Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

In my experience, it’s critical to uncover the secrets of fishing in the perfect spots to hook the right clients and employees for your business success. Fellow alumni may be running their own businesses. Research business or social clubs that cater to business leaders. Where do you find big fish? What about smaller fish?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 26, 2024

A study of Jill Nelson offers a Master class on what it takes to build a thriving business. Jill worked as a business broker for a few years after college, where she noted the operational wins and woes of a wide variety of companies. If you are not super-passionate about your business idea, don’t bother. “I Here’s her story.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

MARCH 21, 2024

” Maggie Horne, Director of the Gannon Small Business Development Center (SBDC), echoed similar sentiments, emphasizing the importance of collaborative initiatives like the TechCelerator program in fostering innovation and supporting local entrepreneurs. cnp.benfranklin.org/techcelerator.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JANUARY 23, 2024

on Innovation & Technology Policy with a focus on artificial intelligence. After graduating from the University of Antioquia, witnessing the innovations in science, technology, and strategy in this community only increased Jonathan’s curiosity. Thank you for your insight and advice, Jonathan!

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 4, 2023

And with lockdowns now a thing of the past, we predict travel to also increase from 2022 levels which is a great sign for the industry and for business. We’ve missed face-to-face interaction for too long; building relationships is key to winning more business in 2023. David Fastuca, EO Melbourne, CMO and co-founder, Locomote.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Communities, economies and trade benefit from strong businesses that have learned to weather unexpected challenges. Learn how other #YLAIStrong entrepreneurs are building their resilience and strengthening their businesses in the face of adversity. Persistence for success in the technology industry in Bolivia.

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American Entrepreneurship

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Start your small business with access to commonly used resources. Owning a small business brings both great satisfaction and great challenge. The following are core small business resources that almost every startup and small business value: S mall Business Administration (SBA): A federal U.S.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 28, 2024

Boulevard Capital delivers fast funding to help salons, spas, barbershops, and medspas accelerate business growth LOS ANGELES – March 20, 2024 – Boulevard ( www.joinblvd.com ), provider of the client experience platform purpose-built for appointment-based, self-care businesses, today announced the launch of Boulevard Capital.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Grammarly-Harris Poll Study encourages businesses to not be left behind in implementing generative AI As generative AI spreads across business sectors, inclusive of small and large businesses, management and workers are seeing its value in their daily work. businesses. trillion in U.S.

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American Entrepreneurship

APRIL 25, 2024

(April 24, 2024) – The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) has closed its first four approvals under the Angel Match Program , awarding a total of $2 million to support early-stage technology companies. This fuels the growth for the product-based technology company by increasing the pool of available capital.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Grammarly-Harris Poll Study encourages businesses to not be left behind in implementing generative AI As generative AI spreads across business sectors, inclusive of small and large businesses, management and workers are seeing its value in their daily work. businesses. trillion in U.S.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

SEPTEMBER 13, 2020

A new study reveals just how much the COVID-19 pandemic is accelerating small business digital transformation. These insights are from the 2020 Small Business Digital Maturity Study , commissioned by Cisco. How much small business digital transformation could boost economic growth. trillion to $14.6

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Source Link

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Chamber of Commerce Technology Engagement Center, a whopping 93% of today’s small business owners use at least one type of technology platform to help them with their business. Access to affordable high-speed broadband is increasingly a top priority for economic and community development leaders.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Erik Day from Dell spoke about small business technology at the Survive and Thrive Summit , hosted and produced by Ramon Ray of Smart Hustle Media. Erik has been at Dell for 21 years, so he knows that technology plays a very important role in everything that’s happening in today’s world, including the pandemic.

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TechCrunch

JULY 6, 2022

If your service-based business is still collecting paper checks and only knows clients by their first name, Finli has an app for you. Small Business Administration Office of Advocacy, 9.9% businesses are small businesses. Small Business Administration Office of Advocacy, 9.9%

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Andreessen Horowitz

MARCH 1, 2024

“The amount of innovation we’re about to see in tax is unparalleled in recent history,” says Jamil Khan, the Chief Strategy and Small Business Officer for tax giant H&R Block. Since we already have the human talent, we’re also now investing in the technology.” This is people’s money!

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 18, 2023

Survey results show the important role of small businesses to their local communities Building on its success in 2022, Intuit Quickbooks and Mailchimp announced the winners of its Small Business Hero awards, celebrated as part of their Small Business Success Month. They found that: almost 100% of U.S.

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Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 30, 2024

Jeff: Global Payments really exists at the intersection of two of my favorite things, technology and financial services. And the thing I thought most about was what we could do with the platform to modernize the technology, to grow the distribution footprint. What were the business lines that you were in? Jeff: Yeah.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Around the US, businesses are turning to digital marketing to connect with their increasingly digital audiences. We will also highlight how AI can help you give your business a leg up on the competition. However, AI tools can support small businesses by doing the heavy lifting for teams. Businesses saw (on average) an 8.12

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JANUARY 1, 2022

For the past year, we’ve done our best to serve you and provide inspiration and education to help you START and GROW your business! May the new year bring brilliant success to your small business. With the passing year, you must know where your business stands presently. We exist only to help you succeed.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 6, 2021

With the advent of technological innovations, including dedicated servers and cloud hosting, businesses of all shapes and sizes are shifting to a more digital way of working. From international companies to locally owned small businesses, the landscape of how business is done has been gradually changing for some time now.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

OCTOBER 23, 2023

A groundbreaking advancement in electric vehicle (EV) charging technology is set to transform the industry as Greenville-based startup, Advanced Power & Energy, secures a significant investment of $500,000 from the Mercer County Innovation Fund, in collaboration with Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Central & Northern Pennsylvania.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JANUARY 27, 2021

Nowadays, technology plays a huge role in being able to run a business. And with so many people managing their businesses from home, these new technology solutions are needed more than ever. Stone DeSouza is the leader of the small business segment for Sage in the US. Sage and Small Business Support.

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StartupNation

OCTOBER 28, 2021

People believe that businesses too small should not worry about cybersecurity. As cyberattacks are now automated, it’s easier for cyber terrorists to target thousands of businesses at once. Small businesses often have less technical knowledge when it comes to these threats. 1. Insider threats.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 12, 2022

We reached out to Brianna Ellison, director of community engagement for Verizon, as part of our initiative to bring the Verizon Small Business Digital Ready program to Michigan entrepreneurs and aspiring business owners. What work is Verizon doing in the Detroit/Michigan community to help small businesses?

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JANUARY 12, 2022

COVID-19 may continue to impact the small business landscape. Key Small Business Trends to Watch Out for in 2022. As we enter 2022, I’ve been following key trends that will shape the face of small businesses. To do this, small businesses would be wise to invest in security tools, vendors, and software.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

MARCH 16, 2022

STATE COLLEGE, PA – Every year dozens of PA startups get their start with Ben Franklin Technology Partners. Located in Lancaster County, Benefix , provides a one-stop-shop health insurance and benefits platform which automates the brokers’ workflow while providing a simple method for small businesses to enroll in benefit products digitally.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 27, 2023

CRM Software offers Small Businesses a Way to More Efficiently Grow Sales Sustainable growth for any small business is tied to building sufficient operational infrastructure to support a growing customer base. Sales personnel using a CRM can be more effective, while management has an excellent oversight tool.

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AsiaTechDaily

JANUARY 29, 2023

Register WhyQ’s plan to focus on improving their existing products and developing new ones to help small businesses better compete in the digital economy received a boost after it raised $1.4 The use of the app makes it easy for small businesses to set up a digital presence quickly and easily and start selling online.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Chris Donan works for AT&T Business as the VP of Business Sales. His job is to serve small, medium-sized businesses across the United States. He has the responsibility of leading and working alongside 1,300 solutions and technology specialists that work directly with small businesses. Chris Donan.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

NOVEMBER 27, 2021

By Kimberly Green-Kerr, UScellular Business Solutions and Operations Leader. In very welcome news for ecommerce and brick-and-mortar small businesses, many Americans are eager to spend their money during this holiday shopping season. The answers, of course, will vary according to the challenges faced by the individual business.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

JANUARY 4, 2022

STATE COLLEGE, PA – Every year, dozens of PA startups get their start with Ben Franklin Technology Partners. located in Tyrone, PA, developed a product that helps a home inspection company with its core business needs such as booking, accounting, training, and relationship building. Visit www.cnp.benfranklin.org for program details.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

OCTOBER 31, 2021

In fact, according to a recent Lenovo study , 60 percent of small to medium-sized business (SMB) employees prefer working from home some of the time. Today’s workforce is every business’ most valuable asset. Providing technologically advanced options for work and collaboration to the employees is not enough.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Fuzey , a London-based company providing what it calls a “digital one-stop shop” for small businesses and independent contractors, raised $4.5 CEO Lysgaard Jensen and COO Boyce met each other about two years ago and bonded over helping small businesses digitize. million in seed funding.

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

How many small businesses have websites? A recent Fit Small Business roundup on website statistics reveals that 71% of small businesses have a website. This is a substantial amount of growth from 2018 where statistics showed only 50% of small businesses had created their own websites.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 2, 2023

Larger companies are more likely to cut back on internal innovation efforts and technology investments that are not core to the business. Focus on how technology can solve hard problems, and don’t worry as much about finding what’s cutting edge in fintech. Small businesses are more likely to shut shop during a recession.

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