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4 Expert Tips for Startups Looking to Maximize the Value of SaaS Technology
These days, software-as-a-service (SaaS) technology is improving the quality of business for nearly all startup businesses, across all industries. In fact, the IDC reports that “by 2020, 67 percent of enterprise infrastructure and software will be for cloud-based offerings.” There are numerous benefits to implementing SaaS products into your startup's preexisting routines, but how can you...
Think Your Startup Doesn’t Need a Business Continuity Plan? Think Again
The full-scale transition to remote work has created countless challenges for businesses of all sizes across the globe, from managing disparate teams to ensuring employees have the tools needed to continue work from afar. No business has been immune. After weeks, and now months, of navigating what some have called the “new normal,” many key...
5 Startup Tech Trends to Watch During the Pandemic
Venture capital is a long game. Startups take many years to mature before venture capitalists can get a return on their investment. While you may think that VC investment is down during the economic downturn, this is only true in the short term, primarily because VCs are concerned with how their existing portfolio companies will...
Why Adding SaaS is Essential to Scaling Your Service Business
All ascending companies will eventually face the choice of whether they should channel their efforts into growth or continued profitability, whether they like it or not. Some entrepreneurs welcome the challenge, while others find it hard to deviate resources from what they know already works. Regardless of personal reaction to the issue of growth, it is nonetheless...
Maximize Your Deductions: The Tax Advantages Every Entrepreneur Should Know About
Whether it’s your first year as a startup or you’re battle-worn after years in the trenches, you’ve learned to keep a close eye on your company’s bottom line. When tax season rolls around, it’s another opportunity to be strategic about maximizing your tax deductions in order to minimize the overall amount you pay. However, this...
Building a Successful Business Using the New Subscription Economy
The following is excerpted from "Subscribed: Why the Subscription Model Will Be Your Company’s Future—and What to Do About It" by Tien Tzuo with permission from Portfolio, an imprint of Penguin Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC. Copyright © Tien Tzuo, 2018. All you can fly We all know what flying is...
The Parallel Entrepreneur: Why 100 Monthly Paying Customers Are Key to Running a Successful Company
I wrote my latest book, "The Parallel Entrepreneur: How to Start and Run Companies While Keeping Your Day Job," because I have a lot of friends interested in entrepreneurship and they kept asking me the same types of questions: “How do I get started?” “How long will it take until I can quit my job?” “What type of...
How to Optimize Your Email Campaigns with Artificial Intelligence
Say goodbye to mass, impersonal email campaigns - they no longer work. What does this mean for startups and entrepreneurs? The only way to achieve high conversion rates is by keeping up with artificial intelligence (AI) trends. Upgrade your email marketing campaigns, or you’ll find your messaging goes straight to spam. Imagine a snowy winter...
How to Harness the Power of IoT Without a Technical Background
Just a few years ago, the Internet of Things (IoT) was a wave only big businesses like General Electrics were riding on. When Nest was bought by Google for a whopping $3.2 billion, though, regular, non-tech people started to take notice of what our future was shaping up to be. Once fun gadgets like smart lights,...
3 Tips to Make Sure Your Startup Gets the Financial Momentum It Deserves
Startups today are piling on more debt than ever before. While there are plenty of ways to fund your startup, poor money management will spell the death of your business. Developing a healthy financial formula during the startup phase is crucial in order to lay a solid foundation for the future. Here are three valuable...
3 Growth Hacking Lessons From Some of the World’s Fastest Growing Companies
Today, tech giants rule a large portion of the web. Alphabet Inc. (Google’s parent company) and Facebook combined are worth more than 1 trillion dollars. In the face of such dominance, small businesses have been forced to find innovative ways to break into saturated markets and rapidly scale. These strategies, known as “growth hacks” have...
Software as a Service: Switching from a Service Oriented Business to SaaS
Today, more and more startups offer Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions. With more flexibility, less upfront cost and easy updates, SaaS offers an attractive advantage for small businesses. For example, consumers stream endless amounts of music on Spotify rather than buying a CD from a brick-and-mortar store. They order an Uber rather than waste...
8 Creative Ways for SaaS Businesses to Generate Leads
Software as a Service businesses (SaaS) know that sometimes it can be very challenging to find new paying customers. There are many channels waiting to be exploited, but not all of them work for every small business. A SaaS is a different type of business that requires different marketing strategies for customer acquisition. There are many...
8 Tools Every Startup Marketer Needs
One of the joys of a startup marketer working for a startup is being lean—you can evaluate what works for your team and what doesn’t based on data and make decisions quickly. But being lean also means maximizing the most out of limited resources. As your startup invests in tools to help it market and...
Need Help with your Entrepreneurial Dreams? Hear What Stephen Dodd Has to Say.
As an entrepreneur, do you have big dreams, but aren’t quite sure how to accomplish them? Well, here’s a fellow entrepreneur who is helping people just like you make their dreams a reality. Meet Stephen Dodd, Quantum Voyage, Inc. Lead Programmer and Project Manager for the new, personal goal-setting software at www.goalsettingforyou.com. Tell us about...
Got Goals? Tips from Richard Lewine of GoalTrak
After working over 30 years in organization development consulting, Richard Lewine created a company called Quantum Voyage, http://www.goaltrak.com/, to help businesses and organizations reach their goals. Since many of you are in the process of setting your goals for 2010, I caught up with Rich to get his insights. Here’s what he had to say:...