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Small Business Check-In: Which Sectors Are Recovering Better and Why?

StartupNation

just two months later as businesses slashed headcount, reduced inventory and began reimagining nearly every in-person service through the lens of a remote delivery model. Consumers are changing how they shop , how they work and where they live, creating opportunities for new and creative business models. in February 2020 to 14.8%

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Five ways to make your company stand out.

Berkonomics

If you’re large enough, you may be the target, and if smaller, you are the minnow not the shark – and need to be agile and creative. There are five niches you can chose when defining your positioning strategy: price, quality, service, innovation, and elegance. Using price creatively. That’s our subject this week.

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Incremental differentiation doesn’t cut it anymore.

Berkonomics

There are five niches you can chose when defining your positioning strategy: price, quality, service, innovation, and elegance. Service is a remarkable differentiator. Innovation certainly defines a number of companies catering to early adopters and the mass audiences that follow.