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Start Your Business
What does it take to be an entrepreneur?
- How this entrepreneur risked it all to build a thriving business
- How to become an entrepreneur: Do you have what it takes?
- Turning your idea into a successful business
- Entrepreneur styles: Planners versus visionaries
- 9 common mistakes to avoid when starting a new business
- Inspiring by design: How passion fueled this entrepreneur’s vision
- How an entrepreneur built a business with a unique product
What do I need to do before starting a business?
- Step 1—What to do before starting a business
- 6 smart tips for managing a start-up
- Ingenium Communications: Downsizing creates accidental entrepreneur
- 7 tips for starting a business successfully
- 6 ways to balance business acumen with creativity
- Starting a small business: 7 steps to success
- How to determine your new company’s financial needs
How do I prepare a business plan?
- Step 2—Prepare a winning business plan
- Starting a business? Understand these 6 areas of business management
- How to pitch your business plan
- Entrepreneur makes the trek to a global brand
- How to put customers first in your new business
- How to write a business plan
- How to avoid common mistakes when building your business plan
- 6 steps to making financial projections for your new business
How do I get my business up and running?
- Step 3–Get your new business off the ground
- Young entrepreneurs: 5 lessons you don’t want to learn the hard way
- Choose the right structure for your business
- What you need to consider before forming a joint venture
- When does a new business need a licence, permit or registration?
- The advantages of incorporating your business
How do I finance my new business?
- How to get financing for your start-up
- 9 steps to finding angel investors for your business
- How to get a business loan to start your new company
- 3 keys to obtaining a business loan
- 4 factors that could affect financing your start-up
- How to find the optimal financing mix for your business
- 7 sources of start-up financing
- How to pitch your business to venture capital investors
- Personal or business loan: Which one best suits your needs
What do I do after I start my business?
Business Strategy and Planning
Define your strategy
- Why is strategic planning important?
- Developing a strategic plan
- Implementing a strategic plan
- Evaluating a strategic plan
Manage your business
- Improving my business management
- Finding advice for my business challenges
- Making my business more sustainable
- Planning for emergencies and disasters
Manage your growth
- Am I ready to grow my business?
- Planning for growth
- Choosing the right growth strategy
- Financing my growth
Innovate
Money and Finance
Get Financing
- Financing a business acquisition
- Buying and financing equipment
- What kind of financing best suits my needs?
- Getting a business loan
Buy or lease commercial real estate
- Assessing my needs
- Leasing commercial real estate
- Buying commercial real estate
- Financing commercial real estate
- Closing my commercial real estate deal
Manage your finances
Marketing, Sales and Export
Marketing
- Conducting market research
- Defining my target market
- Developing my marketing plan
- Creating my marketing budget
- Branding and positioning my business
- Choosing the right distribution channels
- Implementing traditional marketing strategies
- Implementing digital marketing strategies
- Improving customer loyalty
- Measuring ROI
- Optimizing my strategies and tactics
Sales
- Developing my sales strategy
- Increasing my sales
- Selling online
- Improving customer service
- Optimizing my sales process
Export
Operations
Operational efficiency
Purchasing
Inventory management
Iso and other certifications
Technology
Invest in technology
- Why invest in new technology?
- Choosing technology solutions
- Finding the right software
- Obtaining financing to buy technology
- Managing technology risks after an implementation
Create your website
Find free to low-cost software
Operations management software
Change of ownership
Plan your succession
- Why should I plan for business succession?
- Choosing an exit strategy
- Transferring my business
- Choosing and preparing my successors to take over
Sell your business
Entrepreneurial skills
Be an effective leader
- Developing the skills to be an effective leader
- Managing my time more effectively
- Delegating more effectively
Become a better communicator
- Improving my communication skills
- Improving internal communication in my company
- Creating a communication plan