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LinkedIn launches ‘Open for Business’ globally for small businesses, freelancers

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Professional networking platform LinkedIn announced on Monday the global launch of Open for Business, a feature that allows freelancers and small business owners to add their services to their LinkedIn profiles, making them discoverable from a LinkedIn search. The feature is now live in India, following an initial roll-out in the US in July 2019, and is a great way for freelancers and small businesses to indicate they’re ‘Open for Business’. Open for Business allows small businesses and freelancers to showcase the services they provide, directly on their profiles. This…

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10 Examples of Businesses That Could Inspire Your Next Business Idea

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Whether you’re interested in starting an online life coach business or developing technology for virtual reality or offering a decluttering service. Before you launch your business, here are 10 examples of different kinds of businesses you can gain insights and strategies from: 1. Hello Pretty Hello Pretty is the South African equivalent of Etsy. Etsy South African’s sell handmade items of all kinds, from clothing, jewellery, art, digital and even pet-related products. If you’re a creator, then this could be the business idea for you. Before you start designing your…

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Indian businesses ahead of global peers in preference for PE: Report

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About 56% of family-owned businesses in India will seek private equity funding as they look to grow their businesses, a new survey found. Globally, just 39% such businesses are willing to partner PE funds, it added. According to India’s Family Business Survey 2019 by audit and consulting firm PwC, 29% of Indian businesses were currently sourcing funds from PE and venture capital firms, against just 16% worldwide. About 25% of Indian family businesses were about to start using PE capital, the report said. PwC interviewed 2,953 family businesses globally for the survey,…

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Millennials look to revamp old family businesses

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When Bengaluru-based Chaitanya V. Cotha, the scion of the 150-year-old C. Krishniah Chetty (CKC) Group of Jewellers, joined his family business in 2010, he identified an important market that his family hadn’t given much thought to. “For my father, business to business (B2B) wing of the business was never a focus area,” says the 31-year-old. Owning it up, Cotha got on the road for 20 days a month, meeting potential small jewellers who could sell the CKC products. Within 18 months, the CKC Group started to supply their products to…

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The new ASUS ZenBook Pro May be Perfect – if Somewhat Costly – for Creative Businesses

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The new ScreenPad feature on the ZenBook Pro has essentially placed another screen where the touchpad is supposed to be, one-upping Apple’s TouchBar with many more features. And this could be perfect for small businesses in the creative field. 2018 ZenBook Pro Series Asus announced its new ZenBook Pro series along with other more affordable laptops at Computex 2018. But the headliner was the Pro series and its ScreenPad. This is a computer for professionals specifically designed for creators. While Asus has not set the price, the fully packed device is expected to go…

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How Small Businesses Can Think And Operate Like Big Brands

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Shutterstock The other day, my worst nightmare came true. I was in the middle of writing an article and my computer crashed. Luckily I know a bit about hardware, so like any go-getter, I took apart my laptop and immediately identified the problem. Since I didn’t have the parts or time to fix it, I logged onto the most popular search engine, looked up “computer repair near me” and went to the first spot on the list. The experience that follows taught me a couple of valuable lessons for both…

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