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6 Steps for scaling a small business to enter new markets

ACT

Scaling your small business to the next level and taking over new markets. But before you set out to scale your business, understand this—over 469,500 new business applications were filed in the US in July 2023 alone. So, your small business expansion plans might face stiff competition from other entrepreneurs.

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Software for Consultants: What’s Your Tech Stack?

Nutshell

Either you focus too much of your resources on delivering to your current clients, sacrificing time that could be spent on new client acquisition. Or, in spending too much time on acquisition, you neglect to nurture current clients, and they end up dropping off. Xero : An accounting software created with small businesses in mind.

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The Eight Types of Entrepreneurship (& Companies That Exemplify Them)

Hubspot Sales

Small Business Entrepreneurship. Small business entrepreneurship involves starting a business, usually local, that an entrepreneur believes can benefit the city or town they operate in. It’s a common type of entrepreneurship, as most businesses are small businesses. In fact, the U.S.

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How virtual data rooms benefit modern investment banking

PandaDoc

Use cases for investment banking data rooms include mergers and acquisitions (M&A), raising capital, seeking investors, and launching IPOs (initial public offerings). Any complex financial transaction that would be done by the bank in a physical location — raising capital, launching an IPO, mergers and acquisitions, etc. —

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How to Build Customer Loyalty with Marketing Automation

ACT

Building customer loyalty is one of the biggest challenges for every small business today. How do you get them to recommend your business to other customers? Second, customer loyalty is also easier to achieve and is more profitable than customer acquisition. Happy customers are good for business.

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Thinking about starting your own business? Here’s what to know

ACT

Seven to ten percent of small business startups shut down every year and the figures climbed to 23 percent during the COVID-19 pandemic. You must also open a business bank account and likely apply for business credit. While you’re at it, make sure you get adequate business insurance coverage.

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How to Manage a Sales Pipeline for a Startup

Nutshell

Lead scoring is giving a score to leads every time they take specified actions or meet specified criteria. Nutshell CRM was built with small businesses in mind. For example, scoring actions could include opening promotional emails frequently or having a specific number of employees at their company.