As we've seen vividly in the U.S., the Internet lessens the barrier to business entry and the increased competition will squeeze out those who are slow to adapt.
Blodgett was practically born into this business, one of nine children of a Salt Lake City, Utah, woman who started a data-entry business in her home after a child was disabled.
However, the problem is it is an easy entry business and others have now entered with their own daily deals.
From the outset it was clear that offering discount coupons within a particular geographic area was a very easy entry business.
Accessories are big business, both as entry points to brands and as easy, more affordable add-ons that can be sold in vast numbers.
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Wisconsin has been surprised by the speedy response of supply to its increased budget: this is a business where barriers to entry are low.
Current immigration law does allow for foreign entrepreneurs to enter the United States and establish their business, but this entry route is generally tied to minimum investment thresholds.
We used to talk about creating barriers to entry in business but in the new web, the barriers are clearly so absolutely minimum that cloning has emerged as a viable though distasteful part of the game.
Cessna Aircraft used Dassault's software to design a new entry-level business jet, the Citation Mustang.
And it has to show that there are significant barriers to entry in the business.
If anything, the lower the barriers to entry in the business, the more size matters.
More than 20 percent seek to use cloud resources to support new market entry and improve business processes.
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The reason is that the barriers to entry into the business are low.
There were two technological breakthroughs that eliminated two barriers to the entry into the business: the diamond turbo blade, and the diamond polishing pad.
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Crucial elements of companies with lip-smacking growth prospects: quality product, experienced management team, scalable business model, barriers to entry by competitors and of course, a huge, hungry market.
When I landed a job in a top public relations firm after my college graduation, I thought the toughest part of my entry into the business world was over.
Last year the company was sued by Apple Corps, the Beatles' recording company, over its entry into the music business.
Despite its fairly recent entry into the CPU business, the company is one of the more active ARM developers.
One of the common barbs people threw at Groupon, especially in Silicon Valley, was that its business offered no natural barriers of entry.
By turning the bomb into a marketable commodity, Mr Khan and his network helped sweep away the barriers to entry into the nuclear business.
Ron Paul himself wants all the barriers to entry removed so small business can rise and grow without being attacked by the thousands of regulations and battalions of attorneys our corporate overlords would send forth.
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Fiorina essentially said "Bring it on" in reference to Dell Computer 's (nasdaq: DELL - news - people ) entry into the printer business, which happens to provide the bulk of HP's profits.
Taking into account the significant progress achieved by our negotiators, we are working on a new agreement to issue, as a general rule without unduly formalized invitations and justifications, multiple-entry visas for eligible business travelers and tourists of 36 month validity at a unified and reciprocal fee, as well as the issuance of 12-month, multiple-entry visas for official representatives of our countries.
"Formula 1 was always our entry point into the car business, " Mr Fernandes said.
There are business applications today where every possible data-entry field is on one page.
If successful, this could lower the cost of entry into the mobile-telephone business and turn handsets into commodities, much like PCs are now.
The administration -- backed by several Republicans and business leaders -- insists China's entry in the world market will open the country to better practices.
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Multiple advantages that limit entry of new competitors to its business.
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Zetsche, although not confirming plans for the M-80, says that a new business model is the only way Chrysler can build entry-level vehicles profitably and overcome what Deutsche Bank Alex.
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