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Planning for Customers by the Numbers
As an essential first step to writing a business plan, you should have a good idea of how many potential customers there are. Most business plans c... Read more
Demography
Recent Articles about Demography
How To Know Your Customers Better
Demographics sounds expensive and frightening, but it's a useful tool even for small companies. Read more
Demographics
Related Terms: Market Segmentation Dem... Read more
Census Bureau to Update Employment Data
Nov. 8, 2006 -- The Census Bureau will interview some 70,000 households across the nation during the week of Nov. 12 for the Current Popu... Read more
Make Your Business Count
Make your business count! And have your business be counted. It's time for the Economic Census of the United States. Every five years, the US Censu... Read more
The Soloists
How many one-person businesses are there -- and what do they actually do? Read more
Researchers Decry Census Funding Cuts
Entrepreneurship researchers are urging lawmakers to reconsider proposed federal funding cuts that would eliminate surveys of the nation's small businesse... Read more
Census Bureau Introduces New Economic Indicator
Sept. 14, 2004 --A new economic indicator released Monday showed that overall services revenue in the U.S. increased 5.4% in the second qu... Read more
Putting Your Business on the Map
A look at new software that lets users map everything from demographic trends to choice store locations. Read more
Employee Compensation
Related Terms: Employee Benefits ; Read more
Getting the Dirt on Your Market
New location? Get market information, including population density, demographics, and the number and type of local businesses. Read more
Business Failure and Dissolution
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Western States Home to Most Startup Workers
The West leads the country in percentage of their population employed by startup companies. Read more
It's All About Geography
Where are the new companies starting up? Read more
More Than Half of Americans Now Online -- and Looking to Buy
Nov. 1, 2005 --Americans are becoming more and more connected, with 62% of households now owning a computer and 55% using the Internet, ac... Read more
More Than Half of Americans Now Online -- and Looking to Buy
Nov. 1, 2005 --Americans are becoming more and more connected, with 62% of households now owning a computer and 55% using the Internet, ac... Read more
Minority- and Women-Owned Businesses Skyrocket
New Census data shows significantly higher startup rates among such groups. Read more
The Silent Majority
Statistics show a low turnout of business workers at the polls. Read more
Why Customer Buy is More Important than What They Buy
Conducting "needs" segmentation: knowing why a customer buys, can do more to help increase customer value than studying behavior: knowing what a customer ... Read more
Rethinking Minority Business
Population trends and globalization are making the United States even more of a melting pot and putting the Inc. 500|5000 top 10 minority CEOs ahead of the c... Read more
Why Demographics Are Crucial to Your Business
A new report projects trends in the United States' shifting demographic landscape and explains why it's important to know your customer. Read more
Asian-American Business Ownership, Revenues Increase
New data finds that minority entrepreneurs are outpacing the national average. Read more
Turmoil Today, Jobs Tomorrow
The Coleman Foundation Chair of Entrepreneurial Studies explains the results of studies on regional economies. Read more
Boomtowns '06
Bellingham, Washington; St. George, Utah; McAllen, Texas... You may be surprised by the places that top our list of the hottest cities for entrepreneurs. Read more
Online with Uncle Sam
Here are some Federal Web sites that can help you find important on-line information. Read more
The Next Big Things
Inc. asks several ad hoc demographic experts to predict the future and suggest what will be the next big thing. Read more
Online Job Demand Hits Record High
March 8, 2007 -- Online recruiting rose to a near three-year high in February, driven by greater employment demand in utilities, transpor... Read more
Entrepreneurial Couples
If farming is considered a business, and all farms have a definite business aspect, then the reality of couples working together in a business goes back t... Read more
New York's Anti-Traffic Plan Fails
Local small-business groups called the move to ease gridlock by taxing drivers a cure worse than the disease. Read more
Employers Ignoring Language Barrier
A survey finds few U.S. businesses offer English-language training for immigrant employees. Read more
Study Sees Obstacles to Minority Business Growth
July 7, 2005 --Minority CEOs need to change the way they think about business or they will fall behind in the global economy, reported a r... Read more
The Case Of The Missing Metros
You're right: manufacturing is experiencing hot growth. But you're not quite right. It's happening in San Jose, not San Francisco. No offense to Frisco,... Read more
Discretionary Income
Discretionary income is a widely used but imprecise definition of that portion of personal income not spent on actual or perceived necessities. Thus discr... Read more
Multicultural Work Force
A multicultural work force is one made up of men and women from a variety of different cultural and racial backgrounds. The labor force of any country is ... Read more
Resources: Click Here for Business Help
The URLs for three data-packed Web sites. Read more
One Man's Alien is Another's Employee
Unlikely Iowa becomes the center of an immigration debate. Read more
Language Schools
Globalization and an increasingly diverse U.S. population are driving growth at language schools. Read more
Minority-Owned Businesses
Minority-owned businesses are on the rise. Over the past twenty years the United States has seen steady growth in the number of businesses owned by minori... Read more
Hispanic Businesses on Growth Path
June 7, 2004 -- Six years from now, Hispanic-owned businesses will earn an estimated $465 billion and number 3.2 million, according to a n... Read more
Most Small Businesses Start Without Outside Capital
New Census reports reveal how the nation's businesses are funded, where they are based, and other demographics. Read more
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