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Small businesses are upbeat about 2016 according to a new survey, the Yelp Small Business Pulse.
The new annual Yelp Small Business Pulse survey says that 85 percent of American small businesses active on Yelp expect their revenues to grow, estimating a 26 percent increase in 2016.
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So why is everyone trying to jump aboard the subscription revenue model? Two main reasons.

First, a company with this revenue model doesn’t see its revenues reset to zero every month. Instead it enters every new month with guaranteed sales.
Second, it costs a lot more to win a new cust Read More

Recently, whilst speaking with one of my VC friends, we discussed the startup fundraising mentality and how the venture capital industry thinks about startups in broad strokes.

Here are some of the insights from that discussion on how venture capital would advise entrepreneurs to start thinking Read More

As an entrepreneur mentor and startup investor, I see with sadness the 50 to 90 percent that fail. If you ask them for a reason, most will insist that they couldn’t get funding, or they ran out of money too early. But I’m not convinced that it’s as simple as that. Many are just not facing the reali Read More

The goal of “The Business of Family: How to Stay Rich for Generations” is to bring the much-needed conversation about money to the dinner table. Why? Our families need it.
As author Linda Davis Taylor shares in her book, more and more families are gaining assets that will be passed down to other f Read More

The name says it all. The Get Motivated! Business Seminar is coming to L.A. this week. This is one event that brings in some of the biggest names and industry leaders to help motivate you to higher levels of business success. Topics include negotiation and communication skills, leadership, finance Read More

When I started working in the IT consulting section, the words leadership and inspiration were not in the daily vocabulary of my company. What was there, however, was a “get things done” like mentality, coupled with the “within budget” and the “on time” clauses! No questions asked, of course!


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It’s no secret building an email list is important for your business.

A recent study by Capterra found the average return for every $1 spent on email marketing is $44.25.

Email provides a vehicle for turning online traffic into leads.

And leads into repeat paying customers. Read More

With 77 percent of preferring communication through email, according to ExactTarget, keeping these trends at the forefront of your email marketing campaigns will enhance their effectiveness. Read More

With 77 percent of preferring communication through email, according to ExactTarget, keeping these trends at the forefront of your email marketing campaigns will enhance their effectiveness. Read More