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What can Etsy do to grow its revenue while also keeping its sellers happy? How can Etsy create the supply to match increasing demand moving http://www.browncustombike.com/uncategorized/here-are-some-great-tips-straight-from-the-blogging-gurus/ forward?

Alex Moazed

Founder CEO of Applico, the Platform Innovation Company. He advises companies like Google Highland Capital's portfolio companies on platform innovation and has developed over 300 apps in total.

Whether you are building a medical practice, accounting or law firm, engineering or consulting practice, or financial services firm -- here are concrete insights to sidestep the five biggest obstacles that trip up most business owners who run professional service firms.

David Finkel

Co-author of 'SCALE: 7 Proven Principles to grow your Business and get your life back!' and Founder/CEO of Maui Mastermind, business coaching

Entrepreneurship is less about building a business and more about creating the freedom you want for your life. Kimanzi Constable was trapped in a job that he hated, working 60+ hours a week and 170 pounds overweight. Until one day, Constable decided to stop living a life that sucked.

Ramon Nuez

Writer and Entrepreneur at http://www.ramonbnuezjr.com/huffpo

Brands that create a holistic, memorable and exceptional experience for customers know how valuable brand loyalty is. It encourages buyers to evangelize your product, allowing you to keep marketing dollars in your pocket.

Breena Fain

Content Strategist, Branding Manager, Stitch Labs

Your business is either growing or dying. The truth is that you need to proactively grow your business. Increase in sales today does not equate to growth in future. You must have a clear strategy and plan for both short http://www.scenis.org/?p=29 and long-term. There is no such thing as ticking along.

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Sumeera Rasul

Founder, Madesmith Madesmith Academy. Named by GOOD 100 as a thought leader social innovator. Experienced in creating impactful brands.

Everything doesn't always go according to plan. Which means that unfortunately, you sometimes have to give a customer or client badnews. To help you out, we polled 9 entrepreneurs on their best tips for softening this blow.

You're more than economic actors -- you're cultural carriers. You exhale the essence of Silicon Valley each day. You have seen what's possible and made it happen. Simply meeting you and talking to you will open our minds.

Mentally strong entrepreneurs make a decision to avoid pitfalls that can keep them from reaching their full entrepreneurial potential.

There are several challenges to starting up a small business. Finances are tight. Customers do not know you, or your product that well. You compete against the big guys.

I'm sitting down with Dawn (name changed to be respectful), owner of a software company who was struggling with cash flow.

David Finkel

Co-author of 'SCALE: 7 Proven Principles to grow your Business and get your life back!' and Founder/CEO of Maui Mastermind, business coaching

I encourage you to examine the list of seven questions below prior to making the jump. I am not claiming self employment is better or worse, I am only stating what my observations are regarding self employment as I pose these seven questions.

Today, small business owners and their accounting advisors are throwing out desktop accounting software in favor of apps they can access wherever they are, at any time. Why? Part of it comes down to sociology. Many new entrepreneurs are millennials.

New inventions come from new voices. Send a message to young women that it is possible to pursue a dream of being a game designer -- especially with a little help from friends through crowdfunding. Find and back a game made by a woman, and fund the next wave of gameplay innovation in the 21st Century's art form.

Mary Flanagan

Distinguished professor at Dartmouth College. Artist game inventor. Her research laboratory is Tiltfactor.org. Co-author with Helen Nissenbaum, Values at Play in http://learnlanguageshop.com/uncategorized/blogging-success-how-to-make-it-happen/ Digital Games (MIT 2014)

For myself and my clients I accept no guru-speak as criteria for their right to wear the badge of Entrepreneur. When I examine the definition as it was originally used, and as it is accepted in our modern dictionary, I see three requirements.

Dixie Gillaspie

Writer, Coach, Lover of Entrepreneurship; Author of "Just Blow It Up: Firepower for Living an Unlimited Life"

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Heidi Roizen has been on both sides of the entrepreneur funding divide, so her advice for aspiring entrepreneurs is particularly potent. Last month I interviewed her, and that interview led to many more questions about what it takes to succeed, especially the need to build meaningful relationships. I asked her to share her top five lessons for being a successful entrepreneur.

Over the years I have learned that training programs are not intended to be a one stop shop for everything I need to know about a particular topic.

Shaniece Bennett

CPA and Founder, Accutrak Consulting and Accounting Services, PLLC





 
 
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