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Archive for the “Small Business” Category
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Google Ventures
Posted Under: Announcement, Capital, Financing, Small Business, Startup on 2 Apr, 2009
Good News!!! Google has launched its much awaited venture fund to start directly investing in startups instead of just flat out buying them. The concept is brand new and hence nothing can be said about it yet however, here’s what Google says about it:...
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Challenging Cashflow – Try Bartering
Posted Under: Business, Marketing, Networking, Small Business, Startup on 20 Mar, 2009
Now, I believe we all know what barter means but just in case you have been living under a wrong impression, here’s what Wikipedia has to say: Barter is a type of trade in which goods or services are directly exchanged for other goods and/or services, without the use of money....
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More (FREE) tools and resources for entrepreneurs and small businesses
Posted Under: Business, Online, Planning, Small Business, Startup on 11 Mar, 2009
Continuing with my previous post on free tools and resources available to help you save time, make your life easier and business operations more effective, here are a few more tools I’d like to introduce to you all…...
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56% of businesses give away their business to other 44%…Why?
Posted Under: Business, Marketing, Networking, Online, Small Business, Social Media, Startup, Web, Website on 26 Feb, 2009
Are you among those 56% of small businesses who are giving away their business to the other 44%? According to a recent research* 63% of customers and small business owners turn to the internet first for information about local companies and 82% of them use search engines to do so, however, only 44% of small businesses have a website and 50% of those spend less than 10% of their marketing budget online. The survey found that search engines were the most popular source for finding local information and the list of top sources was:...
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Playing safe or NOT playing at all…?
Posted Under: Business, Planning, Small Business, Startup on 24 Feb, 2009
It’s a simple question… Are you playing safe or not playing in the name of playing safe? Are you scared of playing? What’s that you are fearful of, or what is it that’s stopping your from playing?...
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