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Nigeria’s Kippa gets $3.2M pre-seed for its small business finance management app

TechCrunch

Millions of small businesses globally, especially in emerging markets, have stayed offline for the better part of the past decade. Nigerian startup Kippa , attempting to improve the life cycle of these small businesses with its finance management app, has raised $3.2 million in pre-seed funding.

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Small business payments and marketing startup Fivestars raises $52.5M

TechCrunch

It’s a difficult time for small businesses — to put it mildly. Ho argued that those platforms (whether they offer delivery services, user reviews or marketing tools) all have the same underlying model: “They seek to take over a small business’ customer base and then charge them a tax to start reaching those customers.”

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Strategies for Reducing Overheads in Small Businesses

Strategy Driven

Minimizing overhead costs is essential for the effective management of a small business, as it directly influences profitability and long-term viability. Below are several strategies aimed at reducing overheads within a small business.

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4 Small Business Cloud Strategies That Work

Arcserve

With the growth in the use of the cloud among enterprises and medium-to-large businesses, many small businesses are wondering whether they should also be investing more in cloud solutions to streamline their businesses.

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Episode 1: Future-forward Marketing Strategies for Growth and Resilience

CIO

“My passion is around small businesses,” she says. And my whole life honestly, has been associated with small businesses. And now working at larger companies, I really spend a lot of my time and my efforts thinking about how we help small businesses navigate some of those more challenging experiences.”

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Heirlume raises $1.38M to remove the barriers of trademark registration for small businesses

TechCrunch

Platforms like Shopify, Stripe and WordPress have done a lot to make essential business-building tools — like running storefronts, accepting payments and building websites — accessible to businesses with even the most modest budgets. Every other business service, generally a small business owner can access.

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6 Small Business Strategies to Gain More Customers

Strategy Driven

Every small business is attempting to attract new customers, but not all of them are successful, which is why around 60% of small businesses fail within the first year. To get around this problem, many small business owners seek out experts to give them a boost. Get on Social Media There are over 4.76