Creating a Plan
Important Pitch Lesson: The Best Business Plans Change
My favorite moment in a recent business plan contest: The entrepreneurs put up a projected income slide. One of the judges commented that what was on the slide was different from what he saw in…
How to Take Your Idea from a Hobby to a Business
As a startup investor, I often see business proposals looking for funding that really look like expensive hobbies looking for donations. I recognize that entrepreneurs tend to substitute vision and passion for formal processes, but…
How Winning Startups Tackle Tough Growth Constraints
There is nothing wrong with growing your business by selling more of your solution to more people in more cities, states, and countries. That’s called organic growth, and everybody does it. But in my experience as…
7 Shortcuts That Can Kill a Startup Business
Starting a new business is not an informal process, and should never be treated like a hobby between friends. Unfortunately, as a startup advisor and angel investor, I’ve seen too many ventures with great potential…
4 Simple First Steps to Business Success
So you have taken the initial step: To make your business dreams, a reality. The next step would be to make your business stand out among the many new upcoming projects. Every project is the…
Successfully Launch a New Product with Practical Strategies
If you’re planning to launch a new product, you have to keep many different factors in mind. It obviously helps to have a great product, but there’s a lot more to it than that. You…
Starting a Retail Business: What You Need to Know
Opening a clothing store, or any store for that matter, might be your goal or your dream and it is certainly an attainable one with the right execution. Knowing how to do it and how…
A Day in the Life of a Startup Owner
Some days will be smooth sailing; others will be an uphill battle. Just like when you take a new job in any area, when you start your own business you’re bound to face some challenges….
How Startups Estimate Market Size
It’s a common question. How do I know market size? Of course what one does for that depends on the type of business. What works for a web app won’t work for a restaurant. The kinds of…
Small Biz Interviews: Off the Hook
Pittsburgh born and Brooklyn based, Brent Young is the butcher and restauranteur behind Rippers, The Meat Hook, and Whitfield. EMPLOYEES 18 LOCATION Brooklyn, NY INDUSTRY Butcher FOUNDED 2009 WEB the-meathook.com The success of the…
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