Startup
Planning for Innovation with Your Franchisor
Franchises range from companies that are dedicated to keeping their products and services fresh to companies that take a “Don’t fix it if it ain’t broken” position.
3 Ways to Successfully Bootstrap a Product-Based Business
Bootstrapping any business is tough, but establishing a consumer product-based business versus a service-based or tech-based startup creates some very specific challenges.
Where Startups Get Their Money
Angel investors generally focus on seed money—early investment for startups at early stages of growth—for amounts less than $1 million.
Is It a Franchise or a Lease?
2014 was an exciting year for franchises from a legal point of view, filled with high-profile cases that hit the headlines.
The Right Marketing for a New Business Costs Least
The case for zero paid media as the new marketing model was highlighted in a recent book, “Z.E.R.O.” by Joseph Jaffe and Maarten Albarda, both experienced marketers working with new companies, as well as larger firms.
3 Steps to Starting Your First Freelance Business
So you want to start a business, but you have no idea where to start. Many beginning entrepreneurs have faced the same dilemma. The answer: start with freelancing.
How Tech Giants Shape the Workplace of Tomorrow
The landscape of the office is rapidly changing, and small businesses are beginning to integrate the practices of Tech Giants in order to stay ahead.
The Top 6 Things That Might Kill Your Franchise
FranNet presents the top six things that will kill your franchise. It’s a helpful primer of what not to do once you’ve signed your franchise agreement, had the grand opening and begun on your entrepreneurial path.
Creating Value with Pejman Ghamidi
Secret Entourage founder and Third Circle Theory author Pejman Ghamidi shares his entrepreneurial journey. We discuss the difference between being an entrepreneur and a business owner.
What the Small Business Office of the Future Will Be Like
Small business owners will need to evolve their thinking around company policies, employee flexibility and getting to grips with the dynamic innovations in technology in order to thrive when managing the office of the future.