Start Up

Newly created businesses or businesses with limited operating history are commonly referred to as 'start-ups'. Across the blogosphere, the term start-up carries with it a distinctly entrepreneurial flavor. It often inspires visions of high growth internet and technology companies, with twenty-something year old founders awash with cash such as Bill Gates (founder of Microsoft) or Jeff Bezos (founder of amazon.com).

Far from the glamorous ideal, the reality is that most start-ups are micro businesses employing only the company founder(s). They typically have little or no revenue, and operate from a home, garage, or basement. Their emphasis is on keeping business expenses low, and using limited resources to develop an idea into a saleable product or service. Being new in their marketplace, they are usually unknown to their target customers and commonly use the internet and blogging as low cost marketing tools.

A business will continue to be considered a start-up until it has established stable revenue streams for 12 months or more, and has formalized many of its' internal business processes.

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• A Winning Recipe For Student Entrepreneur

  
  Business Opportunities Weblog — Authority: 491
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• 7 Ways to Communicate with Your Customers More Effectively

  
  Turbo Online Business Blog — Authority: 138
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• Twitter Link Roundup #20 - Design, Small Business, Social Media And More

  
  crowdSPRING Blog — Authority: 494
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• PR for Start ups - Green Eyed Monster or Underdog?

  
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• How Sweet It Is

  
  Business Opportunities Weblog — Authority: 491
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• HotPads Intro Video by TurnHere

  
  HotPads Daily :: The Official Blog of HotPads.com — Authority: 110
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• Little Startup Offers Hope For Future

  
  Business Opportunities Weblog — Authority: 491
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• Startup Makes It Easy To Buy Pants Online

  
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• Imation Pro WX Wireless USB hard drive reviewed

  
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• Why Working at a Start-up Totally Rules or Totally Sucks

  
  Unlimited Blog — Authority: 125
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• Got a Business Idea? Then, Plan Ahead

  
  SCORE Women's Success Blog — Authority: 125
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• Small Business Legal Issues: Trade Names, Logos and Trademark Law

  
  crowdSPRING Blog — Authority: 494
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• Computer For First-Time Computer, Internet Users Over 65 Unveiled

  
  MyTownTalks — Authority: 518
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• The Middle East Gets It’s Own Social Platform for Start-ups

  
  The Next Web — Authority: 774
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• Accenture Innovation Awards 2009

  
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• “Il nous faut de l’audace, encore de l’audace, toujours de l’audace!”

  
  Wasabi Ventures - Tales of the Entrepreneur — Authority: 103
  “Il nous faut de l’audace, encore de l’audace, toujours de l’audace!” -  Frederick the Great and then later Napoleon It is fairly rare that you will find me quoting a Frenchman, but this is one of those occasions.  I was reading Schom’s biography of Napoleon when I came across this quote. The ...
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• Business Grants For Minority Women

  
  Becoming Who You Want To Be — Authority: 150
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• Choosing Technologies for Your Web Startup (Part 1)

  
  crowdSPRING Blog — Authority: 494
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