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The start-up business needs to get the word out on what they do as quickly as possible so in today’s market we have to explore tools that will expedite our efforts and reduce our cost. We are finding today that the traditional style of marketing in print media is rapidly fading into the sunset. With its high cost for printing and postage services the start-up business has had to consider new and creative ways to get their name out to their potential target market.
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Branding is important- it is the gut-feel response that customers have to your business. To create an effective brand, ask yourself three questions:
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Economic downturns have historically been times in which there are more startup businesses than usual. This particular recession is a great time to start a green business. One easy place to start, for someone without a great deal of startup capital or knowledge base, would be to start a mobile food vendor business.
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Advances in computer hardware and software are creating opportunities for startups in cloud computing; new ways of programming and interacting with PCs that resemble human language; and fields like oil and gas exploration, alternative energy production, and pharmaceutical research that depend on sophisticated computer models of the physical world. “Software accelerates the process,” Ballmer said`.
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Three things every startup should be doing, no matter what stage they’re at. These steps may seem obvious, but it’s easy to get bogged down in the day-to-day details of running and/or pitching a small company.
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According to an annual study released from the Kauffman Foundation, the number of entrepreneurs starting up new businesses in the U.S. actually rose in 2008 despite a slowing economy. The study, called the Kauffman Index of Entrepreneurial Activity, shows that an average of 0.32% of the adult population created a new business each month in 2008, slightly higher than the 0.30% rate in 2007.
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"Some of today's top corporations started in the middle of a recession," explains Frost & Sullivan's Chief Economist Vinnie Aggarwal. "16 of the 30 companies that make up the Dow industrial average can claim such an origin story."
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According to popular theory, recessions breed entrepreneurship because there's less to lose; if you lose your job, starting your own company is a good way to get one. On the other hand, a recession results in limited availability of risk capital, and unwillingness to sell products and services in a weak economy.
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Forget the recession, or that Don Jones is 58 years old or this could be one of the most challenging times for a startup.
“It’s great to have the freedom to do something you really want to do,” he says. “A lot of people would have the perspective that it’s not the best time to start a business, but when is it?”
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The start-up business needs to get the word out on what they do as quickly as possible so in today’s market we have to explore tools that will expedite our efforts and reduce our cost. We are finding today that the traditional style of marketing in print media is rapidly fading into the sunset. With its high cost for printing and postage services the start-up business has had to consider new and creative ways to get their name out to their potential target market.
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Branding is important- it is the gut-feel response that customers have to your business. To create an effective brand, ask yourself three questions:
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Economic downturns have historically been times in which there are more startup businesses than usual. This particular recession is a great time to start a green business. One easy place to start, for someone without a great deal of startup capital or knowledge base, would be to start a mobile food vendor business.
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No one knows when the economic recovery will begin, but many small-business owners are getting ready for it. They are marketing, reworking business models and looking at possible real estate deals. Some are even hiring on the expectation an upturn is not far off. Donn Flipse, owner of Field of Flowers, floral superstores in Boca Raton and Davie, Fla., said he has moved away from "thinking in the short term, business is bad, I've got to really cut my expenses and keep it tight," and is now saying, "business is going to get better, so I'm going to do something to position myself to do even better than my competition."
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You might say she's stabbed, shot and strangled her way into a business she says is perfect for stay-at-home moms. Rae Walaska, 29, of Port Orchard started Murder & Mayhem: Murder Mystery Parties a few months ago and already has gone from whodunits in her home to some big-time public fundraisers. Not bad for a Navy wife who is busy at home with a 2-year-old, who hasn't been in the area very long and who must soon leave.
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Travis Morrison has the hands of a man who has worked hard his whole life. And while the cement mixing plant he runs has been around for 22 years, things have never been this bad. Residential construction jobs and government-funded projects that rely on concrete have dried up. The post-boom recession has left his business with fewer jobs than ever. As a result, the Stewart-Morrison Redi-Mix Company, which usually employs around 30 to 40 people, cut its staff down to about 10 last fall.
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Starting Monday, May 18, 2009, the Small Business Administration (SBA) is hosting Jump Start your Business, a series of **free workshops designed to help start-up and existing small business owners improve the bottom line. Sessions on everything from "Starting a New Business: Is now the right time?" and Business Law Essentials" to "Public Relations: How to Get Noticed" and "Risks and Rewards of Social Media" will be going on throughout the week.
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The technology industry has historically been dominated by men, but the Seattle region is home to an impressive group of women making their mark as computer scientists, researchers, engineers, social media gurus, tech entrepreneurs and executives.
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Christine Marchuska was laid off from her job on Wall Street in May of 2008, and she left with a big severance payout. Marchuska was always interested in fashion while growing up, but she wondered whether it was a good idea to use her severance check to start a business. In the end, she decided to take her payout and launch what she calls a “chic green/organic” clothing line in June 2008. “I spent six years on Wall Street,” she explains. “I loved finance, but I did start to think about doing something else.”
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• Instead of Styrofoam - fungus and rice hulls
• Visualising energy use with lights
• Cargo bikes for greener business deliveries in congested cities
• Green concierge reduces home's carbon footprint
• Neighborhood approach to renewable energy
• Using Google maps to determine a home's solar potential
• Feedback for greener driving
• Crowd clout meets eco persuasion
• Homegrown veggies without the sweat
• Free plans for eco homes

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es, we all agree that innovation is the only way out of the current mess that both mature and not-so-mature consumer societies find themselves in. We’re talking basically anything that will get consumers spending again, and preferably the kind of spending that involves sustainable goods, services and experiences. Since everyone from Seth Godin to the Harvard Business Review is providing you with excellent, inspiring insights and theory on innovation as a mindset, a process, a way of life, we'd like to contribute to the conversation with examples of actual innovations. As we see it:
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With Chrysler set to close nearly 800 dealerships by June 9 and auto sales in a slump, many small business owners are tempted by fire-sale prices offered by dealers seeking to offload inventory. A number of tax provisions may help make a new car or truck more affordable. Some are deducted in figuring your taxable income, while others are credits against your tax bill.
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Now that the recession shows signs of ebbing, small-business owners should evaluate their strategies and think about ways to improve their companies' competitive positions. Here are nine books that might inspire you:
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