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- The Top 10 Reasons Startups Fail New research by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that nearly six in ten businesses shut down within the first four years of operation. While not as calamitous as the 90% failure rate often repeated as fact, the BLS statistics are sobering fo...
- How to Tell a Business Opportunity From an Idea I'm going to let you in on a little secret. Contrary to what many aspiring entrepreneurs believe, the key to a successful startup does not rest upon having a unique, one-of-a-kind idea. Don't get me wrong. A good idea is a necessary starting point fo...
- Cost-Volume-Profit ("CVP") Analysis for Entrepreneurs As an entrepreneur, your goal in creating a new business is to satisfy a set of customers profitably and to sell enough goods or services to satisfy your ongoing fixed costs as well as recover your initial investment. Cost-Volume-Profit (or "CVP...
- How to Grow Your Business by "Firing" Customers Are your company's sales growing while profitability remains weak? Do your customers demand steep discounts or expensive concessions to close a deal? Does your strategy consist of hustling for every dollar you can grab hold of? Well, it turns out you...
- Dispelling Common Misconceptions about Entrepreneurship Judging by the huge number of books, magazines, and Web sites on the topic, entrepreneurship is of enormous interest to the public. People from nearly every walk of life dream of one day being their own boss and becoming financially independent, yet...
- Business Opportunities And Entrepreneurs Although thousands of employees dream of escaping the nine to five grind and becoming their own boss, many are unsure of what sort of business they want to start up and how they can ensure their new venture is a success. So, Co-op Advertising and Ric...
- Bootstrap Entrepreneur Lenses Bootstrapping, for the uninitiated, is how the vast majority of entrepreneurs launch startup ventures, using their own funds to reach cash flow breakeven. Unlike venture-backed startups, bootstrapped businesses don't have the luxury of wasting money....
- Starting a small business An overview that explains the steps an entrepreneur needs to take to launch a new company. This lens also includes some key rules that every business owner should know!
