Looking for a smart way to create value after acquiring an Amazon business? Want to increase the value of an Amazon business you’re building from scratch? Learn to optimize ad spend. By all accounts, the key to scaling an Amazon business can be summed up in one word: Visibility. If you wanted great visibility for […]
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That Shark Tank guy who likes to say, “business is war,” might as well have been referring to the Amazon marketplace. The metaphors are endless when it comes to the mega-platform, but they all require some qualifications. It’s war, but more like the street-level organized-crime version than the conventional one. It’s the wild, wild West […]
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I believe Jack Kanfield was right. Most everything you want really is outside your comfort zone. Competing offers on your business. Eight-figure exits. Your version of success. In a recent article in The Economist’s 1834 magazine, Ian Leslie tells of a Rolling Stones’ business meeting gone bad. It ends with Mick Jagger getting punched in […]
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400 potential deals evaluated in 60 days. All Amazon FBA. 8 businesses put under LOI in the same time period. 93 acquisitions to go. They say that everything’s bigger in Texas. It all started innocently enough. After acting as CEO for 5 companies and having a hand in plenty of early-stage startups, RJ Jalichandra just […]
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Certain media channels seem to love instilling fear right now with all things out of our control… pending economic recession, colonization of the internet by tech giants, apocalypse. But one thing we still control as business owners – our email channels. Many of the things we rely on in online business are highly unpredictable, it’s […]
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If you want to increase the value of your business, decrease risk. In a word: Diversify. One terrific way to do that is to expand your marketing strategy to include new channels of exposure. One of the hottest new trends in marketing right now, and a great way to expand your strategy, is Influencer Marketing. […]
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If you’re planning to sell a business, you have a thousand questions, and foremost is usually, “what factors will drive the value of my company?” Our own Mark Daoust has broken down the answer to this complex question into a straightforward model of four pillars upon which every company’s valuation is built: Risk Growth Transferability […]
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As an online entrepreneur, which of the following most likely equates to more money in your pocket? The current value of your investments. The number of connections you have on LinkedIn. The number of people you’ve helped. If you answered number three, you understand a critical concept in networking…real relationship building. Most networking experts will […]
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The wonderful thing about business is… anything can happen. The horrible thing about business is… anything can happen. For entrepreneurs and brands who sell products on Amazon, the latest round of tariffs in September just brought the US trade war with China to your own front doors. A 10% (maybe more in January) increase to […]
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The wild times of buyouts like RJR Nabisco’s in the 80’s may be over, but it’s still an interesting moment in time for private equity investing. Fund raising of private capital in general has increased at break-neck speed over the last few years. (Note: Private capital is an umbrella term that includes private equity funds, […]
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