsMarketing your business is the best way of growing your company reputation and winning more customers. How to make your marketing campaigns more interesting? 18 Vote(s)
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Tech in Asia » StartupsSnapeee will use the funds to expand its business to 10 million registered accounts by the end of the year. Key markets will be Indonesia and Thailand.
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Sunday, July 27, 2014 from FoxSmallBusinessCenter.comGov. Jerry Brown is traveling to Mexico for three days of meetings and will discuss immigration with President Enrique Pena Nieto and separately with Central American diplomatic and religious leaders.
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Sunday, July 27, 2014 from TechCrunch » StartupsIf you look closely at what I’ve built—at my playlists, all of them public—you can see me. You only have to search my name and you’ll see it all right there: what’s in my head. I’m 23, and my ide...
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Sunday, July 27, 2014 from Small Business Trends | small business expertsOnline reviews can promote your business if they’re positive. They’re essentially like word of mouth. Of course, the other side of this is that not all reviews are good. Consumers have the right to leave reviews that are as p...
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Sunday, July 27, 2014 from Inside Small BusinessA media list is a list of people and publications that you would like to connect with by sending a ... The post Creating an effective media list appeared first on Inside Small Business .
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Sunday, July 27, 2014 from The Crowdfund NetworkCFBeat Radio with Mike Hyes: Crowd Success Interview of OneSpark, CEO, Elton Rivas: CrowdFund Beat. The post CFBeat Radio with Mike Hyes: Crowd Success Interview of OneSpark, CEO, Elton Rivas appeared first on The Crowdfund Network .
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Sunday, July 27, 2014 from The Crowdfund NetworkGUEST POST Above: Two Tesla Model S cars on a cross-country rally drive. Image Credit: Tesla Motors Blog NOTE: GrowthBeat is less than 2 weeks ... The post 3 reasons why Tesla can scale where others have failed appeared first on The Crow...
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Sunday, July 27, 2014 from CrowdFund BeatPriya Elan | TheGuardian | July 27, 2014 – There’s a recent strand of crowdfunding projects that has turned into something of a subversive art form. First there was Zack “Danger” Brown’s potato sal...
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Sunday, July 27, 2014 from Crowdfund InsiderCEO of global equity crowdfunding platform OurCrowd hit the screens of CNBC this past week to talk up Israel innovation and the startup ecosystem. Apparently over $920 million was invested in Israeli startups in the 2nd quarter alone. ...
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Sunday, July 27, 2014 from Crowdfund InsiderThe Peer to Peer Finance Association (P2PFA) in the UK have just published the data for the first 6 months of 2014 showing impressive growth in the P2P lending industry. The rate of flow of funds through p2p platforms has doubled over t...
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Sunday, July 27, 2014 from Small Business Trends | small business expertsWhile just a few short years ago, the cloud was still a bit sci-fi for most small businesses, it’s ramped up in ways we couldn’t imagine. We’ve gone from paying exhorbitant sums for relatively small amounts of storage t...
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Sunday, July 27, 2014 from StartupsThe man accused of refusing to leave an Airbnb rental in California may also be behind a Kickstarter campaign that is going off the rails Maksym Pashanin, identified by local television station KESQ as the man squatting in a Palm Springs...
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Sunday, July 27, 2014 from The Crowdfund NetworkWeekend Edition: Bunch O Balloons: $532,705 pledged of $10,000 goal: CrowdFund Beat. The post Weekend Edition: Bunch O Balloons: $532,705 pledged of $10,000 goal appeared first on The Crowdfund Network .
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Sunday, July 27, 2014 from TechCrunch » StartupsThe ongoing debate about Europe’s so-called ‘right to be forgotten’ ruling on search engines has shone a light onto a key pressure point between technology and society. Simply put the ability of digital technology...
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Sunday, July 27, 2014 from Crowdfund InsiderBunch O Balloons was hoping to raise just $10,000 for simple concept of creating 100 water balloons in seconds. Recognizing that just about everyone loves a good water balloon fight but no one enjoys filling the balloons with water, pro...
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Sunday, July 27, 2014 from Small BusinessRooster Soup Co. is an upcoming nonprofit restaurant that will join the new class of eateries with a mission.
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Sunday, July 27, 2014 from BizSugar Hot TopicsLast week, I learned an astonishing fact. It was a clarifying moment and a stark wake-up call to a surge of change that is about to challenge marketing's entire way of being. In 2014, the workplace is comprised of 50% baby boomers, 25% m...
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Sunday, July 27, 2014 from TechCrunch » StartupsWhen I met Pascal Lorne earlier this week, I expected to get an extended pitch for his social networking startup Let. And sure, he ran me through Let’s features and pointed to its early signs of success, but he also detailed ...
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Sunday, July 27, 2014 from Crowdfund InsiderBergfürst, a German investment crowdfunding platform that also incorporates an electronic trading platform as a secondary market, has received a banking license from Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht (BaFin). This new license comes two year...
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Sunday, July 27, 2014 from Small Business Trends | small business expertsVerticalResponse, an email marketing solution for small business owners and entrepreneurs, has announced they are including custom hosted sign up pages within their marketing platform. The new sign up pages will be free to new and existi...
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Sunday, July 27, 2014 from BizSugar Hot TopicsStartups provide business leadership with new products, services, and new revenue models, but leadership startups can only be built by entrepreneurs who are leaders themselves, and incent leadership in the team around them. Leadership wh...
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Sunday, July 27, 2014 from Inc.comThe big reveal, and more than a few glitches. Also: strippers.
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Sunday, July 27, 2014 from TechFaster » CrowdfundingRocketboard Kickstarter On Friday we received a new device in the mail for review. It promised to turn any old whiteboard into a “smart board”. It has a great price point and has some smart board functionality. While you can ...
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Sunday, July 27, 2014 from Crowdfund InsiderCalifornia-based Stone Brewing Company announced the launch of a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo to raise a million dollars last week. Stone stated they want to be the first “craft brewer” Within the first seven days, the ...
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Sunday, July 27, 2014 from Small BusinessSeeking a corporate world alternative, more millennial women are launching ventures in the start-up space that's dominated by male founders.
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Sunday, July 27, 2014 from Crowdfund InsiderFor this weeks edition of #Crowdfunding Mailbox we have four projects. Tons of emails this week and I am still sorting through them. For those of you who have forwarded your campaigns while still in preview mode (IE not yet launched) p...
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Sunday, July 27, 2014 from The Crowdfund NetworkYou may love your wearable, but you shouldn’t take it to bed. That’s the argument made by James Proud, the founder of Hello who recently ... The post Hello’s Sense sleep tracker is wary of the wearable appeared first on The C...
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Sunday, July 27, 2014 from Crowdfund InsiderSupports from all over the globe are hoping to help Christian comedian Chonda Pierce get through a devastating time in her life. A GoFundMe crowdfunding campaign was launched earlier this week to raise $25,000. The $25,000 was meant to h...
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Sunday, July 27, 2014 from BizSugar Hot TopicsWhat does any business or organization want most from their website? Conversion… turning a visitor into a fan, client, member, etc. What do you need to get conversions? Traffic! Do you simply want hordes of anyone and everyone coming to ...
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Sunday, July 27, 2014 from BizSugar Hot TopicsEver feel at times like giving up on your business? You're not alone. Even those "rock-star" entrepreneurs that write books and give keynotes have been in those same shoes. If this is you, too, you need to consider these 4 thin...
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Sunday, July 27, 2014 from BizSugar Hot TopicsSmall businesses should realize that the days of putting out a message and waiting are over. In order to be successful with their digital marketing, they need to create dialogue instead of talking at consumers. 16 Vote(s)
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Sunday, July 27, 2014 from BizSugar Hot TopicsA mobile app can help you better connect with your customers and provide more value. Read on to find out how your small biz can benefit from having an app. 16 Vote(s)
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Sunday, July 27, 2014 from BizSugar Hot TopicsBy Annie Davis Visibility is key and if you don't market your business to the masses, you'll never find success because customers will never find you. So, to help you make your business's needle as big as a bus, here is a handful of ways...