Creating a Plan
5 Top Tips to Help Grow Your Startup
Starting a business from scratch is a notoriously difficult and demanding challenge. There is no single secret to success in this competitive context but there are ways to help tilt the odds in your favor….
Why Startups Fail, and How You Can Avoid the Same Fate
Founding a startup can be risky, and even some of the most successful entrepreneurs have a few failures under their belt. Let’s learn from their mistakes. The figure that’s often bandied about the web is…
Leading with Empathy: Human-Centered Design and Engineering
Product design is a fundamentally compassionate act. After all, the best products come from designers who listen intently to the populations they serve and have empathy for the people who might use their product or…
7 Reasons You Need to Incorporate Today
Choosing how a business is organized, taxed, and protected is one of the most important first decisions you will make as a new business owner. While most businesses make the decision to incorporate right at…
Top Startup Tips for Entrepreneurial Immigrants
It comes as no surprise to many in the U.S. that growth in the small business market is enhanced by the entrepreneurial drive possessed by many immigrants. In particular, during 2014 immigrants and Latinos provided…
5 Things to Consider When Buying an Existing Business
Buying an existing business is a whole other ball game than starting your own firm. There is an established financial condition, including existing debt. There is an established customer base, location, and business credit score….
6 Ways a Prototype Will Enhance Your Startup Idea
These days, everyone wants to be an entrepreneur, pitching their latest and greatest new idea, and looking for someone to give them money. Angel investors, like me, have long figured out that asking to see…
4 Pitfalls Successful Startups Must Avoid
Starting up a company is inevitably going to be a stern challenge and a steep learning curve, whatever your goals are or what your role in the process happens to be. As well as a…
Understanding the Difference Between an LLC and an S Corp
You have many options when it comes to choosing a structure for your business. Two of the most popular options include the limited liability company (LLC) and the S Corporation (S Corp). These two business…
Think the Economy’s Headed South? 10 Recession-Proof Small Businesses
I don’t like to be an alarmist, but I continue to believe that we live in very unsettled economic times. There are some major unknowns that could push the economy south quickly and in a…
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