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WJR Business Beat with Jeff Sloan: Business Impact of University R&D (Episode 173)

Where do the big ideas come from around which startup businesses originate? Well, certainly from the entrepreneurial community at large, and of course within businesses themselves large and small. Another significant source? University research labs....

byStartupNation

February 9, 2021

4 Steps to Researching Your Startup Idea Before Writing a Business Plan

When you come up with a new startup idea, it’s natural to get excited. You want to get things moving quickly, and you start envisioning what life would be like if you were in charge of...

byAnna Johansson

July 3, 2017

How to Conduct Market Research

Conducting market research can help provide entrepreneurs a boost of confidence or send them back to consider changes to their strategy. Quite often the first thought that a new entrepreneur has is "I am going...

byJeff Williams

January 10, 2015

Sell your product to a “big box” store

How to sell your product to a "big box" store Introducing New Products Why is it that so many new products fail on the market? Usually many reasons. Companies often are so in love with...

byCindy Jones

October 22, 2014

Business Models—Choosing a Business Model

When choosing a business model I always recommend that it be something that you are passionate about. It seems that when passion is lacking, it is harder to get up in the morning and to...

byChris Rugh

May 6, 2010

How to Gather Competitive Research

Knowing that a market exists for your product or service is an important first step when launching a new venture, and who better to tell you about the market than your future competitors? You can...

byJonathan Hudson

November 28, 2006

A “normal” day for an entrepreneur

• Caffeine-up • Follow up with customers • Analyze website traffic • Move forward on strategy for growing customer base • Tweak strategy for growing customer base • Manage accounting activity • Re-caffeinate • Gain...

byJoel Welsh

May 17, 2006