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• 10 Essential Productivity Apps for Entrepreneurs & Business Owners - This article rounds up 10 of the best productivity apps that are essential for entrepreneurs and business owners. If you’re looking for that app that’s going to help you work smarter, you’ve come to the right place.
  Topics: best, app, work, help, apps, service, owners, productivity, tools, entrepreneurs, notes, business.
• 101 Entrepreneur Quotes from the Most Successful Business Owners - Whether you’re looking for insight, advice, or just an understanding of how successful business owners confront challenges⁠—here are our favorite quotes from the world’s most successful entrepreneurs. More
  Topics: dont, quotes, think, founder, way, work, owners, success, entrepreneur, ceo, business, successful, great.
• 11 Effective Marketing Strategies and Tips for Black-Owned Businesses - Welcome to Breaking the Blueprint — a new blog series that dives into the unique business challenges and opportunities of Black business owners and entrepreneurs. Learn how they’ve grown or scaled their businesses, explored entrepreneurial ventures within their companies, or created side hustles, and how their stories can inspire and inform your own success.
  Topics: blackowned, product, strategies, website, businesses, marketing, mwangi, effective, owners, business, google, tips, customers.
• 13 Social Media Tools for Ecommerce Store Owners - Are you a small business owner or solopreneur who has a limited amount of time to focus on marketing activities?  You’ll be happy to know that there are marketing tools created specifically for busy online retailers like you. These tools aim to make engaging with your audience as effortless as […]
  Topics: social, tools, owners, store, posts, ecommerce, analytics, post, content, share, media, marketing.
• 17 Tips For Online Small Business Owners - Chapter by chapter we’ve unlocked the keys to online small business success. You’ve created a great product. Built a stunning…
  Topics: marketing, tips, brand, customer, way, products, owners, small, website, business, customers.
• 18 Dropshipping F***ups: Successful Owners Share Their Most Memorable Mistakes - Sure, success is cool, inspiring, and all that, but what about failures? Sometimes it’s nice to know you’re not alone in fumbling through the process of starting a business.  And it’s not just newbies who make mistakes. Dig deep enough and you’ll find that behind the fast cars, fancy watches, […]
  Topics: fups, customer, product, memorable, successful, share, dropshipping, store, started, biggest, owners, products, order, ads, fup, mistakes, day.
• 5 Steps Business Owners Can Take Now to Improve Cash Flow During COVID - Cash flow is a huge concern for most businesses on a day-to-day basis. It’s a difficult task trying to manage your working capital to order in new supplies and products, pay staff or contractors, and cover any overhead while still investing back into the business.  It’s no surprise that cash […]
  Topics: capital, products, owners, cash, business, businesses, right, issues, covid, flow, items, steps, look, improve.
• 5 Successful Email Marketing Strategies for Black-Owned Businesses [+ Examples] - Welcome to Breaking the Blueprint — a new blog series that dives into the unique business challenges and opportunities of Black business owners and entrepreneurs. Learn how they’ve grown or scaled their businesses, explored entrepreneurial ventures within their companies, or created side hustles, and how their stories can inspire and inform your own success.
  Topics: business, emails, examples, strategies, businesses, strategy, real, blackowned, black, email, community, owners, successful, marketing.
• 9 Shopify Tips All New Store Owners Need to Know - Starting a Shopify store for the first time is such a fun experience. It can also be a bit nerve-wracking if you don’t know all the Shopify tricks that allow you to create a better online store. One of the biggest mistakes new store owners make involves over-optimizing the wrong […]
  Topics: dont, website, know, create, shopify, products, tips, need, logo, online, add, owners, store.
• Address potential business conflicts during good times - Very often people launch businesses with friends and family. The reason, typically, is that friends and family are trustworthy.  But what happens when things go wrong, or when people disagree
  Topics: family, happens, good, potential, company, shareholders, times, plan, address, business, conflicts, owners, shares, assets, legal.
• Advice and Resources for AAPI Business Owners, From AAPI Business Owners - Welcome to Breaking the Blueprint — a blog series that dives into the unique business challenges and opportunities of underrepresented business owners and entrepreneurs. Learn how they’ve grown or scaled their businesses, explored entrepreneurial ventures within their companies, or created side hustles, and how their stories can inspire and inform your own success.
  Topics: national, businesses, small, advice, owners, entrepreneurs, community, aapi, asian, resources, companies, chamber, business.
• Alexa can now help you donate to Toys for Tots and other charities - Fresh off its biggest shopping day in history, Cyber Monday 2018, Amazon today is making it easy for Alexa owners to participate in Giving Tuesday, the international day of charitable giving that follows the holiday shopping spree kicked off by Thanksgiving Day sales. Starting today, Alexa owners can donate a toy to a child in […]
  Topics: shopping, toy, alexa, amazon, tots, item, donate, toys, charities, donations, owners, help.
• Amazon Prime Day 2021 Is June 21-22, and Kristen Bell Tells Us Why She's Partnered With Them to Promote Small Businesses - The ecommerce giant grew exponentially in the pandemic, but heading into its annual retail holiday, the emphasis (with some help from a few celebs) is entirely on how it elevates entrepreneurs.
  Topics: partnered, good, thats, promote, small, prime, amazon, support, business, owners, shes, tells, kristen, businesses, day, bell, wanted.
• Amazon skips wholesalers in Europe - Ecommerce giant Amazon has decided to skip wholesalers in Europe. Instead, it will focus on sourcing products from brands. By doing so, it wants to ensure low prices for consumers. The online giant has sent an email to European vendors saying that it will focus on sourcing products from brand…
  Topics: skips, europe, amazon, control, low, costs, continue, sourcing, wholesalers, prices, owners, focus.
• Bank Hacking for Store Owners - If you love geeking out on the finance side as much as we do, this is an episode you definitely don’t want to miss! I’m going down the rabbit hole of banking, lending, and financing with Bill D’Alessandro, founder and CEO at Elements Brands and frequent co-host of this podcast. Consider this episode a master […]
  Topics: work, banking, banks, lending, store, big, pros, youre, owners, bank, consider, cons, hacking, credit.
• CS-Cart releases renewed marketplace software - Ecommerce software provider CS-Cart has released a new edition of its marketplace software, called Multi-Vendor Plus. The solution, aimed at lager marketplace businesses, has several new features for both online marketplace owners and vendors. CS-Cart develops software for creating online multi-seller marketplaces and the more traditional single-seller online shops. Since Continue reading
  Topics: online, releases, marketplaces, cscart, owners, vendor, vendors, marketplace, software, renewed, multivendor, products, solution.
• Direct-to-consumer cat food startup Smalls raises $9M - While dog owners have plenty of direct-to-consumer options if they want to order pet food online, we haven’t seen a similar wave of startups for cats. But that may be starting to change. Earlier this year, I wrote about Cat Person, a startup backed by Harry’s Labs offering a variety of cat care products, including […]
  Topics: raises, products, directtoconsumer, cats, startup, 9m, techcrunch, owners, better, variety, food, smalls, dog, bohn, cat.
• Dog food startup Sundays launches its air-dried kibble alternative - Michael Waxman, co-founder and CEO of dog food startup Sundays, acknowledged that dog owners have no shortage of options when it comes to feeding their beloved pets — but he still thinks there’s room for something new. “There’s a sort of ‘Water everywhere, but not a drop to drink’ phenomenon,” Waxman said. “There are over […]
  Topics: waxman, startup, launches, sundays, owners, theres, options, kibble, airdried, dogs, alternative, techcrunch, food, dog, refrigerated.
• Ecommerce Owners on Morning Routines, Work-life Balance - Last month I spoke with Ronnie Teja, an innovative entrepreneur who runs multiple ecommerce sites. The published interview focused on how he launched the business. We also discussed work-life balance. What follows is that portion of our discussion.
  Topics: ill, check, owners, routine, worklife, journal, ecommerce, phone, routines, im, work, balance, business, read, morning.
• GDPR Compliance for Ecommerce: What Store Owners Can Do - Ecommerce store owners are busy enough as it is. SEO, social, design. You don’t need another to-do. So we’ll apologize right away for adding one. It’s just that, well, GDPR compliance is too important to ignore. It’s been over a year since GDPR was implemented, and there are certainly lessons […]
  Topics: gdpr, privacy, compliant, data, store, protection, europe, owners, compliance, google, ecommerce, youre.
• German marketplace DaWanda closes its doors - After twelve years of operating in Germany and other European countries, online marketplace DaWanda will cease all business operations on the 30th of August. The marketplace also came to an agreement with Etsy, so current shop owners can continue selling their handmade products. The company announced the news, saying they Continue reading
  Topics: handmade, doors, marketplace, products, closes, shop, helming, company, german, owners, million, online, dawanda.
• Get guaranteed rent for your home from new startup Doorstead - Missing out on a month’s rent because you can’t find a tenant is a huge loss. Searching for someone to fill a home takes work, while property managers are incentivized to price your place too high, leading to costly vacancies. But new startup Doorstead wants to take on the risk and the work for you. […]
  Topics: property, management, owners, rent, tenants, startup, waliany, days, doorstead, techcrunch, offer, guaranteed.
• Holiday Support Tips for eCommerce Stores - If you want your holiday shoppers to have a good experience, you need good support. Learn how support processes can lend a helping hand.
  Topics: service, questions, tips, store, team, support, owners, help, rush, customers, great, holiday, woocommerce, customer.
• How to Overcome Burnout and Maximize Your Time - We surveyed thousands of store owners & found that 84% don’t use their time effectively. See how to streamline your workload & get the most out of your day.
  Topics: work, overcome, dont, tasks, owners, spend, youre, maximize, store, task, burnout, hours, start.
• How to Use Black-Owned Banks to Start Your Business - Welcome to Breaking the Blueprint — a blog series that dives into the unique business challenges and opportunities of underrepresented business owners and entrepreneurs. Learn how they’ve grown or scaled their businesses, explored entrepreneurial ventures within their companies, or created side hustles, and how their stories can inspire and inform your own success.
  Topics: business, financial, bank, blackowned, black, entrepreneurs, banks, start, offer, credit, owners.
• JD wants its My Pet Profile to transform animal lives across China - JD has launched the “My Pet Profile Initiative” so its customers can receive recommendations for pet products and services.
  Topics: improve, customers, lives, transform, owners, wants, pets, products, china, animal, initiative, profile, marketing, jd, pet.
• Lemonade launches pet insurance - Lemonade today launched pet insurance, marking its entry into a new vertical of insurance for the first time since it launched its renters/home owners insurance in 2016. Lemonade CEO Daniel Schreiber told TechCrunch back in February that some 70% of Lemonade customers with a home owners or renters policy are also pet owners, and yet […]
  Topics: pet, pets, women, lemonade, launches, techcrunch, tests, team, package, owners, insurance, policy.
• Lessons from Successful Online Store Owners - 4 online store owners reflect on their journey, share how they started, & reveal what they wish they knew beforehand. Spoiler: nothing ever goes as planned.
  Topics: company, furgiuele, woocommerce, life, store, business, im, successful, start, owners, work, customer, online, lessons.
• Morocco’s Chari valued at $100M in bridge round as it looks to pilot BNPL services - Moroccan B2B e-commerce and retail startup Chari confirmed to TechCrunch that it has secured a bridge round at a $100 million valuation. The bridge round welcomed new investors Khwarizmi Ventures, Air Angels and Afri Mobility, the venture capital arm of AKWA Group. They join existing investors (Y Combinator, Rocket Internet, Global Founders Capital, Plug n […]
  Topics: looks, moroccos, shop, pilot, company, valued, round, chari, services, money, techcrunch, owners, bnpl, bridge, debt.
• Need good employees? Be a good employer - Hiring and managing employees is among the most challenging tasks of business owners. An employee-employer relationship is much different than a social one. You'll spend many hours a day together. But employers should never forget that the relationship is about business.
  Topics: need, good, help, job, relationship, owners, employees, employers, employee, loyalty, employer, business.
• Opera: Attractive Exposure To Africa's Fintech Landscape - Upon a $600 million takeover by the new Chinese owners in 2016, Opera has shifted its focus to emerging fintech opportunities in Africa and Asia.
  Topics: africa, opera, chinese, vision, fintech, africas, exposure, went, attractive, landscape, million, owners, emerging.
• Pivoting During COVID-19: How One Entrepreneur Is Supporting Fellow Business Owners - Now is a time for resilience and ingenuity. Many of us must adapt, pivot, and find new ways to grow. In today's interview, we chat with Kelly Bergeron, a resident of Cornwall, Ontario, who, in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, sprung into action to help small businesses in her area.More
  Topics: pivoting, fellow, local, really, owners, covid19, gift, community, supporting, need, entrepreneurs, dont, lot, businesses, entrepreneur, business, think.
• Profit First: How to Keep More of What You Make - When it comes to finances, a lot of eCommerce store owners tend to struggle. So today, I’ve got Cyndi Thomason of Bookskeep.com on the show to shed light on how to make your business profitable using the Profit First methodology. Cyndi is an eCommerce accountant and bookkeeper specifically focused on this methodology, and she shares [...]
  Topics: tend, cyndi, owners, using, thomason, store, business, methodology, youderian, ecommerce, profit.
• Scratch Case Study: Changing The Dry Pet Food Business For The Better - If you’ve spent precious minutes in a supermarket trying to decipher which variety of near-identical dry pet food is right for your dog – and even if you haven’t – you’ll appreciate the simplicity of Scratch. Founded by Mike Halligan and Doug Spiegelhauer in early 2018, this thoughtful Australian startup has three audacious goals: eliminate […]
  Topics: dry, pet, scratch, better, dog, mike, product, owners, business, experience, dogs, changing, food.
• Shopify's First Flagship: Why We Opened a New Space for Business Owners in Downtown L.A. - Shopify’s new location in L.A., situated at The Row in downtown, is a unique, permanent space designed for business owners. Our first flagship provides Shopify product training and education, guidance for growing your business, and community events designed to bring business owners together. Here’s why we built it.More
  Topics: merchants, shopifys, downtown, row, help, entrepreneurs, community, business, shopify, support, opened, owners, space, la, flagship.
• Shopware Markets launched - Ecommerce software provider Shopware has released the latest version of its software. The most important new feature is Shopware Markets. This service enables shop owners to seamlessly connect their online shop to the Amazon and eBay marketplaces. Today, Shopware 6.4 is released. The company dubs this the biggest Shopware 6… Continue reading
  Topics: owners, feature, markets, amazon, products, edition, shopware, software, shop, launched, online.
• Shopware announces new features - Ecommerce software provider Shopware has announced that it will release two new software features: Flow Builder and Guided Shopping. This will make it easier for shop owners to customize the open source software. The new updates were announced yesterday at this year’s Shopware Community Day in Schöppingen, Germany. This was… Continue reading
  Topics: builder, software, shop, community, guided, features, flow, business, shopware, shopping, announces, owners.
• Sick of managing your Airbnb? Vacasa raises $64M to do it for you - Airbnbing can be a ton of work. Between key pickups, tidying, and maintenance emergencies, renting out your place isn’t such a passive revenue source. But Vacasa equips owners with full-service vacation home management, including listings on top rental platforms like Airbnb and HomeAway, as well as local cleaners who come between guests. It now manages […]
  Topics: airbnb, sick, series, weekend, vacation, 64m, owners, equity, vacasa, managing, million, market, raised, raises.
• Starting Your First Venture? Here’s What You Need to Become a Business Owner - Despite the pandemic and economic downturn in 2020, new businesses are on the rise, according to data from the US Census Bureau. Want to start your new venture? Learn what a business owner is, types of business ownership, and tips for becoming a successful business owner in this guide.More
  Topics: products, need, person, heres, customers, starting, business, owner, owners, opportunity, product, start, pay, venture.
• The Best Advice for Agencies in 2018: 15 Experts Weigh In - Running an agency is hard. There are daily growth challenges that need to be overcome. Luckily, you’re not the only one coming up against these problems. We spoke with agency thought leaders and experts about a number of these problems in our monthly webinar series.
  Topics: agency, business, talks, best, thought, owners, click, webinar, experts, advice, agencies, marketing, weigh.
• The Best Ecommerce Courses for Business Owners - The best ecommerce course could be a valuable tool for you if you’re planning on launching a new store online. Already the size of the ecommerce market is expected to reach a value of beyond $7.5 trillion by 2030, and… Continue reading The Best Ecommerce Courses for Business Owners
  Topics: owners, ecommerce, online, experience, business, youre, store, marketing, courses, youll, best, shopify, course.
• The Definition of a Corporation in Less Than 100 Words [FAQ] - Ever since the Great Recession, the word “corporate” has had a negative connotation. The leaders of major corporations dismantled the world economy during the events prior to the financial crisis, and the wreckage sparked harsh animosity toward big companies that had an “Inc.” at the end of their name.
  Topics: corporations, separate, words, business, owners, leaders, corporation, right, definition, legally, benefits, faq, organization.
• The ECF Benchmark: A Performance Index for Store Owners - How can we arm the “rebel force” or smaller merchants with the similar AI and data sets that Amazon has? In this episode, Jake Cook, co-owner of Tadpull.com, explains this and more. Listen in as we cover topics such as the benefit of creating an index, what metrics an index tracks, and how this can […]
  Topics: performance, index, cook, usa, metrics, benchmark, store, help, community, ecommercefuel, youderian, going, van, owners, jake.
• The Genesis of Holiday Window Displays - The holiday season in major cities around the world is typically heralded by seasonal window retail displays put up by…
  Topics: marketing, fascinating, holiday, windows, display, owners, retailers, major, store, displays, window, history, york, stores.
• The Ultimate Ecommerce Checklist for New Store Owners - The process of starting an online store can be confusing, especially when you’re a beginner. You might not know what to do first. And so you do a little bit of everything in a random order. Unfortunately, this might result in some missed steps. To make sure you’re set up […]
  Topics: add, store, shopify, free, website, ultimate, text, ecommerce, checklist, owners, product, set, oberlo.
• TikTok Marketing for Ecommerce Store Owners - TikTok has gained a tremendous amount of notoriety around the globe for the social app's features for quick video sharing, vibrant conversations, and popular games, challenges, and tactics used to entertain users. The app is native to China, but it… Continue reading TikTok Marketing for Ecommerce Store Owners
  Topics: challenges, brands, videos, influencers, hashtag, influencer, marketing, owners, ecommerce, users, tiktok, content, store.
• Viva Wallet: Seamless Payment Solutions for European Stores - For the first time, online stores can accept payments across Europe without fees, stress, or long waiting periods. Introducing Viva Wallet for WooCommerce.
  Topics: owners, wallet, solutions, european, woocommerce, online, merchants, local, viva, payment, payments, shop, stores, seamless.
• What Business Owners Need to Know About Protecting Their Data - False sense of security? Even major apps and platforms can fall victim to security vulnerabilities.
  Topics: vulnerability, platforms, need, user, security, website, owners, know, data, xss, protecting, risk, users, business.
• What is eCommerce in 2020: Expert Online Store Owners Explain - Ecommerce has seen explosive growth in recent years. Global eCommerce sales topped 3.5 trillion US dollars in 2020. As recently as a decade ago, consumers were wary of handing over their card details when buying products and services online. But today, electronic commerce transactions are the norm. There are four types of eCommerce: Business to […]
  Topics: business, customers, means, owners, ecommerce, right, expert, store, products, services, pivoting, online, explain.
• Where to Find Public and Private Small Business Funding in 2020 - With the recent passing of a $2 trillion U.S. stimulus package, small business owners impacted by COVID-19 have been given options for low-interest loans, financial assistance, and other aid that can help them in this uncertain economic time.
  Topics: business, funding, interest, owners, loan, loans, sba, private, credit, small, public, businesses.
• YC-backed Tajir raises $1.8M to help mom-and-pop stores source inventory in Pakistan - A number of high-profile firms and startups have set up logistics networks in India in the last decade as they attempt to digitize neighborhood stores. Bangalore-headquartered startup Udaan, for instance, works directly with brands and sellers to source inventory and sells and delivers it to stores through its business-to-business marketplace. It’s a big opportunity. Most […]
  Topics: tajir, ycbacked, store, raises, techcrunch, sales, inventory, neighborhood, india, retail, pakistan, stores, owners, source, startup, momandpop, today, help.
• Your customers are talking, but are you listening? - It is no longer a matter of "if" AI-enabled voice technology comes to commerce, but rather a matter of "when" it hits your business. Jon Stine provides a quick recap of "Voicebot.ai's quantitative survey of US voice assistant adoption and usage – on both smart speakers and smart phones.
  Topics: owners, thats, basis, voice, million, americans, customers, listening, speakers, cohort, monthly, smart, talking.