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Cognota’s Ryan Austin on Creating an Entire Category (LearnOps)

FastSpring

Ryan Austin had VP-level experience in training when he decided to start a consulting business to help enterprise-level companies with their corporate learning and development initiatives. We’re enterprise software for a new category called LearnOps. Cognota didn’t necessarily start as a software business.

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The New Rules of Indie Hacking Through A Recession

Outseta

Generally speaking, building a software product—even a minimum viable product—is going to take more effort and time than selling your skills as services. But software products are more scalable and valuable, so if you have the financial runway and the time to start building now is as good a time as any. Their secret?

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The 10 Biggest Trends in Entrepreneurship to Look For in 2021

Neil Patel

Remember, entrepreneurship is all about investing in your long-term success. Sure, there’s value in studying short-term data for day-to-day business planning, but don’t neglect your trend forecasting. Current 2021 Trends in Entrepreneurship. Mobile apps and e-commerce stores are big business. Low-Code Websites.

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5 Ways Small Businesses Can Setup An Online Store On A Tight Budget

Backlinkfy

The goal is to design a site where potential customers can quickly connect emotionally and find conversions like shopping carts, checkout, and secure payment options. As you know, non-online businesses have regular cost of maintenance, so do eCommerce websites but very low in comparison to brick n mortar.

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You Can Have My Old Business That Makes $381,722 a Month

Neil Patel

Instead of just blogging about marketing tactics, I thought I would share my old business model with you and give you the exact emails, power points, and everything you need so that way you can replicate my results. Collect payments – I also use Keap to collect payments. So today, I thought I would do something different.

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How This Business Went From Losing $20,000 to Earning $1 Million in Just Two Years

Buffer Resources

After learning about the true cost of being in business, my co-founder and I realized we needed to triple our prices and switch to a monthly payment plan option that provided monthly recurring revenue. If I need to deny myself investments, I see it as proof that my business model is off. Invest in the best software.

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Unlocking Growth in the Internet Economy: a Perspective from Stripe Head of Invoicing, Suzanne Xie (Video)

SaaStr

As difficult as SaaS companies can be to build, that can go double for things like setting up billing systems and automating revenue. Maybe your billing system is not ready, your invoicing is a patchwork, or your reconciliation and invoicing have to be done manually. The explosion of low and no-code solutions.