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Many small business and startup coaches and consultants, including myself, regularly espouse the benefits of a strong strategic plan and implore entrepreneurs to spend the time necessary to create a great one to guide the growth of a business. But what is a strategic plan exactly and what are the e Read More

If you’ve done any research about raising funding for your startup or small business – or, really, if you know anything about human behavior – you’ll recognize that you have a much better chance at getting an angel investor or venture capitalist to write a check to fund your business if you’re able Read More

When you're new to the entrepreneurship world, you're excited to get out there and do everything that you can to promote your business. One way of doing that is through sales and coupons that might attract new customers into your store or onto your website. Read More

Why the ability to adapt - but not lose focus and be too willing to constantly change direction indiscriminately - is so important for success as an entrepreneur. Read More

Why entrepreneurs should think big when building their business strategy, even if they want to stay small. Read More

As you begin building your startup or small business, it's important that you stay up to date with what's happening in your industry and what your competitors are doing. You can't really compete very well if you don't pay any attention to what anyone else is doing. Read More

Why the location of your small business is critical to its success and shouldn't be ignored by entrepreneurs in the startup planning process, whether you're a bricks and mortar operation or an online-only business. Read More

Not all startups have the luxury of getting investors right off the bat—sometimes it takes bootstrapping a business by funding it out of your own pocket.

Bootstrapping a business is a lesson in hard work and flexibility, but ultimately it can help accelerate a company’s success. From our experie Read More

The lessons I (someone who hates running) recently learned from running with my boyfriend that help me in entrepreneurship. Read More

Opportunities are everywhere, but not all are good. Watch for these 4 signs that your golden business opportunity is really a black hole.
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