6 Tips to Find Out What Your Customers Really Want

Starting a small business is not easy, but it is worth it once the rewards start. However, it can be frustrating in the beginning. Small business owners agree that the business they initially started is very different from the business they have now, but that is not a big thing. Gathering information from your customers and target audience is essential to continue growing and developing as a business. There is always room for growth, especially targeted development with larger goals.

1. First, Find Your Niche and Target Audience

The first step all small business owners should take is to establish the purpose of the company, the specific niche, and the target audience. Truthfully, this step can feel daunting since it is heavily research-based.

Experts recommend widening your searches and your bubble. Although friends have opinions on businesses and the products they sell, there is always bias. Instead, paying a non-related

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Sustainable business: 5 tips to boost code efficiency

In recent years, adopting sustainable business practices has become an important aspect of corporate branding and an expected factor in doing business.

Customers, partners, and channels are now routinely inquiring about companies’ sustainability strategies. Employees are proud to contribute to ecologically sensitive companies that make responsible decisions regarding the environment.

However, as more organizations compete based on their data insights, applications with big data analytics and AI/ML models are creating a huge and fast-growing carbon footprint. According to recent research from ByteDance AI Lab, the number of computations used to train deep-learning models has increased 300,000x in six years, raising concerns about the environmental impact.

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5 steps to reduce carbon emissions from software

Software that contains a large number of nonessential functions, or bloated code, can make excessive demands on computer resources, resulting in wasted energy. Companies need to

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Roseville Police BusinessConnect Seminars – City of Roseville

Roseville Police Department’s BusinessConnect Small Business Seminar

RPD understands when a small business is a victim of crime or workplace violence, it can have a significant impact on the bottom line. Through our BusinessConnect program, we invite Roseville small business owners and managers to attend one of two upcoming Small Business Crime Prevention Seminars.

Each one day, five hour seminar will cover some of the most important current issues that affect small businesses in our City.

There are two seminars scheduled:
• Wednesday August 24
• Wednesday August 31
Both will start at 10:00 am and end at 3:00 pm, and will be at the Roseville Police Department at 1051 Junction Bl in the Mark White Community Room. Each will be limited to 25.

Seminar Schedule
Crime trends and Police Department update
– Chief Bergstrom
Active shooter / workplace violence prevention
– Detective Nakamura
Police Investigation: tips to coordinate with

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Entrepreneur advice from a mom who built a million-dollar business

Julie Berninger, 33, has tried many a side hustle. She’s kept a blog that’s brought in thousands of dollars per year. She’s had a podcast that, though was never an income stream, enabled her to meet hundreds of side hustle and financial experts. And her Etsy store, where she sells items like bachelorette party activity lists, brings in $1,000 per month in passive income.

After years of dabbling, it occurred to Berninger that she could teach some of the side gig lessons she’s learned. In 2019, she teamed up with fellow hustler Cody Berman, and the two founded Gold City Venturesa business of online courses focused specifically on building additional streams of income.

The two started with courses about freelancing, blogging and opening an Etsy store for printables like the one Berninger has. The latter has been their most popular course by far, and in 2021, Gold City Ventures

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Expert Tips for Starting a Successful Business

Starting a successful business is not easy. It takes a lot of hard work, dedication, and planning. But with the right tips and advice, you can set yourself up for success. In this blog post, we will discuss some expert tips for starting a successful business. We will cover everything from choosing your niche to building your brand identity. So if you are thinking about starting your own business, this is the blog post for you! Let’s get started

Decide on Your Niche

The first step to starting a successful business is deciding on your niche. What are you passionate about? What do you have expertise in? These are important questions to answer when choosing your niche. Also, you have to think about what kind of business would be profitable. For example, it wouldn’t matter how passionate you are about knitting if there is no market for handmade sweaters. Do

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