Advice For The Young At Heart
Managing The Operations Of Your Startup
Your success or failure will not rely upon the historical data and industry statistics, but from how well you manage daily operations. Cameron Johnson shares five tips for assuming better command over your startup operations.
How Finding Your Purpose Can Build Your Business
Any startup should center its methods on a meaningful, strategic purpose. By implementing this objective through your company’s offering, you can add value to the community and establish the service your company provides the public, says Kevin Xu, CEO of MEBO International.
Don’t Start Up – Just Yet!
The trend toward launching without planning may be why the failure rate for venture capital-backed businesses is as high as 75 percent. Ed “Skip” McLaughlin and Wyn Lydecker, co-authors of "The Purpose Is Profit: The Truth about Starting and Building Your Own Business" offers six steps to take that will give you confidence that you are ready to start up.
How I Knew That I Could Bootstrap My Company
Figuring how if your company can be successfully bootstrapped involves a combination of being in the right place at the right time, solving a problem for a significant amount of people, and by having a company culture of learning by doing and taking small yet constant steps forward, says Aytekin Tank, founder & CEO of JotForm.
4 Ways To Fail The Right Way
Keep in mind: if Edison threw up his hands and gave up after 9,999 failures, there would be no lightbulb. Innovative organizations don’t fear failure. John Wechsler, Founder & CEO of Launch Fishers shares four ways you can use it to your advantage.
4 Cost-Cutting Solutions Any Business Can Get Behind
Cutting costs for your business is surprisingly simple if you follow some basic steps. Let’s take a look at some of the things you can do towards that end.
Ensure Your Startup Gets Off To A Good Start
Getting a startup off to a good start is often just a matter of following some basic steps. Here's a look at what those might be.
Juggling A Degree With Starting A Company: How To Survive
If you’re heading back to school to further yourself professionally, you may also be considering starting your own company so that you can apply your new skills in real-time as you learn them. Here are some tips for surviving college while nurturing your entrepreneurial spirit.
Supercharge Growth Without Raising Money
Evan Varsamis, Founder/CEO at Gadget Flow Inc. shares about the journey he and his fellow co-founders took as a bunch of young upstarts with a big idea.
The Art Of Negotiation – 5 Steps To Getting The Salary You Deserve
While negotiating salary can certainly be daunting, ending up with an unsatisfying paycheck is certainly a lot worse. Lindsay McCutchen, CEO of Career Start shares a few tips that will help make the big ask a breeze.
Low Risk Business Ideas You Can Get Started On Now
Anand Srinivasan, founder of LeadJoint.com, looks at a few entrepreneurial ideas that require minimal investments in time and money to get started.
Ian Telfer, Canadian Mining Hall Of Famer, Gives His Two Cents To Today’s Entrepreneurs
Ian Telfer is a Canadian executive who has been working in the country’s mining industry for more than thirty years. Here are some guidance points that Telfer provides when it comes to how today’s entrepreneurs can find success.
Playster CEO Philip Keezer’s Best Advice For Entrepreneurs
One person who knows all too well about the ups and downs of starting a company and building it from the ground up is Montreal-based entrepreneur Philip Keezer, founder of Playster.
Five Tips For Starting A Successful Tech Company
When done properly, launching a tech company can be a fulfilling and exciting endeavor. Matthew Horn, Esq., President and Co-Founder of Legal Services Link shares five tips for ensuring your company is a success.
3 Ways To Revitalize A Struggling Small Business
When a business is struggling, there are many areas where problems could be lurking. Doug Kisgen, author of "Rethink Happy" shares a few ways to revitalize a struggling small business, namely prioritization, mentorship, and attaining authentic joy.
Five Things Business Owners Really Ought To Prepare More For
It can be terribly frustrating to fall to what seems to be one of the more obvious problems in business. Here, we’re going to look at someone of those potentially fatal blows more businesses ought to prepare for.
5 Reasons To Avoid Loans For 2 Years After Launch
If you think you’ll need a business loan, there are benefits to waiting at least a couple years after launching your new business to apply for financing. Priyanka Prakash, Fit Small Business and Fit Biz Loans shares 5 reasons to wait a couple years to secure a loan for your business.
Why You Should Start Your Entrepreneurial Career In Restaurants
Whether your goal is to build a career or a business, the restaurant industry is relatively untapped. Unlike digital fads, food is survival. The restaurant industry might not seem glamorous, and you can tackle an industry most entrepreneurs underestimate, says President and CEO of HotSchedules Anthony Lye.
Starting A Gym Could Be A Dream Come True
If you love sports and staying fit, you might want to consider starting your own gym or fitness business. The best part is that setting up your own private gym, isn’t that difficult.
What You Should Not “Be” As An Entrepreneur
Here's a few unlikely “don’ts” for business owners bent on success by Bryan Miles, CEO and Co-Founder, Miles Advisory Group.
Get Your Startup Off The Ground With These Ideas
You have to come up with ideas to help boost and improve your business. And, to do that you need to work on getting your startup off the ground.
The Upstart Guide To Helping Your Business
Being an upstart business isn’t easy, especially when a business leader can’t be all things for everyone. But there are plenty of ways to make up for your shortcomings - here are a couple.
Starting A Business In The Fitness Industry
There’s never been a better time to start up a business in the fitness industry. Here are four steps to help you get a foothold in the fitness business.
5 Mistakes To Avoid As A Young Entrepreneur
Creating and building a startup in San Francisco at just 24-years-old is hard. Ned Ryan, CEO & co-founder of Breeze shares the top five mistakes to avoid as a young entrepreneur - things he wish he knew when he started out two years ago.
5 Tools To Increase Close Rate For A Young Upstart
James Kappen created Proposable as a solution to the problems he had previously encountered in publishing, most of which had to do with the need to streamline the sales proposal process and close a greater percentage of sales.
3 Things Every Startup Should Know
While running a startup may be one of the most exhilarating things in the workplace there are many mistakes made by startup beginners. Here are 3 things every startup should know.
A Few Tips On Efficiency For Entrepreneurs On The Rise
In case you are entering the world of entrepreneurship and you consider yourself to become a rising star in this world, consider some of the tips presented in this article.
What Sort Of Career Can You Have If You Study IT At College?
Information technology (IT) is a job field which offers plenty of opportunities. If you enjoy IT, and would like a change of career, the maybe you want to find yourself a job in this area.
Wisdom With Age, Making A Career Change After 40
When you reach a certain age, you can fall into a rut and begin to wonder why you are doing the job you're doing.
Corners You Must Never Cut When Starting Up A Business
A huge part of business is making decisions. Make the right ones, and you have the potential to soar. But make the wrong ones? Let's look at some corners you must never cut when starting up a business