Startup
5 Misconceptions About Business Plans
How necessary is a business plan when starting a business? Is writing a business plan just a waste of time? Is a business plan the only way I can get my idea funded?
Focus: Why Your Small Business Needs It
For small businesses, most especially, focus is very vital, because it is where the future of the company depends. When a company loses its focus, it loses its power.
5 Tips for Naming Your New Business
First impressions count for a lot in the business world, and often the first impression a customer or client will have of your business, is your company name.
5 Mistakes That Destroy Startups
Entrepreneurial endeavors require business owners to have both brilliant dreams and outstanding foresight that avoids problems. Only when these two things occur in tandem can any business startup succeed.
10 Incentives for Entrepreneurs to Bootstrap Their Startup
I’ve always wondered who started the urban myth that the best way to start a company is to come up with a great idea, and then find some professional investors to give you a pot of money to build a company.
How to Use Sneaky “Psychic Powers” to Validate Your Business Idea
When you start a new business, you have to know what product your potential clients want first — then, you can build it. And even more importantly than simply knowing what they want, you have to know what makes your service/product/idea DIFFERENT.
The Continuum of Thought
Yes, thoughts are things. And, each act of human creativity, every invention; indeed, all progress is preceded by thought. Thought, combined with correct action and fortified by burning desire, belief, determination, and dogged persistence is almost unstoppable.
Franchises That Appeal to Millennials
The Baby Boomers have been the consumers to care about for a while now. But the Millennials are nearly as large a generation as the baby Boomers, and they are becoming a purchasing force to be reckoned with.
7 Entrepreneurs Who Made It Big in Their Teens
Every small business starts with a dream. From just a wishful thought, startups have sprouted up everywhere, especially on the Internet. The average age of most successful business owners may surprise you, though, because it’s a bit older than you’ve probably imagined. It is the ripe old age of 40.
Family & Friends Critical of Your Startup? Here’s What to Do
Whether you are thinking of beginning your journey on the entrepreneurial path or have already stepped foot into these gorgeous, albeit at times rocky waters, chances are you’ve encountered criticism.