Entrepreneurship
Parts of a Business Plan 1
This week, I want to discuss the cover sheet, business purpose, table of contents, business description and marketing strategies. Let’s get started!
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10 Ways To Significantly Improve Your Sales
The title of this article sounds a bit like an infomercial, which claims to make selling so simple that a child could do it and even borders on the ridiculous. Understanding the principles of sell...
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The Deal Forum Targets Young Companies Seeking Capital
The Wayne Brown Institute is now accepting submissions from entrepreneurs for The Deal Forum on March 28 in Salt Lake City.
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Why You Need a Business Plan
Many of my clients ask if a business plan is really essential to open a new business or expand their existing business. The more I work with business plans, the more I am convinced that these docum...
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Salespeople Are Victims Of Stereotyping
There is no greater stereotype for a salesperson than that of the “used car” salesperson. I mean no offense to people who sell used cars, but truth be known, they have created a negative image wit...
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Small Business Administration Recognizes Bank of Utah as a Top Lender for Small Business Loans
Bank of Utah was recognized by the U.S. Small Business Administration Utah District Office for outstanding performance for its volume of SBA 504 loans in 2011.
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Venture Capital Legend to Receive Award
The Legends in Venture Capital Award will be given to venture capitalist Mike Levinthal on Feb. 9, 2012. Zions Bank, the Wayne Brown Institute and VentureCapital.Org are hosting their annual Invest...
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Tips for Successfully Closing the Deal
For small businesses, closing a deal is critical. You may have the best product or service available but without a wise strategy to close a deal or complete a sale, your business will suffer.
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Average Salespeople “Fly By The Seat Of Their Pants”
We live in a fascinating time in history and we are part of an interesting generation. The so called Baby Boomers are approaching and engaging retirement while generation “X” is left behind to sup...
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Students Design Virtual ID Badge to Combat Online Hackers
SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A student entrepreneurial team at the University of Utah believes it has come up with a winning business plan for a virtual ID badge that operates off of any mobile...
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Conference to Bring Capital and Technology Jobs to Utah
The 28th Annual Investors Choice Venture Capital Conference is an opportunity for high-growth companies to participate in the angel/venture capital process.
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Domo Welcomes IVP to All-Star Investor List
LINDON, Utah--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Domo, a new software-as-a-service (SaaS) venture launched by Omniture co-founder Josh James, today announced it has closed $20 million from Institutional Venture Part...
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Jeff Thredgold's Tea Leaf - 'Not Your Father's Federal Reserve'
Whether one likes it or not this Federal Reserve, under the direction of Chairman Ben Bernanke, has not exactly been shy in turning traditional Fed actions on their collective head. Another major ...
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Effective Advertising
I love the Super Bowl — the excitement, the rivalry, the traditions and, of course, the commercials.
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Salespeople Are A Lot Like Doctors
There are many similarities between medical doctors and salespeople.
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Westminster Awards $10,000 in the Opportunity Quest Business Plan Competition
Westminster College’s Institute for New Enterprise is pleased to announce Inside & Out Cosmetics as the first place winner of the 2011-2012 Opportunity Quest business plan competition.
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Aribex and H20 TECH Sign Agreement to Bring New Product to the Dental Market
A new collaboration between two innovative Utah-based companies will improve visits to the dentist’s office, for both patients and practitioners. On January 6, Aribex signed an agreement with H20 T...
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SLCC Hosts Startup Weekend-Salt Lake City
Startup Weekend will launch its first event in Utah on February 2-4 at Salt Lake Community College on the Miller Campus in Sandy.
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Small Business Owners Honored at Utah Rural Legislative Day
Utah State Rural Legislative Day will recognize the achievement of eleven Utah small business owners on Friday, January 27 at the Utah State Capitol.
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Business Continuity Planning
In 2002, I opened a small business in downtown Salt Lake City. The next year there was a catastrophic fire, and everything was lost in a matter of hours.
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Olympics gave Utah a five-ring economic boost (Salt Lake Tribune)

European troubles affect Utah (Davis County Clipper)

Black Diamond Prices Public Offering of Common Stock (Park Record)

Legacy of 2002 Winter Olympics lives on in Utah's economy (Deseret News)

A month out, City Creek tenants in hurry mode (Salt Lake Tribune)

Reclamation success: Salt Lake City warehouse gets a new life (Salt Lake Tribune)

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Barrick Sees Gold Stocks ‘Inflection Point’ as ETFs Nab Funds: Commodities (Bloomberg)

Express Scripts 4th-qtr profit lower than expected (Reuters)

Duke Energy, Progress File New Market Plan For Merger (Dow Jones)

Media General says exploring sale of newspapers (Reuters)

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Bankruptcy Judge Approves Solyndra Bonuses (Associated Press)

Home sales rise, but prices will be slow to follow (USA Today)

72 comments AT&T CEO pay docked $2 million for T-Mobile debacle (CNNMoney)

Fuller Brush Files for Bankruptcy (Wall Street Journal)

Global markets ease, focus moves to growth, oil (Reuters)

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IMF turns sights to its Greek bailout contribution (Reuters)

Hewlett-Packard Forecast Misses Estimates (Bloomberg)

Obama proposes cutting corporate tax rate to 28% from 35% (Los Angeles Times)

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