Posts Tagged ‘Getting Started’
Entrepreneurs: Born or Made?
If you’ve heard it once, you’ve heard it a million times: “why are you an entrepreneur?” Early on you knew that the entrepreneur lifestyle was for you and overtime it evolved to be part of your personality. The idea that entrepreneurs are a “special breed” of people has been floating around for a while now.…
Read More4 Essential Tips for Beginning Entrepreneurs
Congratulations! Inspired by the 10% of new businesses that succeed, rather than daunted by the 90% that don’t, you’re ready to become an entrepreneur. You’ve got ideas, talents and abilities in which are worth investing your time, effort and resources. Acquiring and developing the right resources is one of the most important factors in the…
Read MoreHow Much Does a Franchise Cost?
So you’re ready to start a franchise. Congratulations! Still, one thing might be holding you back – the franchise cost associated with starting the business of your dreams. There’s more than meets the eye when it comes to starting a franchise. Here’s a more accurate look at what a franchise costs to start. #1. The…
Read MoreThe Stages of Your Business Ownership Journey
When considering business ownership, it is easy to think about the short-term effects it will have on your life. There are a great deal of changes that occur in the first year, but what about ten years down the road? Part of the research and planning process involves realistically imagining your life with the business you…
Read MoreService Professionals Join the Entrepreneur Ranks
The era of stable lifetime jobs for business professionals within a single company are gone. Companies are rightsized quickly now as markets change rapidly, and business professionals are quick to jump to new opportunities for growth and survival, with no ties to special benefits or pension plans. Thus smart business professionals are rapidly becoming the new…
Read More5 Franchising Myths (and the Real Truth of Franchising)
Make one mention that you’re interested in starting a franchise and chances are, you’ll be hit with a tsunami of advice. Many times, this advice is laced with myths about franchise ownership. Here are five common franchise myths and the real truths about franchising that you need to know as you decide what franchise to…
Read MoreWhy Small Businesses Should Pre-Launch
I’ve operated a small women’s clothing boutique for a year-and-a-half and there is one thing I wish I knew before I went live with the website: Pre-launching. This doesn’t mean that I was just naïve and launched a site with zero research or any idea of how I was going to manage the website; it’s…
Read More4 Ways to Prevent Someone from Stealing Your Startup Idea
Steve Blank, a Silicon Valley entrepreneur-turned-professor with over two decades of experience, has over the course of his career founded or worked within eight different startups. And in that time, he’s lived through every entrepreneur’s worst nightmare: he had his ideas stolen. Twice. “The first time it happened, it was no big deal,” Blank recounted in a 2009 VentureBeat article.…
Read MoreSuccessfully Launch a New Product with Practical Strategies
If you’re planning to launch a new product, you have to keep many different factors in mind. It obviously helps to have a great product, but there’s a lot more to it than that. You have to make sure there’s a strong demand for your new product. You also have to create a strategic new…
Read MoreInterview: The Sweet Taste of Success
Maayan Zilberman is a designer, artist, and the candy maker behind Sweet Saba. She lives in and works in New York City. EMPLOYEES 3 LOCATION New York, NY INDUSTRY Candy FOUNDED 2015 WEB www.sweetsaba.com The easiest path is the one you already know. Too often, people remain in careers they’re no longer attached to simply…
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