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Free Vector LaunchPad™Bringing smart ideas to light.
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Look! Green Shoots!
The economy is turning the corner . . .
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Look! Green Shoots!
Global merger and acquisition activity is on track to rise 36 percent, to $3.04 trillion in 2011, the highest amount since 2007.
Thomson Reuters and Freeman Consulting Services
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Look! Green Shoots!
Business startups in 2009 reached their highest level in 14 years – even exceeding the number of startups during the peak 1999-2000 technology boom.
Kauffman Index on Entrepreneurial Activity, 2009
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Look! Green Shoots!
Small businesses added the largest amount of workers in three years in November, well ahead of what analysts had forecast.
ADP Employer Services
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Look! Grey Hair!
The fastest growing segment for entrepreneurship in America is in the 55-64 age group, with people over 55 almost twice as likely to found successful companies than those between the age of 20 to 34.
Kauffman Index on Entrepreneurial Activity, 2009
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Look! Grey Hair!
Older entrepreneurs have higher success rates when they start companies. . . they have accumulated expertise in their technological fields, have deep knowledge of their customers’ needs, and have years of developing a network of supporters.
Vivak Wadwah, Duke University
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The cost and psychological barriers to exploring new business opportunities are eroding due to innovations in technology, social media, and fundamental shifts in the way business is getting done. The general gist of a LILO opportunity is to essentially find a good idea, jump in and get your hands dirty . . .
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Little In, Lots Out?
“The cost of failure is cheap. It’s so low, you can swing the bat way more times. . . In a bad economy, no one really notices or cares about more failure. That creates a better environment for risk-taking, which is the only way innovation occurs.”
Joi Ito, Tech Investor
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Little In, Lots Out?
The objective with the LILO approach: can you achieve proof of concept on a shoestring budget? If yes, keep going. If no, move on to the next idea . . .
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Objective: “Ramen Profitability”
Free Vector LaunchPad™ services are a fixed price offering designed to take an opportunity from idea to proof of concept quickly.
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Services for Start-Ups
Free Vector LaunchPad™ services include business formation and a business plan; domain name, website and email; SEO, SEM and social media integration; and hosted infrastructure technologies to run and manage your business.
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Services for Start-Ups
Existing businesses can also take advantage of Free Vector LaunchPad™ services to help identify and launch new revenue streams, increase brand awareness and web presence, and reduce operating costs by taking advantage of hosted infrastructure technologies.
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Services for Small-Business
• Website• Social Media Integration• Email and Newsletter Campaigns
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LaunchPad™Demonstration
• Telephony• Document Storage• Accounting
In addition to our services for start-ups, entrepreneurs and small business, we also provide business advisory services in connection with mergers, acquisitions and other complex transactions, coaching and mentoring services, and interim “C-Level” management engagements.
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Free Vector Advisors
We approach every client engagement as if we were your in-house counsel, with the goal of providing timely, creative and cost effective legal solutions to your business needs.
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Snohomish Business Law:a different approach
Value-based billing arrangements for small business that encourage long-term attorney-client relationships:• Affordable retainer-based billing model that includes unlimited access to general legal advice• Low hourly rate for matters that fall outside of retainer services• Initial legal health assessment included with minimum 6 month engagement
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Snohomish Business Law:a different approach
Visit our websites: or call (425) 310-2800www.freevectoradvisors.com
www.snohomishbusinesslaw.com
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