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14 Pro Tips for Running a Successful Business

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We're losing more than we're gaining for the first time since those statistics have been tracked, and the crossover coincided with the recession of 2007-2009. Census Bureau, the overall number of business applications began to recover in late 2009 and has been trending up for the past ten years. On the flip side, only 8% are opened.

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The Beginner's Guide to Penetration Pricing

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A pricing war leads to decreased profitability for the market as a whole and benefits no one. Inability to raise prices - There’s also the chance that when you try to raise prices on your customers, they just won’t accept it and will take their business elsewhere. In 2007, they introduced a streaming service, and the rest is history.