Startup
7 Plan Elements That Separate Businesses from Hobbies
Unless you are a serial entrepreneur with a string of successes behind you, you need a business plan to convince investors that you can build a business out of the dream that has been driving…
5 Secrets of Creating a Great Business Team
My favorite five secrets of a great business team? This list came to me first as an answer to the question how do you build a great business team on Quora. These five points aren’t something from…
A 5-Step Checklist for Your Office Relocation
Office relocation can be an exciting, but challenging maneuver. As a small business owner, you must balance staff productivity and continued operations with the process of executing a seamless transition. This balancing act is easier…
3 Things Entrepreneurs Forget When Launching Their Startups
They say that 96% of all businesses fail during their first 10 years, and this incredible statistic highlights the universal challenging facing commercial ventures in the digital age. Attempting to mitigate these risks and challenges…
How to Secure an SBA Loan for Your Business
Small businesses are having an easier time obtaining credit than before thanks to the current economy. According to Small Business Trends, 25.2 percent of small businesses in December 2017 were approved for loans by large…
Why Personal Credit Matters When Funding Your Business
Once you register your business as an LLC or a corporation, it begins building its own credit score. This doesn’t render your personal credit score irrelevant, though, because it takes some serious time and revenue…
What is Your Marketing Doing to Develop a Better World?
Is your business solely focused on profit-making or does it try to make a social impact, too—aligning profits with purpose? What does social impact mean? “Social impact has become much more than just a business strategy—driven by…
Business Development by the Numbers
Last week we started to identify some key financial metrics that you need to have a handle on as you plan your business development for the upcoming year in a smart way. If you did…
How to Be the (Best) Face for Your Brand
In an ideal world, our products and business plans would speak for themselves, and all we would have to do is drop them into the laps of investors and watch the funding roll in. But…
Truss Launches in Washington, DC, to Help Startups and Small & Medium Sized Businesses Find Office Space
January 30, Chicago IL — Today Truss announced that its AI-based platform for finding and leasing office space is now available to startups and small & medium sized businesses (SMBs) located in Washington, D.C. Truss’ end-to-end platform significantly simplifies,…