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Let’s take three key elements of lean startup principles – quick and inexpensive prototypes that test market assumptions, feedback from real customers, and learn fast, don’t fail fast – and apply those elements to strategies for small businesses and startup marketing.

6 Reasons Why Tomorrow Is An Entrepreneur’s Enemy

“I’ll do it tomorrow,” and variations of that excuse echo through the minds of entrepreneurs everywhere. Here are six reasons why many people habitually procrastinate, and what you can do to create better habits.

The Business Owner’s Guide to Creating a Unique Logo

Everyone wants a great logo design that is memorable, recognizable, and reflective of their brand. But often, people forget that their logo has to be unique too.

Sure, the Apple logo is iconic and instantly recogniza..

Marketing and branding

Famous Logos And What Your Business Can Learn From Them

Every company wants to be popular and for its logo to be instantly recognizable and famous. In fact, some entrepreneurs think that companies become famous because they have great logos.

That’s only partially correct…

Marketing and branding

Why A Good Logo Is Essential To Your Business

We’ve all heard the advice: invest in your logo. And while it may seem obvious to some why it’s important to invest in a well-designed logo, many entrepreneurs and small business owners don’t really understand why logos..

5 Ways Your Business Can Improve Its Brand on Instagram

Branding.

That buzzword has taken design, marketing, and startup blogs by storm and has put pressure on companies of all sizes to create the “perfect image”. In an increasingly competitive and noisy market, companies..

Give Your New Business a Jump Start with an Effective Landing Page

Every new business hopes to launch to immediate accolades and tons of sales.

But, the truth is that most businesses start slowly. And, if they’re lucky, they last long enough to survive and grow.

But, what if..

5 Key Traits That Make Women Successful Entrepreneurs

Despite talk of a level playing field for women and men, the facts suggest that we still have a long way to go. Women comprise only a small percentage of executives at Fortune 500 companies, are less likely to start a v..

How Businesses and Agencies Can Save Money by Crowdsourcing Design

I recently had the opportunity to sit down with Scott Kitun, CEO of Technori, to talk about crowdSPRING’s global community of more than 200,000 designers and writers. Over the past nine years, crowdSPRING creatives have hel..

How to Build And Preserve A Strong Company Culture

Even experienced entrepreneurs and business owners often struggle when building a strong cultural foundation for their businesses. In fact, some business owners don’t fully understand why it’s important for a company to..

How You Can Become a Better Leader By Recognizing Your Own Weaknesses

Great leaders aren’t flawless. In fact, it’s the complete opposite.

Being good at everything isn’t just impossible, it’s unhealthy. When people think that they can do it all, they fail to delegate or trust others- bo..

The Stories Showdown: Snapchat vs. Instagram

Social media has changed rapidly in the past year, even more so than it has in previous years. From the uptick of influencer marketing to Instagram’s shift to algorithm based newsfeeds, social media has evolved to fit a..

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