Home > Startup > Creating a Plan >
Creating a Plan
The Top 7 Expensive Mistakes New Businesses Make
It is always an exciting time for entrepreneurs to start a new business and work hard to ensure that it grows. Sometimes, however, the focus on revenue growth overshadows or masks cost decisions that could have been made differently. Here are seven areas where too much money is often spent by new businesses.
Only Those in the Fight Can Win
Entrepreneurism is all about risk. Sometimes, you can reduce your personal risk by taking in other people’s money, starting with a contract from a customer, purchasing a going business, or spinning off an existing revenue-generating portion of an existing business.
No One Is Going to Pay You for Your Ideas
Untested ideas are like unwritten novels. All unwritten novels are brilliant—on the minds of would-be authors who didn’t write them.
When So-Called Experts Say Don’t Do a Business Plan…
Don’t do a long static formal business plan. Do a lean, just-big-enough business plan. Deal with it as a constantly-renewing latest version, with a shelf life of a few weeks at most.
Little-Known Startup Cities Around the World
Looking for a place to start your business? Everyone thinks of Silicon Valley thanks to its dominance in the tech industry, but there are so many places that are great for startups. This infographic from WhoIsHostingThis looks at some of the top startup cities around the US and the world.
A Startup Goldmine: Combining Healthcare and Technology
Small businesses should be at the forefront of modern technology. Anyone desiring to engage in a successful startup should consider the plethora of technological advances, literally, at our fingertips.
Using Passion to Fuel Your Business When the Odds Are Stacked Against You
Pursuing your passion is exciting and can lead to great success, but you have to follow certain principles. Here are a few insights I picked up throughout my journey.
Half a Dozen Tips for New Bakery Owners
Running a bakery is not easy, and running a successful one is a whole other story. With long hours and hard work being the norm, it’s difficult for even the best bakers to run a profitable business.
3 Traits That Make for a Great Business Idea
There are over 300 million Americans, and many of them have had an idea for what they think could make a great business. Few ever actually give it a shot, and fewer still are successful. So what actually does make for a great business idea?
From Idea to Launch in 6 Weeks
Starting a new tech business is an incredibly hard feat when you have minimal workers, minimal funds and only second hand knowledge and hypotheses. You might have the ability to make a stunning site with an incredibly innovative concept behind it, but there’s a whole load more behind making your startup business a success.
More from Creating a Plan
Top Articles in This Category
Stay up to date with
