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No Blunders! Avoid These 5 Startup Mistakes

Why do startups fail? Is there a recipe for success for your new and exciting business venture? Unfortunately the answer is no. There is no way to guarantee success in your new business. While there may…

A Checklist to Find the Startup Partner of Your Dreams

Creating a Plan | Marty Zwilling

As an advisor to startups, I often get asked what to look for in an ideal co-founder or business partner. My first response is that it’s much like finding that ideal spouse, where chemistry, common…

Why You Should Compete in a Saturated Market

Creating a Plan | YEC

How can you win in a saturated market? This is something I hear a lot about through our social media platforms and through emails from Secret Consulting, a program I created to help mentor aspiring entrepreneurs. Throughout my experience…

Should You Incorporate a Startup? 5 Times When the Answer is Yes

Creating a Plan | SmallBizClub

Getting a new business off the ground is challenging enough, but it can feel downright overwhelming when you consider the legal ramifications. While not every startup needs to take the step of incorporating or forming…

The Peter Principle Can Paralyze Your Startup Team

Creating a Plan | Marty Zwilling

The good news is that recent big company financial woes and layoffs have generated a flood of candidates with real experience seeking positions at startups. The bad news is that many of these frustrated employees…

Is Timing the Key to Business Success?

Creating a Plan | Tim Berry

Here’s food for thought. Idealabs founder Bill Gross analyzed several hundred startups, from big successes to big failures, looking for the most important startup keys to success.

5 Questions to Manage Profits

Creating a Plan | SmallBizClub

I am often asked, in my consulting practice, what it takes to be successful. That is a very difficult question to answer because success can be defined in many different ways.

Nail It, Then Scale It

Creating a Plan | Dave Berkus

So your business has begun to take off. You’ve figured out your channels of distribution, pricing model and how to support your growing list of customers. Don’t be alarmed by this next statement. That’s relatively easy.

Lean Business Plan to Get What You Want from Your Business

Creating a Plan | Tim Berry

Are you running your own business or looking to start a new business? The lean business plan is an easy way to set down your strategy, tactics, milestones, and essential business numbers.

How to Launch Your MVP Faster and Smarter

Creating a Plan | YEC

The concept of the MVP has been well-defined by those much smarter than myself, but the application of its principles has only been loosely upheld.

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