Service providers face a host of challenges that are foreign to businesses selling products. A major issue these providers encounter is scheduling clients when demand is uncertain. Scheduling issues are even greater pain points for mobile service providers, like plumbers or golf pros, who must...
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Large enterprises with significant marketing budgets can afford to pull together a coherent marketing plan which coordinates branding, promotion, and advertising.. They do so internally or by hiring traditional advertising agencies. However, most small and medium sized entities (SMB) cannot...
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Since the great recession of 2008, unemployment has been stubbornly high. However, the level of unemployment diverges greatly between college educated (under 4%) and non-college educated (over 10%). Further, for the non-college educated youth, the situation is truly dismal. Is there any way to...
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Historically, chambers of commerce have provided a great deal of value to their members with a focus on networking and education. In return, chamber members have been willing to pay membership fees to maintain chamber organizations. However, over the last 10 years,...
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Figure 1: Networking of Businesses
Small businesses know the power of networking in order to gain customers. With this in mind, many small businesses participate in a number of activities in order to gain customers. These include:
Local BNI groups focused on...
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The SMB market is a large, and largely under penetrated for financial services. Given the need for growth, it is not surprising to see large national banks investing in the small business market. However, nearly all the investment made by banks has been in building the...
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The idea of ​building your own company is very attractive for corporate executives. This sounds great in theory, but the next question becomes what kind of startup exactly? This is the place where building three types of muscles not found in a corporate environment become...
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Since the great recession of 2008, unemployment has been stubbornly high. However, the level of unemployment diverges greatly between college educated (under 4%) and non-college educated (over 10%). Further, for the non-college educated youth, the situation is truly dismal. Is there any way to...
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Silicon Valley enjoys many advantages which has made it the juggernaut for software startup activity around the world. Among the significant advantages include:
Access to Talent: Silicon Valley is a magnet for talent. This starts with the world-class universities such as Stanford or...
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