Monday, November 30, 2015

Which Successful Entrepreneur Are You Most Like?

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6 Common Qualities of Successful Entrepreneurs (and How You Can Adopt Them)
There's no definitive formula for success. However, as entrepreneurs, we don't really need a formula. We can stand on the shoulders of giants. We don't need to guess or try to figure out our path to success from complete scratch. We can look to the successful entrepreneurs out there and emulate their habits, common qualities and characteristics.
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Friday, November 27, 2015

Black Friday Sale + How to turn first-time buyers into loyal customers

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How Great Customer Service Turns First-time Shoppers into Lifetime Fans
After spending time, money and effort acquiring customers for your new business, it'll soon be time to switch gears and start focusing on retention. But what can businesses do to convince customers to keep coming back for more?
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Thursday, November 26, 2015

You Won’t Believe What the First Thing Sold Online Was

A story involving pizza, cornflakes and a 72 year old grandmother
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The Unexpected Story of How Ecommerce Started
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The Unexpected Story of How Ecommerce Started

From trading cattle with your neighbor, to buying pizza online - commerce has changed tremendously over time. But how did ecommerce become a $279 billion industry? Where did it all start?

In celebration of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, we decided to play detective to find the truth behind the history of ecommerce. We wanted to uncover the first product ever sold online.

Our findings were pretty surprising.

A story involving pizza, cornflakes and a 72 year old grandmother
 
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Wednesday, November 25, 2015

Shopify's Build A Business Competition Winners

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Shopify's Build A Business Competition Winners
Here are the winners of our biggest Build a Business Competition yet. This is our annual entrepreneurial challenge to build a business from the ground up in eight months.
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Monday, November 23, 2015

An Introduction to Facebook Ads for Ecommerce

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Facebook has over a billion monthly active users according to Statista. With Facebook ads, you have the opportunity to put your business and product in front of this very large and active user base.
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Friday, November 20, 2015

How to raise over 500% of your goal on Kickstarter

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In 2012, a year after quitting their day jobs to run their business, Walnut Studiolo, Valerie and her husband Geoffrey, had the idea for a new product. A bicycle frame handle made from leather, that could comfortably allow cyclists to carry their bikes.
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