Not exact matches
As a founder
of a small
business, my brain is constantly
going and turning it off to
get some much - needed quiet time can be pretty difficult.
They opted to
get out
of this
business and
go in a different direction, which only made iDropped stronger.
It's just that he
got so busy that he didn't realize how much time had
gone by where he had not checked in with several
of his contacts — an easy mistake for most small
business owners who feel like every day is shorter than the last.
You've
got to be constantly aware
of what's
going on in your environment, and in our
business especially, you have to be extremely curious.
We know what the deal is
going to look like: border security, DREAM Act,
get rid
of the diversity lottery,» GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham told
Business Insider.
While small
businesses may have to up their game to extract the maximum advantage from the system, the easy - to - use design and large number
of features will start demonstrating their benefits from the
get -
go.
A mastermind is simply this: a gathering
of similarly - minded people (entrepreneurs, for example,) who
get together every once in a while and talk about what's
going on in
businesses.
It's the «Ready, Aim, Fire» approach to
getting products out the door; versus the «Ready, Fire, Fire, Fire,
Go Out
of Business» process, which most companies use.
If you're
going to be doing driving
of any kind, whether it's transporting horses or driving a taxi or
getting behind the wheel
of an 18 - wheeler, it all starts with a valid driver's license, preferably in the state in which you plan to conduct
business.
«The U.S. has
got such a phenomenal amount
of money that wealth management is
going to be a very hot
business,» says Richard Bove with Rafferty Capital Markets in New York.
Because pricing is an important driver
of profitability,
getting it wrong can cause a significant dent in your bottom line, and it can make the difference between remaining profitable or
going out
of business.
It's nearly impossible to make money now without engaging with a social media audience and that
goes double for small
businesses.But still, so many small
businesses are not
getting the attention they deserve for lack
of a simple Facebook page.
To
get the best possible understanding
of their customers, many small
businesses will
go directly to es.marketforce.com or other similar dedicated market research companies.
«If your approach is to just buy a bunch
of reports to see what's
going on in the marketplace, that's not as likely to
get you a return on your market research dollars as a specific need,» says Robert Rubenstein, who spent three decades in the market research
business at Canadian corporate heavyweights Molson Breweries and TD Canada Trust before recently founding his own startup, Horizn.
«When you're pitching your
business, you're
going to
get a lot
of «no's»,» says Kathryn Minshew, CEO and co-founder
of The Muse.
I talk with a lot
of business owners, with all levels
of revenues, many
of them however, seem to always have a hard time
getting their initial manufacturing
going.
The idea
of hiring your family to help
get your startup or small
business going presents some advantages, such as them working for a reduced wage until cash flow increases.
«Most
of us underestimate how much money it can take to
get a
business going.
Researcher Evan Hill makes the case in BuzzFeed that as photo hosting sites
go out
of business, link shortening services disappear and tweets or YouTube videos
get deleted, the historical record is destroyed.
«I
went down to Silicon Valley a number
of years ago, and there were places where you just
get [hit] with this entrepreneurial energy when you walked in the door,» recalls the
business graduate.
Every few months, the ongoing upheaval in the digital - music
business forces its way into the public consciousness — Rdio
goes bankrupt, Pandora hangs out a «For Sale» sign and then
gets rid
of its CEO, artists and labels ramp up their criticism
of YouTube.
«You just don't know what's
going to happen when you
get out there and do something like this,» said Paul Argenti, professor
of corporate communications at the Tuck School
of Business at Dartmouth College.
With usage limits low and woeful upload speeds, both individual Canadians and
businesses are looking like they're
going to once again
get the short end
of the stick when it comes to migrating to the cloud.
Just as
businesses used the threat
of going to Google Apps to
get better terms on Microsoft Office, cloud consumers use multiple cloud options to keep their providers honest on prices and service.
We're devotees
of the Lean Canvas [one - page
business plan] that
gets founders
going out and talking to customers.
My parting words
of advice regarding content marketing: If you're
going to
get involved, do your
business justice by ensuring your content has real value for your consumer.
Too many pitches focus on the
business and not what potential investors are
going to
get out
of it.
When I first
got out
of Columbia
Business School, I wanted to
go to work for Graham immediately for nothing.
A key part
of the pitch is explaining to investors how you are
going to
get profit from your
business.
Although Fiasco Gelato has regular meetings, huddles and lunches with the intent
of igniting collective creativity and innovation, Boettcher doesn't watch when his employees come and
go, and has never denied a vacation request: «You don't track the time people spend thinking about how the
business is
going to
get to the next level, so, why would I track their time off?»
«You have to let
go of the small -
business mentality to be able to take the next step,» Herjavec said, explaining that the penny - pinching habits
of most small companies can only
get them so far.
But there's another category
of roadside
business that caters to the travelers
of America's highways: the curiosity, the tourist trap, the legendary destination, that place your friends have told you you've just
got to see if you happen to be
going from point A to point B.
Proud to be in
business Most
of the current batch
of ceos either
went to
business school or intended to (but
got sidetracked by a
business opportunity).
From the perspective
of many hiring companies,
getting top - notch people can be a major pain point, particularly for any
business located in a thriving startup scene where there's only so much A-level talent to
go around.
I believe very strongly that any
business that is extremely good at following up on quotes is
going to
get far more than their share
of new customers.
Thanks to the Facebook - owned platform
getting serious about attracting
businesses, and launching exciting features like live video and Instagram Stories, a lot
of brands are
going to start promoting themselves on «the gram.»
«If you are thoughtful about how you handle the process, you're
going to
get a lot more money for your
business,» says John Bird, president and co-founder
of Albion Financial Group, a Salt Lake City - based investment and planning firm.
Not only is it a long - term process where you'll need some time before you see your
business really
get going, but you'll also need to sacrifice a lot
of the time you spend with your friends.
The point Hootsuite is trying to
get across with the photos is «#SocialNotScary» — the idea that
businesses should embrace social media instead
of hunkering down and hoping it
goes away.
Today is the perfect day to
get started toward becoming a healthier version
of yourself and
going after that dream
business.
While many
of the space industry's heavyweights — Elon Musk's SpaceX, Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin, Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic — spent 2016 talking up their respective ambitions to
go to Mars or build a space tourism
business, Moon Express might be the company closest to
getting humans to a place they haven't visited in 44 years.
CNBC recently rounded up a few ways co-working spaces help new
businesses succeed, including low overhead and networking, but to
get a fuller picture
of the advantages these spaces offer entrepreneurs we
went straight to the horse's mouth, emailing a handful
of space owners and start - up founders who built their
businesses at coworking spaces for their perspective on the coworking experience for entrepreneurs.
When you
go into the bank, you have to have to be able to present how every penny
of the loan will be spent, and even then sometimes a first - time
business owner seems too risky to the bank and you won't
get the loan.
«In many cases we've actually helped people that have decided to leave the
business get other jobs and dedicated part
of our HR function to
going out and building relationships and giving referrals.»
I had a chance to catch up with a bunch
of old friends and
get up - to - date on their
businesses and what they see as major issues for their companies
going forward.
First, your store, service
business, or restaurant in Minneapolis isn't
going to
get a lot
of benefit out
of traffic that comes from Toledo, or Mexico City.
A few issues ago, I wrote about the importance
of senior executives»
going walkabout — or leaving their offices every now and then to take a stroll through their
business, from the factory floor to the accounting department, to
get to know their people better.
«You're not
going to see sales out
of a standard
business card alone,» says Pytlarz, who
got requests for the card / opener from as far away as Italy.
«If good people are willing to lend their names and help to
get you
going that speaks volumes about the potential
of the
business idea.»
Whether it involves Bitcoin or not, it seems entirely possible that if Reddit continues to
go down the road towards becoming a
business - oriented company, hard - core members
of the community could start looking for alternatives — or possibly even
get together to build one
of their own.