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Tuesday
Marketing with Meaning – by Lisa Promise
“Marketing with meaning”, coined in The Next Evolution of Marketing by Bob Gilbreath, can be defined as bringing value to clients (potential and existing) through your marketing tactics. What does this mean for a business? Is offering a product or service enough of a value in itself? Merriam-Webster provides several definitions of the word value: [...]
Tips for Using Trend Forecasting Companies In Business Development – by Kalen Smith
Forecasting trends is a tactic all companies must take very seriously. A sound business development strategy depends on understanding the direction that the economy and industry is headed. Sometimes following these trends can be overwhelming for small businesses. They can always hire an outside firm to help with forecasting them; however the tips that these [...]
Wednesday
Entrepreneur Spotlight: 4 Rising Stars Under 25 – by Pete Kistler
I recently had dinner with Ankur Jain, founder of the Kairos Society of collegiate entrepreneurs and son of business mogul Naveen Jain. We got to talking about young entrepreneurs and what it means to create real change. Inspired by our conversation, I’d like to introduce you to a few successful companies, headed by passionate young [...]
Make Your Startup Elevator Pitch Top Floor Quality - by Marty Zwilling
An “elevator pitch” is a concise, well-practiced description of your startup and your plan, delivered with conviction and enthusiasm, that your mother should be able to understand in the time it would take to ride up an elevator. Everybody knows about these, but few people seem to deliver a good one.
A good elevator pitch is [...]
Thursday
Characteristics of Successful Business Owners - by Jordan Allen
Aspiring entrepreneurs often ask know how successful business owners got where they are today. More often than not, though, this curiosity is restricted to technical details like which business models were used or how startup financing was obtained. The idea seems to be that it’s just a matter of going through the same motions that [...]
You Can’t do All of the Work All of the Time: Building a Team of Peers – by Andy McLoughlin
When you first start out and found a company it goes without saying that, due to limited budget, you try your hand at every role within the organization and will find yourself stretched in every direction. As one of Huddle’s co-founders, I know only too well how you initially have to juggle successfully managing you [...]
Friday
What Type of Entrepreneur are You? - by Gary Whitehill
When it comes to entrepreneurship, it’s worth noting that not all small business owners are created the same. It goes a little deeper than personality though. The type of entrepreneur you are can have an effect on how successful you are at starting a small business. In this article, we look at several types of entrepreneur, [...]
Saturday
Reasons Why and Why Not to Start Your Own Business: Part 4 – by Ken Sundheim
In the first few installments of this series, we discussed the reasons as to why you should start your own business. Here, I touch on some big deterrents which you should not allow to persuade you to go out on your own. Every true entrepreneur finds him or herself in one way or another. You [...]
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