What Startups Need For Success
Although it may seem too early for you to consider, we discuss contemplating the plan for exit strategies for Small Business Owners. As you will hear in this audio episode, Chris Benjamin acknowledges that you should at least have a general plan for which type of exit you would prefer. And you can then plan […]
07- Exit strategies for startups and entrepreneurs Read More »
From his own personal experiences and case studies as a CFO, Chris Benjamin delivers the five tips and hints for startups and small business owners when they want to grow their ventures. Told in an informal style — almost like a stream-of-consciousness delivery — Chris goes into detail, using himself at times as the example
06- Five tips for Startups when growing their ventures — from experience Read More »
This episode deals with the signs and symptoms that small business owners and entrepreneurs need to know about when they observe their startups in action and investigate the metrics, the financials and the actions of their employees and their firms. As you will hear in this audio episode, Chris Benjamin alerts the listeners with the
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We discuss the challenges stemming from this old saying that characterizes the futility that some small business owners bring upon themselves by their actions: “A small businessman will always be a small businessman because he always thinks and acts like a small businessman.” As you will hear in this audio episode, we have an interview
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One of the biggest headaches for many small business owners and startups in the entrepreneurial venture is getting a good marketing plan and executing good marketing tasks to have Marketing Success. Well, a resource has appeared from a very long-time podcaster and small business owner, as well as a helper of entrepreneurs with his Duct
04A- Steps to small business marketing success — a resource Read More »
For those who start a small business as a hobby, or for employment, or even as a professional, we discuss the question of: Is Entrepreneurism a sweet spot for the startup or entrepreneur? We expanded on the idea delivered to us by Todd Henry, a podcaster of the show called The Accidental Creative, from a
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This episode has an experienced CFO who has helped hundreds of startups and small business ventures in the past describe the traits of an entrepreneur or startup owner. As a podcaster himself, Chris Benjamin has had at one time his own podcast called The Rogue CFO. One of the episodes he recorded was that of
03- Ten traits of an aspiring startup Read More »
In this episode, we listen to Chris Benjamin discuss the question of whether a small business owner should approach large customers during the initial stage of a startup. Chris has the experience of being a CFO for startups for over a decade, and he has helped aspiring entrepreneurs from beginning to success. As you will
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In this inaugural episode of www.TheStrugglingBiz.com, we introduce you to the podcast series and its purpose. The plan for this podcast show is to have both interviews and discussions to help the aspiring small business owner or startup with the challenges that will be facing that individual. This podcast series would like to refer you
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