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Loran Evans Asheville Entrepreneur Advice Supportedly

Building a Team: Hire Ahead Of Time

Loran Evans, owner of Rightline Gear in Asheville, says learn to hire people ahead of where you are rather than behind where you are. “If you build it, the business will come,” he says.

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Jessie Dean Asheville Entrepreneur Advice Supportedly

Developing Your Strategy: Do It As A Team

Jessie Dean, founder and CEO of Asheville Tea Company, says the way she develops strategy for her business is with the entire team. Dean holds annual retreats where every team member can talk about their thoughts and ideas when it comes to their department.

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Meg Ragland Asheville Entrepreneur Advice Supportedly

Getting and Keeping Customers: Email Marketing

Meg Ragland, co-founder and president of Plum Print in Asheville, is all about drip email campaigns when it comes to keeping customers. Drip campaigns are automated sets of emails that go out based on specific timelines or user actions.

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Mary Beth Benton Asheville Entrepreneur Advice Supportedly

Your Business Will Be Much More Successful Than You Think

Mary Beth Benton, owner of Auntie M’s Pet Care in Asheville, says if she could go back in time and tell herself one thing it would be, “Your business will be much more successful than you think.” Your business will provide for you, she reiterates, and help you become confident as a business owner as…

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Jessie Dean Asheville Entrepreneur Advice Supportedly

Raising Money: You’re Going To Need Funding

Jessie Dean, founder and CEO of Asheville Tea Company, gives her best advice for raising money, which is to know that you’re going to need funding to grow your business. She says she thinks her business would’ve grown a lot faster with a lot less stress if she had that big-picture overview of where she…

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Ted and Flori Pate Asheville Entrepreneur Advice Supportedly

Running Your Business: Listen To Your Instincts

Ted and Flori Pate, owners of Dig Local in Asheville, say when running a business, you have to listen to your instincts. Take that risk, fight for your passion, and if you’re going to go down, go down swinging for your business.

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Michael Sowinski Asheville Entrepreneur Advice Supportedly

Building A Team: Reward Long-Term Employees

Michael Sowinski, owner of CFO Consultants in Asheville, explains the human element is the most challenging part of building and growing a team for any company. Getting and keeping talent is difficult, but it helps if you reward team members for continuing to grow with your small business. Set up a bonus plan for long-term…

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Booomer Sassman Asheville Entrepreneur Advice Supportedly

Developing Your Strategy: Be Informative, Not Salesy

Boomer Sassman, owner and CEO of Big Boom Design in Asheville, gives his best advice for developing your business strategy — getting into the head of your customers. You should come at your strategy with the perspective of, “I’ve got a skill that you need and that I can help you with.” Don’t be salesy,…

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Nathan Masters Asheville Entrepreneur Advice Supportedly

Getting and Keeping Customers: Integrity Is Everything

Nathan Masters, CEO of SimpleShot Shooting Sports, says when it comes to getting and keeping customers, integrity is everything. You need to be impeccable with your word, he explains, which means stopping when they ask you to stop, and giving them more when they ask for more from you.

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Steven Schain Asheville Entrepreneur Advice Supportedly

Think Of Managing Risk As Mitigating Risk

Steven Schain, former president of Spectra3D Technologies in Asheville, gives his best advice for managing risk, which is to think of it as mitigating risk instead. There’s always risk involved when you go in a new direction with your business, whether it be financial, personal, legal, etc. You just need to ask yourself, “How do…

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Amanda Vickers Asheville Entrepreneur Advice Supportedly

Take Care Of Yourself So You Can Take Care Of Your Business

Amanda Vickers, owner of Mountains to Sea Skincare in Asheville, says when it comes to personal development and wellness, you have to draw boundaries as a small business owner. While it’s possible to work on your business every hour of every day, it’s not healthy or sustainable.

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Jack Carrier Asheville Entrepreneur Advice Supportedly

Raising Money: You Can Do It Yourself

Jack Carrier, founder and CEO of eTag Art in Asheville, says his best advice for raising money is to make it yourself. Build the profit margin into your business, hire a great sales team, and put that main focus on profitability. He also suggests securing lines of credit when you don’t need them just yet.

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