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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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Start Up”

• The start-up chronicles: It pays to be bull-headed

  
  VentureBeat — Authority: 703
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• Tusabe.com: NJs Only Internet Radio Station

  
  NYConvergence - A digest of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut digital media technology news — Authority: 149
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• TON Tuesday - The Business Plan You DON’T Take to the Bank

  
  The Ottawa Network — Authority:
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• What No One Ever Tells You about Starting Your Own Business: Real-Life Start-Up Advice from 101 Successful Entrepreneurs

  
  Forums Web Business, Marketing & Advertising, Health & Travel Articles Online — Authority: 453
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• Tech Coast Angels “Meet the Angels” Mixer for Entrepreneurs

  
  Global Entrepreneurship Institute — Authority: 109
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• Twitter For Your Credit Card

  
  Business Opportunities Weblog — Authority: 148
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  | Creo Quality, LLC — Authority: 135
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• A North Face By Any Other Name Would Smell As Sweet….

  
  StartupNation Blog — Authority: 122
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  World News — Authority: 167
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  Mendeley Blog — Authority: 106
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  JonClaytonBizBlog — Authority: 134
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  Business startup, taxes, and technology — Authority: 127
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  A Unique Web Creation of Jules — Authority: 129
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• Is starting a business your new years resolution?

  
  Women Unlimited — Authority: 121
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• I have a Product Idea- Now what?

  
  StartupNation Blog — Authority: 122
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• Venture Capital 2010: Hot (and cold) sectors to watch

  
  Nevada's Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology - Nevada's Business Starts Here — Authority: 136
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• Money, Trust, and Customer Loyalty

  
  Becoming Who You Want To Be — Authority: 147
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• A sense of purpose Posted by Dr. Emmanuel Navon

  
  The Jerusalem Post BlogCentral — Authority: 141
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