Creating a Plan
5 Signals to Evaluate to Test the Value of Your Brand
Brands are people first. Customers are people too, so customers tend to take their relationship with a brand personally. Thus it’s not a surprise that people love their favorite smartphone brand, cringe when you mention…
Here are 10 Vision Tests for Your Success
Your vision for success must be solid and flexible enough to pass several critical tests if it is to guide a business enterprise to greatness. Here in brief are ten tests for your successful vision….
9 Steps to Starting Your Own Textile Business
The textile industry can be regarded as one of the most active in recent times. Hopefully it will continue to gain strong ground in times to come, as well. If the idea of opening a…
Food Truck Industry to Hit $2.7B This Year
There are several downsides to owning your own business. If your clients don’t pay you, often you can’t afford to pay yourself. Overhead can be a major money pit, especially if you own a business…
5 Great Ways to Market Your New Real Estate Business
The real estate game has changed a lot in the past few years. Technology has been thriving ceaselessly, which has opened the doors to a whole different world of marketing for everyone, including real estate…
8 Key Ingredients to a Profitable Consulting Business
Most of the guidance you see for entrepreneurs is aimed at those who are selling a product (Apple, Tesla, Xiaomi), or selling a service (Uber, Airbnb, Snapchat). Yet, according to statistics from the Small Business Association (SBA),…
Startup Vision: Paradox of Consistency vs. Opportunity
The world is full of paradox, like this one. Here’s research on startup vision that shows “The tech landscape is lush with entrepreneurs whose success blossomed only after the founders had modified or even abandoned their…
Which is More Important: Management Quality or a Better Plan?
So, what do you think is more important? The quality of your management team, or the plan you execute toward success? Checking with professional investors from angels to VC’s, the answer appears to be near…
How to Build a Service Business with an IoT Framework
What is the machine of the future? It’s still an assembly of parts, gears, and electronics—but that’s not all. The machine of the future is also an integrated collection of sensors and actuators connected by…
Startups: What Are Your Odds for Success?
Well, the numbers don’t lie, even if there are several sources of these statistics. Starting a company is HARD—in so many ways. And risky too. I read several years ago, that the average startup restaurant…