Every business needs to differentiate itself, to find a way to show the world how it’s unique and different. If you were to ask the owners of 10 hair salons which products or service they sell or provide, most would probably start with “hair styling and coloring” or something along those lines. And you wouldn’t [...]
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Two years ago we introduced our readers to Business Plan Pro user Sarah Lanphier of Nuts About Granola. She was a young entrepreneur who turned a one-time fundraiser into a successful business. Today, the small business Sarah started with her mother, Gayle, is growing beyond what anyone, except maybe Sarah, might have imagined. In the [...]
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Whether he meant to or not jolly old St. Nick created one of the most recognizable and beloved brands in the western world; one that children have adored and parents embraced for centuries. Santa Claus has endured wars, depressions, scrutiny (is he real or not??), imposters who tried to tarnish his image (ala The Grinch), and even [...]
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Cabo San Lucas, Mexico is frequently cited as one of the top ten travel destinations in the world. Expensive resorts line pristine beaches and cater to the rich and famous. Yet one of the most popular beachfront restaurants in the area isn’t associated with any of the typical tourist venues. Zipper’s Beachfront Restaurant is a [...]
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Over 100 incoming emails a day. Four customer service representatives. One inbox and one workstation set up to receive all the messages. How does a company with that set up and that volume of email make sure that every customer gets responded to quickly? And that everyone is clear who ‘owns’ each conversation, from the [...]
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Darshaun McAway is a young man with big ideas. He was in his early 20s when he made a choice that takes many people decades more to make, and he’s been building a successful business based on that choice for the last six years. “I was extremely tired of working for other people, and having [...]
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Like a lot of entrepreneurs, Michael Turner started his own company after growing disillusioned with working for somebody else. As he remembers: “There were meetings galore, lots of PowerPoint slide shows, big buzzwords that meant nothing—all resulting in very little productivity, but costing millions of dollars.” After 10 years, Turner decided to head out on [...]
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A few weeks ago we shared the success story of Camille Rose on this blog. She’s an entrepreneur who has started and run several successful businesses, and she credits her belief in the importance of a business plan, and the power of positive thinking, as keys to her success. With a strong passion for startups [...]
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Camille Rose believes in the power of positive thinking. After starting and running several successful businesses, she says she’s learned how to reframe the thinking that dooms many would-be entrepreneurs. “When you start down the path of striking out on your own, [you need to] realize that you’re your own worst enemy. Your fear will [...]
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What is a full service animation studio doing in a quiet Northern Virginia neighborhood? Producing animation for “the big screen, the small screen, and all the screens in between,” says its founder, Charlotte Rinderknecht. Studio Kinate is a “concept to completion” studio whose artists use traditional hand-drawn animation to create its projects. But it’s not [...]
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