It all started with a simple email exchange. The final mail was short and to the point "� thanks for the great customer service, sadly it is unusual.' It got me thinking.For me the exchange was pretty straight forward. A customer had emailed in with a query. I was in early, before the customer service [...]
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January of 1995. Few people knew of the Internet, Mozilla, and the world-wide web. The so-called "Internet"� had existed for years, but seemed to the rest of us (anybody outside of a few spook havens and ivory towers) like a nerdy background utility for emails. And I started bplans.com. I hope you've noticed big changes [...]
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10 Leasing Tips Every New Business and Startup Should Know By Michael Lockwood, President of TEQlease Capital While startups and new businesses may already realize the many benefits of leasing their equipment, including conserving their cash and significant tax benefits, they also need to carefully research their equipment financing needs before signing the dotted line. [...]
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Earlier this month Bplans.com ran the #IamBplans Twitter contest as part of an effort to get to know the more than 100,000 Bplans members who have joined Bplans.com since the site launched a membership feature three months ago. One of the winners was Mike the Gardener Enterprises. Business Name: Mike the Gardener Enterprises, LLC [...]
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Bplans.com membership surpassed 100,000 members this week, just three months after the business planning and startup resource site launched a membership network in October. As part of the event, Bplans.com conducted a membership poll and #IamBplans Twitter contest to find out "Who are the Bplans 100,000?"� Bplans also created an infographic of “Who are the Bplans 100,000?” [...]
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Raising finance is a time consuming process and can also be quite stressful (particularly as time progresses). There may be some date in the future where your current trading position is no longer sustainable (which has brought you to the table in the first place). It is worth remembering that you need to recognise that [...]
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If you’re looking for angel investors, then I have a resource list for you. This is a tiny fraction of good resources, more a “start-here” list than a good list. Start with gust.com’s knowledge section. Gust.com (pronounced like a gust of wind) is a platform for angel investment, grouping together several hundred angel investor groups [...]
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I don't know what it is about Marketing, but everyone on earth seems to think they can do it. And yet I see so many people NOT doing it or wasting thousands of dollars and not getting results. I see business owners try the same things over and over, wasting more money, more time, and [...]
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Market research is a very important step for all startups as, amongst other things, it helps you understand whether your offering is likely to generate demand. Once you have a clear sense of who your customers are, the following represent some additional things to think about: Where are these customers? How many customers are there? [...]
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