Posts Tagged ‘Getting Started’
Lighting the Match: Going Viral
It doesn’t happen by accident. Not every new game site is a Club Penguin or Minecraft. Not every social network is a Facebook or Instagram. Not every texting application is a Twitter.
Read More 5 Essential Qualities of Effective Small Business Leaders
Small business owners and managers are oftentimes the most inspiring leaders around. These entrepreneurs typically don’t have the security that large companies do, meaning one small mistake could mean failure and bankruptcy. They also have to work carefully with extremely limited resources that are often stretched even thinner than they would be elsewhere.
Read More The Advice All Entrepreneurs Should Ignore
In 2011, my friend Kostas and I saw an opportunity. If we developed a hyper-accurate keyboard app—one that enabled users to type without looking at the screen—we could change the way people interacted with mobile technology.
Read More Choosing a Franchise: Think Like a Customer
Should you choose a franchise that you love to visit or where you love to shop? Yes and no. On the one hand, one of the big mistakes businesspeople make is believing that they represent their typical customer. Hint: you’re not.
Read More Avoid These Mistakes If You Launch a Creative Business
Businesses come in all shapes and sizes. If you’re a creative type—a photographer, designer, videographer, animator, illustrator or other artistic person—your business model will be different from other professional situations.
Read More How to Win as an Underdog and Maintain Your Scrappiness as You Grow
Let’s say you’re fresh out of college, and you have two job offers: one with a global megacorporation and the other with a startup out of a San Jose garage. If stability and security were your goals, which would you choose?
Read More Is It an Over Saturated Market?
I would be rich if I had a penny every time someone told me their company was an over-saturated market! I have heard it from all different companies, both large and small, in every product line. People who live in the back woods and the big cities all say the same thing:
Read More 5 Things I Wish I’d Known Before Bootstrapping My Startup
If you’ve ever been through the process, you know that launching a startup is a struggle. Trying to bootstrap your business can be even harder.
Read More 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.
Read More 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.
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