Are there any disadvantages to partnering with a company much bigger than yours, and how do you manage them? The following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneurs Council.
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9 Disadvantages to Partnering With a Bigger Company
Posted by thursdayb under ManagementFrom http://www.business2community.com 4319 days ago
A Walk Through of Gust.com
Posted by thursdayb under StartupsFrom http://www.21times.org 4321 days ago
Finding funding will always be a crucial issue for startups. Gust is working to make the process a little more manageable, however. The site offers both entrepreneurs and investors the opportunity to fill out profiles and connect. Since 2011, over 1,000 startups have been funded through Gust.
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Posted by thursdayb under Products and ServicesFrom http://outright.com 4323 days ago
When you’re selling on Etsy, it’s always clear that you have to make sure that you’re selling products that you’ve got some margin on — you’ve got to turn a profit on what you sell. But it can be harder to decide if commissions make sense.
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5 Startup Design Trends
Posted by thursdayb under StartupsFrom http://www.21times.org 4323 days ago
The trends in how startups design their websites and other visual components aren’t as obvious as trends in fashion, but they certainly existing. And getting behind the curve can mean that the sites you build can give visitors the feeling that you’re behind the times — not a good characteristic for
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Apply These "Real World" Marketing Tips to eCommerce Marketing
Posted by thursdayb under MarketingFrom http://outright.com 4329 days ago
Selling online is so different than dealing with someone who has walked into your store: you can’t see them, you can’t talk to them and you can’t even tell if they’re confused unless they send you an email.
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Forget Micromanagement: 12 Team Techniques That Work
Posted by thursdayb under ManagementFrom http://smallbiztrends.com 4330 days ago
We asked members of the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC), an invitation only nonprofit organization comprised of the country’s most promising young entrepreneurs, the following question to find out what their secrets to retaining their clients:
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5 Project Management Tools Recommended By Startup Founders
Posted by thursdayb under ManagementFrom http://www.21times.org 4335 days ago
The right project management tool can make a world of difference in how easily you can get through your work, whether you’re starting up a whole new company or you’re working on something much smaller. We asked five startup founders to tell us which project management tools really make their lives
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When Passion isn’t Enough to Get Your Project Off the Ground
Posted by thursdayb under StartupsFrom http://www.21times.org 4336 days ago
It would be nice if we could just come up with ideas and code them up in their entirety the same day. But some projects require a lot more than a few hours worth of coding. They drag on and you have to fight for the time to work on them. After a while, passion for the concept isn’t enough to keep d
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Why Blogging About the Project You Plan to Start is a Good Idea
Posted by thursdayb under MarketingFrom http://www.21times.org 4341 days ago
You’ve got a great idea in mind. Maybe you’ve already started the preliminaries of building it. But it’s a long-term project and you don’t expect to get it off the ground right away. You should consider blogging about your project, if not setting up an entirely separate blog just for it.
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There are also some serious benefits to offering an API for anything you’ve built. If you can build a community around your project, particularly including the type of people who like to tinker and improve upon applications, you can grow faster. After all, anyone who builds something using your API
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